This case study assesses Unilever's socio-economic footprint in South Africa; it reviews the company's impact on the growth, development, society and environment in the country. It outlines that the company's direct impacts are those felt by its 3,000 suppliers and their 20,000 employees due to the company’s purchases of goods and services from them; and its indirect impacts include those felt by its suppliers’ suppliers owing to the orders they receive.