Abstract The article provides an overview on the meaning of sustainable development in relation to activities undertaken by Unilever. The paper focuses on sustainable living plan by the global company Unilever covering nutrition, hygiene and overall health of consumers and the environment. The introduction discusses the various sustainable projects that the company plans to support to enable them deal with the effects on climate and environmental changes, this highlights conflicts between economic, social and environmental pillars of development. There’s then discussion on the importance of sustainability and sustainable development. This includes the concepts and difficulties encountered by Unilever in the process of implementing sustainable projects. Introduction Report reveals that Unilever products are widely used all over the world. This has given the Company tremendous boost enabling creation of employment opportunities to all whose lives are linked to the company’s success. All the activities undertaken by Unilever should aim at reducing negative environmental impacts while promoting positive social impacts (Unilever, 2007, pp. 5-23). Many people around the world are in demand of better quality lives from Unilever products such as soap, shampoo and tea. The drive towards sustainability is meant to satisfy consumers’ desire to purchase eco-friendly products. Cooperation amongst companies within the same industry concerning environmental sustainability largely contributes towards their ability to maintain considerable profit levels for quite duration of time. It also explores their ability to acquire resources within specified areas (Unilever, 2007, pp. 5-23). Unilever aims at supporting sustainability goals at retail level where they offer them expertise in areas such as sustainable agriculture and analysis of the lifecycle. This would help in reinforcing relationship between the company and consumers (Unilever, 2007, p. 5). At the same time the company is embarking on innovating new packaging for their products for the benefit of the customers within developing countries. The company commands large market share within developing countries hence their products face great sustainability challenges. The business aims at promoting health and well-being of consumers which ultimately saves a lot of costs as well as improving the environment. Health would be promoted through highly nutritious goods offered under clean environment, which presents one of the best disease preventive measures. The environment would focus on mitigation of greenhouse gases, water treatment as well as recycling of waste products from the company like those obtained from packaging materials (Unilever, 2007, pp. 5-23). Some of the sacrifices involved include reduction on the percentage of water previously used by the company. Most of water is used on laundry detergents and fabric conditioners; this requires reduction in water needed per consumer use of any Unilever’s product (Unilever, 2007, p. 8). The company will have to design products and tools which enable consumers to utilize as little amount of water as possible. Such a strategy would prove beneficial to countries where water is a scarce resource. Targeted areas are directly related to the various company objectives and