Assessing Unilever Brazil’s Corporate Social Responsibility Programs in the State of Goias

In 2003, Unilever Brasil initiated two Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs, Rural Responsável and Infância Protegida, in Goiás following an internal audit revealing concerns of the risk of child labor in the company’s tomato supply chain. The objective of the workshop was to conduct an independent assessment of Unilever Brasil’s Rural Responsável and Infância Protegida programs. The assessment focuses on analyzing the processes and strategies underlying the CSR programs in order to make recommendations for potential improvements, rather than conducting a formal impact evaluation. The team’s research methodology consisted mainly of conducting field visits, key informant interviews and focus groups with all of the stakeholders.