Assurance on compliance with the Code of Business Principles
and all of our Code Policies is obtained annually from Unilever
management via a formal Code declaration. In addition, there
are specialist compliance programmes which run during the year
and vary depending on the business priorities. These specialist
compliance programmes supplement the Code declaration.
Our Corporate Audit function plays a vital role in providing to both
management and the Boards an objective and independent review
of the effectiveness of risk management and internal control
systems throughout Unilever.