Unilever
Unilever is a food, home, and personal care products corporation consisting of Unilever N.V. which is based in the Netherlands and Unilever Plc which is based in the United Kingdom. Its product are sold worldwide with brands such as Axe deodorent, Dove soap, Pond's cold cream, Suave shampoo, Vaseline petroleum jelly, Signal toothpaste, Surf laundry soap, Slim Fast weight loss foods, Lipton tea, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, Breyers ice cream, and Country Crock margarine. [1], [2]
In 2006, it had sales of US $52.3 billion with profits of US $5.4 billion. [3]
Contents
Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council
Unilever has been a corporate funder of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).[4] See ALEC Corporations for more.
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Animal testing
Unilever is on the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals list of companies that perform animal testing. [5]. Products tested include cosmetics, toiletries, household cleaners, foods, food additives and chemicals. [6]
Lobbying
Unilever spent $800,000 for lobbying in the U.S. in the first half of 2007. [7]
Personnel
Key people: [8]
- Paul Polman – Chief Executive Officer
- Jean-Marc Huët - Chief Financial Officer
- Michael Treschow – Chairman Unilever N.V. and PLC
- Louise Fresco
- Ann Fudge
- Charles E. Golden
- Byron E. Grote
- Hixonia Nyasulu
- Malcolm Rifkind
- Kees J. Storm
- Jeroen van der Veer
- Paul Walsh
Former key people
- Patrick J. Cescau, Group Chief Executive and Director
- David Landers, President and COO, Unilever Bestfoods North America
Contact details
Netherlands headquarters:
Weena 455
3013 AL Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Phone: +31-10-217-4000
Fax: +31-10-217-4798
Web: http://www.unilever.com
United Kingdom headquarters:
Unilever House, Blackfriars
London
EC4P 4BQ, United Kingdom
Phone: +44-20-7822-5252
Fax: +44-2078225511
Articles & sources
SourceWatch articles
- Animal testing
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Charles B. Strauss, Former Chief Executive Officer of Unilever United States
- Ben Cohen
- Neil Cameron
- Lord Wright of Richmond - former board member
- Steve Williams
- Rudy Markham
References
- ↑ Unilever Profile, Hoovers, accessed December 2007.
- ↑ Our brands, Unilever, accessed December 2007.
- ↑ Unilever N.V. Profile, Hoovers, accessed December 2007.
- ↑ Clearinghouse on Environmental Advocacy and Research, project of the Environmental Working Group, Information of the American Legislative Exchange Council, archived organizational profile, archived by Wayback Machine December 2, 2000, accessed August 19, 2011
- ↑ Caring Consumer Results for Companies That Do Test on Animals, PETA.org, accessed February 2009
- ↑ Ark on-line Animal Testing by the Cosmetic Industry, accessed February 2009
- ↑ Unilever lobbying expenses, Open Secrets, accessed December 2007.
- ↑ Board, Unilever, accessed January 27, 2011.
External articles
- Marc Malkin Pamela Anderson's Axe to Grind, Planet Gossip, April 2007
- Profile: Unilever, Co-op America, accessed December 2007.
- Compassionate Action Institute Compassionate Action Alerts: Boycott Unilever, 2002
- Richard Seymour, "Why is Unilever playing hardball with its striking workers?", The Guardian, December 9, 2011.
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