Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of food, home care, personal care and refreshment products. Unilever’s sustainability ambitions focus on improving health and well-being, reducing environmental impact, and enhancing livelihoods through its business operations and brands.

Gavi and Unilever entered a partnership in 2016 to promote handwashing with soap and immunisation as complementary interventions to protect children from preventable diseases such as diarrhoea and pneumonia. Through its Lifebuoy brand, Unilever invested €2.9 million in the Safal Shuruaat (‘Successful Beginnings’) programme in India, which was matched by the Gavi Matching Fund. Following positive results, Unilever committed an additional €1 million in 2018, also matched by Gavi. The programme combined Lifebuoy’s consumer behaviour change expertise with Gavi’s immunisation messaging, and contributed to significant increases in handwashing practices and routine immunisation uptake among target communities. 

Building on the success in India, Unilever and Gavi expanded the partnership to Indonesia through the Keluarga SIGAP (‘The Ready Family’) programme. Unilever committed €3 million in 2020, matched by the Gavi Matching Fund, creating a €6 million programme. In 2023, Unilever, Gavi and The Power of Nutrition launched the first tripartite private sector partnership, with an additional US$ 250,000 contribution from Unilever Lifebuoy, also matched by Gavi. Running from 2022 through 2026, Keluarga SIGAP integrated immunisation, handwashing with soap and child nutrition, aiming to reach more than 1 million children and caregivers in Indonesia, while supporting behaviour change and healthier child development.

Proceeds to Gavi 6.0 as of 30 June 2026†
Contributions to Gavi Board approved financing instruments

*Local currency

†Proceeds are the funds that Gavi receives from donor commitments, either through direct donor payments, funding raised in advance against future donor pledges through IFFIm, or AMC funds released by the World Bank.

Contributions and pledges per strategic period (US$ millions)

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Direct Contributions (including Matching Fund)

Non-US$ contributions are converted to US$ as follows:

  • Before Gavi 6.0 (2000–2025): exchange rate on date of receipt; where hedged (2014–2025), the hedge rate applies instead.
  • Gavi 6.0 (2026 onward, received & future contributions and Matching Fund Pledges): Bloomberg replenishment rate, 16:00 London time, 25 June 2025.

IFFIm Contributions

Non-US$ contributions are converted to US$ as follows:

  • Received Contributions: rate confirmed by the World Bank's International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD).
  • Future, signed contribution agreements: exchange rate at time of signing.
  • Future, unsigned contribution agreements: Bloomberg replenishment rate, 16:00 London time, 25 June 2025.

 

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