Unilever joins hands with Nepal Army to clean up Mount Kanchanjunga.

KATHMANDU, APRIL 17 : As part of Unilever’s commitment “to make sustainable living a common place”, it has partnered with the Nepal Army towards the “Mountain Cleaning Campaign 2022”.

This is the company’s second collaboration with the national cleanup program to keep the Himalayas clean from waste. The multi-stakeholder program is aimed at protecting the mountains and minimizing the effects of climate change by cleaning up peaks. Transitioning to a circular economy approach is claimed to be at the heart of Unilever’s Strategy for a waste free world.

In an event organized at the Army Headquarters in Kathmandu, Brigadier General Himanshu Khadka, Director of the Directorate of National Parks and Wildlife Reserve congratulated the Unilever Nepal team. “The success of the Mountain Cleanup Campaign requires credible and committed partnership and we are elated to continue the same with Unilever in Nepal.””, said Brigadier General Khadka.

Also, Managing Director of Unilever Nepal Ltd., Amlan Mukherjee, stated, “Through this continued collaboration we aim to set new records this year in collection, segregation, recycling of accumulated waste.”