Unilever has picked Universal Children's Day to launch its new sustainability endeavour Project Sunlight.
Conceived as a multi-platform campaign, with glossy short videos, an online hub and some serious social media action, the 'global movement' (as the company calls it) aims to inspire people to create a better future for up to two million children by living more sustainably. It's initially aimed at five markets, the UK, US, India, Brazil and Indonesia.
This is the first time the company has launched a consumer-facing campaign and it's certainly punchy. The short video "anthem" features expectant, first-time parents as they are shown a video about how the world is now (all gas flares and riot police) before it flips to a vision of how the world can be (clean water and smiling children) if people commit to living sustainably.
A business attempting to connect with people, and potential consumers at that, through children will always have the potential to polarise opinion. As will focusing on those about to become parents for the first time, when they are potentially at their most vulnerable and uncertain. And this is especially true when Unilever seems to be pitching part of the solution as the purchase of its products.
On the other hand Unilever is a business with an undeniably strong track record in sustainability, attempting to mobilise customers to live more sustainably and provide children around the world with food, clean water and sanitation.
So is the campaign another achievement for the company with the motto "doing well by doing good"? Or is this a case of a corporate overstepping its role? We asked some experts for their reactions.
Please add your own comments below to broaden the debate.
Unilever has picked Universal Children's Day to launch its new sustainability endeavour Project Sunlight.Conceived as a multi-platform campaign, with glossy short videos, an online hub and some serious social media action, the 'global movement' (as the company calls it) aims to inspire people to create a better future for up to two million children by living more sustainably. It's initially aimed at five markets, the UK, US, India, Brazil and Indonesia.This is the first time the company has launched a consumer-facing campaign and it's certainly punchy. The short video "anthem" features expectant, first-time parents as they are shown a video about how the world is now (all gas flares and riot police) before it flips to a vision of how the world can be (clean water and smiling children) if people commit to living sustainably.A business attempting to connect with people, and potential consumers at that, through children will always have the potential to polarise opinion. As will focusing on those about to become parents for the first time, when they are potentially at their most vulnerable and uncertain. And this is especially true when Unilever seems to be pitching part of the solution as the purchase of its products.On the other hand Unilever is a business with an undeniably strong track record in sustainability, attempting to mobilise customers to live more sustainably and provide children around the world with food, clean water and sanitation.So is the campaign another achievement for the company with the motto "doing well by doing good"? Or is this a case of a corporate overstepping its role? We asked some experts for their reactions.Please add your own comments below to broaden the debate.
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