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Brand Owner: Unilever NV
Head Office: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Sector: Coffee & Tea
Categories: Tea
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Last Updated: 4 May 2012
Last Verified: 26 April 2012

Lipton Score Report

Questions about Climate Change/ Carbon Emissions

4 out of 5


1. Is there a policy for the brand (company) to minimize, reduce or compensate carbon emissions ?	Lipton has taken several policy measures to reduce carbon emissions, such as: On Lipton Tea's Kericho Estate, "97 percent of the energy used is from renewable sources, mainly from Lipton Tea's own hydroelectric power stations and the eucalyptus trees that Lipton grows to fuel the boilers that dry tea."	SOURCE
2. Has the brand (company) disclosed the annual carbon footprint of its 'own operations'?	Unilever ( brand owner of Lipton) reports its carbon footprint to CDP, which was 2,599,158 metric tonnes CO2e in 2010 (see page 72).	SOURCE
3. Has the brand (company) already reduced or compensated the carbon footprint of its ‘own operations’ by at least 10% in the last 5 years?	In 2008 Unilever's carbon footprint (reported to CDP, see link) was 2,984,000 metric tonnes CO2e. Comparing this data to its 2010 footprint (see previous question) Unilever reduced its carbon footprint by about 12,9% between 2008 and 2010. Unfortunately, on its website Unilever is not disclosing its carbon emissions calculated acording to the GHG Protocol.	SOURCE
4. Has the brand (company) set a target to reduce the carbon footprint of its 'own operations' by at least 20% within the next 5 years?	Unilever reports that it aims to halve the greenhouse gas impact of its products across the lifecycle by 2020 (on a 'per consumer use') (p. 18), but does not communicate an overall target to reduce the absolute emissions generated from own operations.	SOURCE
5. Does the brand (company) also have a policy to reduce/compensate carbon emissions generated from the product supply chain that is beyond own operations?	Unilever has "set greenhouse gas reduction targets across our value chain – from sourcing, manufacturing, transport and refrigeration all the way through to consumer use of our products" and targets to halve "greenhouse gas impact of our products across the lifecycle by 2020" Based on 2008 (see p. 18).	SOURCE

Questions about Environmental Policy

5 out of 6


1. Has the brand (company) signed a commitment to increase annually purchased volume of environmentally certified raw materials (coffee and/or tea) purchased to at least 75% by 2015?	Lipton is committed to source 100% sustainable (Rainforest Alliance) tea for its Lipton tea bags by 2015. For the Lipton Yellow Label tea it has already reached this target.	SOURCE
2. Does the brand purchase its coffee and/or tea from environmentally certified sources which include standards on eg water usage during processing, banning or reduce chemicals and pesticides, preserving biodiversity and stopping deforestation?	57% of Lipton tea bag blends contained sustainable tea at end 2011: 25% was fully Rainforest alliance certified and 32% contained a proportion of Rainforest alliance certified tea en route to full certification (see page 32).	SOURCE
3. Does the brand purchase at least 25% or its coffee and/or tea from environmentally certified sources which include standards on eg water usage during processing, banning or reduce chemicals and pesticides, preserving biodiversity and stopping deforestation?	See remark for environmental policy question 2.	SOURCE
4. Does the brand purchase at least 50% or its coffee and/or tea from environmentally certified sources which include standards on eg water usage during processing, banning or reduce chemicals and pesticides, preserving biodiversity and stopping deforestation?	See remark for environmental policy question 2.	SOURCE
5. Does the brand purchase 100% of its tea of coffee from environmentally certified sources which include standards on eg water usage during processing, banning or reduce chemicals and pesticides, preserving biodiversity and stopping deforestation?	See remark for environmental policy question 2.	SOURCE
6. Does the brand have clear objectives to reduce the weight, or increase the sustainability of its consumer packaging and does the brand annually report on these results?	Taking 2008 as a base year, by 2020 Unilever aims to reduce the weight of its packaging by a third. It has already achieved 4% reduction in weight through a combination of light weighting and material design optimization (see page 27).	SOURCE

Questions about Labour Conditions/ Fair Trade

3 out of 6


1. Does the brand (company) purchase its coffee and/or tea from sources (plantations) that are certified to e.g. have no child labor and no forced labour, and provide a better living standard for the farmers and workers who produce the coffee and/or tea?	57% of Lipton tea bag blends contained sustainable tea at end 2011: 25% was fully rainforest alliance certified and 32% contained a proportion of rainforest alliance certified tea en route to full certification (see page 32).	SOURCE
2. Does the brand (company) purchase at least 25% of its coffee and/or tea from sources (plantations) that are certified to e.g. have no child labor and no forced labour, and provide a better living standard for the farmers and workers who produce the coffee and/or tea?	See remark for labor conditions policy question 1.	SOURCE
3. Does the brand (company) purchase at least 50% of its coffee and/or tea from sources (plantations) that are certified to e.g. have no child labor and no forced labour, and provide a better living standard for the farmers and workers who produce the coffee and/or tea?	See remark for labor conditions policy question 1.	SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) purchase at least 75% of its coffee and/or tea from sources (plantations) that are certified to e.g. have no child labor and no forced labour, and provide a better living standard for the farmers and workers who produce the coffee and/or tea?	See remark for labor conditions policy question 1.	SOURCE
5. Does the brand (company) purchase 100% of its coffee and/or tea from sources (plantations) that are certified to e.g. have no child labor and no forced labour, and provide a better living standard for the farmers and workers who produce the coffee and/or tea?	See remark for labor conditions policy question 1.	SOURCE
6. Does the brand (company) have a published list of coffee and/or tea suppliers, that have collectively contributed to more than 90% of the purchase volume?	Lipton provides a map of a Tea Gardens that are either Rainforest Alliance certified or where certification is in progress. However, it is unclear whether this map represents the suppliers that contribute to more than 90% of the purchase volume.	SOURCE