Goal 6 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognises handwashing with soap as crucial to better health too. Hands are the principal carriers of disease-causing germs and it’s estimated that if handwashing with soap is widely practised, approximately 230,000 deaths could be averted every year3.
With over 125 years of research and heritage in personal health and hygiene, we have long been taking action to combat illnesses and deaths caused by preventable infections.
Prompted by a growing interest in public health and personal hygiene, back in 1894 William and James Lever created Lifebuoy soap to ‘make cleanliness commonplace’.
Today, Lifebuoy is one of our biggest brands with a clear purpose of preventing illness and saving lives through handwashing with soap.