Companies join forces to help students clean up Australia

Companies join forces to help Wyong students clean up Australia

Unilever Australia, maker of household staples including Omo and Rexona, has joined forces with Clean Up Australia, Cool.org and Coles to supply free clean-up kits and online educational resources to schools in Wyong.

With 44 per cent of young Australians rating the environment as their most pressing concern, schools are increasingly looking at how they can equip students with the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to address the complex challenges of our world.

To help support this, Unilever is donating $150,000 to Clean Up Australia which is being used to update five lesson plans on Cool.org, an online platform which supports Australian teachers to bring the real world into the classroom through curriculum-aligned resources.

The donation will also be used to supply up to 1,000 free clean-up kits to schools across the country.

Unilever’s donation is made possible thanks to Wyong Coles shoppers.

Between May 1 and 28, whenever shoppers from Wyong buy one of Unilever’s participating products at Coles supermarkets or online, 10 cents from each purchase will go towards the total $150,000 donation.

This is the fifth consecutive year the initiative has run and with the help of Australians, Unilever has donated more than $400,000 to Clean Up Australia which has helped supply more than 6,000 free clean-up kits.

“From pristine beaches to lush rainforests, Australia has some of the most beautiful landscapes, and we want to keep it that way,” said Unilever Australia and New Zealand Head of Country Nick Bangs.

“We’re taking actions across our business to reduce our environmental impact, from redesigning our packaging to use less plastic and using renewable energy to reduce our emissions.

“But we can’t do it alone and educating our future generation about protecting and conserving the environment will be essential to galvanising a more sustainable future for us all.”

To mark World Environment Day on June 5, Unilever and Coles are encouraging teachers in Wyong to register for a free kit and organise a Clean Up to go into the running to win one of three $1,000 Coles gift vouchers.

For more information on the competition and to register for a clean-up kit, visit https://www.cleanup.org.au/schools