Unilever
Unilever's makeover: 'woke-washing' or the real thing?
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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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'.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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[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.
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Dove shot down over racist advert
Dove has apologised after it came under on social media, with users accusing the brand of racism.
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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.
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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.
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[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.
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Revealed: SA's 10 best employers
The Top Employers Institute has identified the top 10 companies in SA that are going the extra mile.
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The washing powder wars
Over the last six months there's been a significant drop in the price of washing powder on the shelves.
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Unilever beat forecasts
Unilever sales rose by 4.3 percent, slightly ahead of analysts' expectations for a 4.2 percent gain.
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Philips posts third quarter net profit
Philips shares jumped more than 6 percent on Monday, the highest level since mid-2010.
