Unilever launches partnership to address global development

Unilever has announced the creation of Paragon, an open platform to combine market research forces with other industry partners to address key global development and sustainability challenges.

Paragon has been created so that industry, governments and individuals can all play their part in contributing to a 17-point plan which aims to end poverty, combat climate change and fight injustice and inequality.

The United Nations Global Goals have been agreed and put in motion, with Paragon due to officially launch in April or May this year. 

The vision for the partnership is to generate and provide access to quality insights on the issues that the world is facing which will help governments, academics and NGOs around the world.

Stan Sthanunathan, ‎senior vice president for consumer and market insights at Unilever, said: "In a rapidly-changing world, we cannot operate in silos. The past year has set the precedent with highly ambitious goals and frameworks created to address the global sustainability and development challenges that we all face."