Unilever

Western Europe
475 million eggs per year
Over 1.7 million hens per year

Unilever is the second largest food manufacturer in Europe and the global market leader in all the food categories in which it operates. Unilever Europe has already started introducing cage-free eggs in a number of European countries namely Austria and Netherlands. In addition all Hellmann's mayonnaise in the UK and Ireland will be free-range by summer 2008. Unilever wins a Good Egg Award as it aims to be cage-free throughout western Europe* in all Unilever brands of mayonnaise and dressings by 2012 - these brands include Hellmann's, Amora, Calve, Maille and Ligressa.

* Western Europe (includes Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK)

"We are delighted to receive this Good Egg Award for our dressings brands, including Hellmann's, Amora and Calvé. Our commitment to move to free-range or barn eggs is part of our plan to move to more sustainable sourcing. Eggs are a key component of our mayonnaise & dressings products and therefore the switch to free-range and barn eggs is quite challenging when you consider we source around 475 million eggs per year. Therefore we are very pleased to announce that most Western European countries will be moved to non-caged eggs by 2010 and all countries before 2012, starting with UK in June this year."

Nils van Dam,
Senior Vice President,
Spreads, Cooking Products & Dressings,
Unilever Europe