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Unilever

Unilever's makeover: 'woke-washing' or the real thing?

By AFP

The Anglo-Dutch consumer giant has introduced a series of initiatives aimed at making it, in its own words, the world's most sustainable company, while also...

  • Hair care products from Curl Chemistry. Picture: @curlchemistry/Facebook

    Natural hair campaigners see opportunity for local brands in TRESemmé fallout

    Unilever has removed all TRESemmé hair products from all stores for 10 days after widespread outrage over the product's advert on the Clicks website.

    613 days ago
  • A hair product advert by retailer Clicks.

    Unilever to ensure future ad campaigns reflect SA values after Clicks ad failure

    As part of its measures, Unilever said that it would set up an advisory board and a diversity committee after apologising for the TRESemmé advert, which it admitted was racist.

    613 days ago
  • A hair product advert by retailer Clicks.

    Will S. Africans continue to boycott Clicks? It's a mixed bag of views

    Amanda Cooke is a natural hair blogger, and one of the women behind the Cape Town Naturally Support group and Facebook page. She said the ad on the Clicks website referring to afro hair as dry and not normal was disheartening.

    614 days ago
  • FILE: Minister of Small Business Development Khumbudzo Ntshavheni. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN

    Ntshavheni: Unilever’s response to Clicks' racist advert not good enough

    The company and retailer Clicks came under fire over the offensive advert on its website, which called black women’s hair 'dry, damaged, and frizzy' compared to a white woman’s hair which was labelled 'normal'.

    614 days ago
  • EFF representatives, led by party leader Julius Malema, met with a delegation from Unilever on 10 September 2020 following demonstrations over a racist ad for TRESemme hair products that appeared on the Clicks website. Picture: @EFFSouthAfrica/EWN

    Unilever to withdraw all TRESemmé products from retail stores for 10 days

    The decision was taken following a meeting with Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema, Unilever, and Clicks folowing nationwide outrage of a racist ad for the product on the Clicks website.

    615 days ago
  • FILE: The logo of French group L'Oreal, the world's largest cosmetics maker, at its headquarters in Clichy, near Paris. Picture: AFP

    L'Oreal to drop words such as 'whitening' from skin products

    Unilever and L’Oreal are two big players in the global market for skin whitening creams used in many Asian, African and Caribbean countries where fair skin is often considered desirable.

    690 days ago
  • People using protective masks leave a supermarket with trolleys full of shopping in Milan on 8 March 2020 as Italy quarantines more than 10 million people around the financial capital Milan and the tourist mecca Venice for nearly a month to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Picture: AFP

    Unilever sees pandemic changing consumer demand

    The firm, which produces Magnum ice cream, Domestos household cleaner and Lipton tea among other things, said sales edged up by 0.2% to 12.4 billion euros ($13.3 billion) from the same period a year earlier.

    755 days ago
  • FILE: A Burger King franchise. Picture: EWN

    Burger King picks Unilever to make plant-based Whoppers in Europe

    Heightened concerns about health and the environmental impact of industrial animal farming are pushing plant-based proteins into restaurant menus and chilled meat aisles in stores.

    918 days ago
  • Apple Inc logo. Picture: pixabay.com

    World's biggest firms foresee $1 trillion climate cost hit

    The findings by charity CDP suggested many companies still underestimated the dangers as scientists warn that earth’s climate system is on course to hit catastrophic tipping points.

    1079 days ago
  • Picture: sunlight.co.za

    [LISTEN] Unilever brings relief to drought-stricken Cape Town communities

    The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield interviews Justine Agnew from Sunlight and Surf Laundry at Unilever South Africa.

    1609 days ago
  • An image from Dove's advert which caused a stir on social media. Picture: Twitter

    Dove shot down over racist advert

    Dove has apologised after it came under on social media, with users accusing the brand of racism.

    1683 days ago
  • FILE: Unilever logo. Picture: Facebook.

    Unilever strikes R11.9bn deal over South African spreads business

    The Anglo-Dutch consumer goods maker said it would acquire Remgro’s 25.75% shareholding in its South African subsidiary.

    1699 days ago
  • Unilever logo. Picture: Facebook.

    Competition Commission seeks price-fixing fine for Unilever

    It found that between 2004 and 2013, Unilever and Sime Darbys agreed not to compete with each other on certain pack sizes of margarine and edible oils.

    1904 days ago
  • A screengrab picture of Sofia Ashraf in her video about Unilever's environmental damage in India.

    [WATCH] Rapper goes viral by slamming Unilever in song

    The music video calls on Unilever to clean up alleged toxic waste from a forested southern hill station.

    2478 days ago
  • The Top Employers Institute has identified the top 10 companies in South Africa which are going the extra mile. Picture: Unilever.

    Revealed: SA's 10 best employers

    The Top Employers Institute has identified the top 10 companies in SA that are going the extra mile.

    2784 days ago
  • The landscape for cleaning agents such as liquid soap and washing powder has dramatically changed in recent times. Picture: Stcok xchng.

    The washing powder wars

    Over the last six months there's been a significant drop in the price of washing powder on the shelves.

    2974 days ago
  • Unilever sales rose by 4.3 percent, slightly ahead of analysts' expectations for a 4.2 percent gain. Picture: Facebook.

    Unilever beat forecasts

    Unilever sales rose by 4.3 percent, slightly ahead of analysts' expectations for a 4.2 percent gain.

    3039 days ago
  • The Dutch firm has shifted its focus towards the fast-growing healthcare equipment and energy-efficient lighting sectors. Picture: AFP

    Philips posts third quarter net profit

    Philips shares jumped more than 6 percent on Monday, the highest level since mid-2010.

    3131 days ago
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