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Why we’ve updated our Climate Transition Action Plan
17 May 2024
Unilever’s updated Climate Transition Action Plan (CTAP) sets out ambitious new targets. Learn why we believe urgent climate action will benefit our business.
Doing laundry in 15 minutes takes science. Here’s why
17 May 2024
Our biggest laundry detergent innovation in a decade, Wonder Wash, is designed for the increasing number of consumers who are using quick washes.
Odour protection superpowered with vitamins: discover Dove’s disruptive new deodorant
14 May 2024
Here’s how Dove’s niacinamide-enriched new deodorant is tapping into the growing demand for aluminium-free, premium products.
Cannes Lions announces Unilever as Creative Marketer of the Year
13 May 2024
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced Unilever as the 2024 Creative Marketer of the Year.
Partnering to reach millions: Saka, Arsenal and Dirt Is Good
10 May 2024
Bukayo Saka kicks off Dirt Is Good’s first campaign in partnership with Arsenal Football Club
10 years, 10 brands: Vasiliki Petrou on Unilever Prestige’s growth
09 May 2024
Our luxury beauty business Unilever Prestige marks 10 years with a portfolio of 10 brands, 13 consecutive quarters of growth and 2023 turnover of €1.4 billion.
UN plastics treaty: reasons to be optimistic
06 May 2024
With the fourth round of negotiations for a UN treaty to end plastic pollution concluded, CEO Hein Schumacher reflects on the progress made and the road ahead.
How we’re improving livelihoods across our value chain
06 May 2024
Anouk Heilen, Unilever’s Head of Social Sustainability, explains how we’re ensuring people we work with earn a living wage and why improving livelihoods matters
How we’re aiming for greater impact with updated plastic goals
02 May 2024
Pablo Costa, Unilever’s Global Head of Packaging, explains how our updated plastic packaging goals are aimed at making greater impact.
What’s behind Unilever’s first quarter results?
26 Apr 2024
A quick look at the brands, categories and innovations driving our underlying sales growth for the first quarter of 2024.
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Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
Samuel Slater – textile tycoon or traitor?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Dec 2023
Samuel Slater is a name that holds significant importance in the annals of American industrial history. Often referred to as the ‘Father of the American Factory System’, Slater's contributions played a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s industrial landscape.
Underwood Typewriter Company – an icon of the past
By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Dec 2023
You’ve probably never heard of Underwood typewriters. For the company folded up in 1963 – 60 years ago. You may not even have seen and handled a typewriter, unless someone in your family owned one.
The rise and fall of Chrysler
By Kiron Kasbekar | 16 Dec 2023
A century ago, the American automobile industry was more crowded than a vegetable market on a Sunday morning, with such a wide variety of stuff on sale that buyers were spoilt for choice. Buyers could pick and choose, bargain, pay up and drive out with the newly purchased vehicle.
TRW – the tide turned
By Kiron Kasbekar | 13 Dec 2023
There used to be an American company called Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. This company, which was a global supplier of automotive systems, modules, and components to car and truck manufacturers, started small, as most companies do. Then, as the automotive industry grew bigger, so did TRW.
The rise and fall of Nokia
By Aniket Gupta | 07 Dec 2023
My interest is stories about dominant companies that failed all of a sudden. These companies were once etched into people’s minds but have since become a symbol of nostalgia. One such company, which was the biggest in its industry before it failed catastrophically, is Nokia.
Yahoo!: The first king of the internet
By Aniket Gupta | 01 Dec 2023
The year is 1994. You go to the internet to search for a particular website, but there is no Google that could be used to search your desired website. What do you do? The answer is that you use Yahoo.
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