Press releases

Unilever and JD Logistics agree to explore smart and sustainable solutions in the supply chain

London, Rotterdam - Unilever and JD Logistics have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to drive sustainable business initiatives in the supply chain.

Date published: 1/22/2020

Unilever’s state of the art manufacturing site in Dubai joins the World Economic Forum’s distinguished Global Lighthouse Network

London, Rotterdam - The Unilever Dubai Personal Care manufacturing site, producer of brands such as Dove, Lifebuoy and Vaseline, has this month been recognised as an “Advanced 4th Industrial Revolution Lighthouse” by the World Economic Forum.

Date published: 1/16/2020

Unilever and Evonik partner to launch green cleaning ingredient

London/Rotterdam - Unilever, in partnership with speciality chemicals company Evonik, has harnessed a naturally occurring process and turned it into a renewable ingredient; Rhamnolipid.

Date published: 12/18/2019

Unilever sales update

London / Rotterdam - Unilever today announces that it expects underlying sales growth for 2019 to be slightly below its guidance of the lower half of its 3-5% multi-year range.

Date published: 12/17/2019

Unilever opens new global Foods Innovation Centre on Wageningen campus

‘Hive’ will address major global food system challenges Wageningen - His Majesty the King of the Netherlands today opened Unilever’s new global Foods Innovation Centre on the campus of Wageningen University, the leading global agri-food research hub.

Date published: 12/6/2019

Unilever announces changes to the Unilever Leadership Executive

London / Rotterdam - Unilever today announced some changes to the Unilever Leadership Executive (ULE).

Date published: 12/3/2019

Unilever to dispose its Direct Application business in Central America

Date published: 11/19/2019

Unilever honoured by the Humane Society of the United States for industry-leading work to end animal testing

New York - Unilever will today receive the Corporate Consciousness Award at the 2019 To the Rescue! New York 10th Anniversary Gala, hosted by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). The award recognises Unilever’s work to end animal testing, including the company’s longstanding collaborations with the HSUS and Humane Society International (HSI).

Date published: 11/15/2019

Unilever Chairman announcement

Marijn Dekkers steps down; Nils Andersen appointed Chairman

Date published: 11/13/2019

The Vegetarian Butcher announced as supplier of the plant-based Rebel Whopper® to Burger King® across Europe

London/Rotterdam - Unilever’s The Vegetarian Butcher announces today that it has partnered with the Burger King brand to launch the plant-based Rebel Whopper. In today’s initial phase, the Rebel Whopper powered by The Vegetarian Butcher, is being launched simultaneously in over 2,500 Burger King restaurants across 25 countries in Europe.

Date published: 11/12/2019

Dove moves to 100% recycled plastic bottles, and plastic-free packs for its beauty bar

Today, Dove, one of the largest beauty brands in the world, unveils new initiatives and impact figures to accelerate the global beauty industry’s progress to address plastic waste. As one of the biggest known reduction plans of its kind in the beauty industry, the Dove initiatives will generate an ongoing massive impact, reducing the use of virgin plastic by more than 20,500 tonnes per year. The amount of virgin plastic Dove will save per year would be enough to circle the Earth 2.7 times. The brand has opted for long-term initiatives rather than one-off limited editions to ensure a greater and sustained impact. The announcement will be a key contribution to achieving Unilever’s recently announced goals.

Date published: 10/21/2019

Third quarter growth led by emerging markets and Home Care

Today, we announced our results for the third quarter of 2019, which show underlying sales growth of 2.9%, led by our emerging market business which grew 5.1% and our Home Care division which grew 5.4%.

Date published: 10/17/2019