Average annual expenditure on cosmetics, perfume and bath preparation products per consumer unit in the United States. Number of consumers who use Dove moisturizer, cream, or lotion most often in the Unites States. Interesting statistics In the following 3 chapters, you will quickly find the 18 most important statistics relating to "Unilever".
Statistics on the topic. Market Overview Biggest companies in the world by market capitalization Global brand value of Unilever from to Unilever: revenue worldwide More interesting topics Related topics. Cosmetics Industry in the U. Cleaning products industry in the U. Go to report. Contact Get in touch with us. We are happy to help. Vianny Gutierrez-Cruz. Sales Manager — Contact United States. By , significant sectors of the Hungarian economy, including brewing, cement, glass, bread, vegetable oil, sugar confectionery, paper and refrigerators were in the hands of foreign multinational corporations.
In , nine of the largest ten privatisations went to Western multinational corporations. Eighty-five percent of privatization proceeds came from foreign investors. Multinationals including Electrolux, Unilever, and General Electric have plucked attractive state enterprises. Promoting unsustainable agriculture Corporations control virtually every step of the food production and distribution system, which is riddled with ecologically unsustainable practices.
These agricultural chemicals are responsible for tens of thousands of deaths, and at least a million more farm worker poisonings every year. Global giants such as Phillip Morris, United Fruit, Pepsico, Cargill, Unilever and Nestle oversee vast portions of international agricultural production and trade.
In fact, multinationals either directly or indirectly command 80 percent of the land around the world that is cultivated for export crops such as bananas, tobacco and cotton. Why do you think Unilever considers sustainable agriculture so important? High-input, industrial agriculture is the way forward. In its publication on sustainable agriculture Unilever sums up the blessings of the Green Revolution.
But of course no mentioning of the many experts who claim small-scale agriculture is much more productive and sustainable. Large-scale, industrialized, high-input agriculture fits in nicely in the corporate project of increasing corporate control of agriculture.
Unilever strongly supports the use of biotechnology in agriculture see section three above. Biotechnology is used as a tool to create uniform, standardized crops convenient for industrial processing, or crops with a long shelf life. Unilever tried to create genetically uniform palm trees through tissue culture. The company wanted to expand its palm oil operations palm trees are grown for the oil in their seeds; the seeds are used for snack foods and industrial lubricants , but the trees were too variable in size to be industrialized.
Unilever created large plantations of genetically identical palms -and bought out small farmers, cut down tropical rainforests and displaced indigenous people in the process. Also, processing factories for palm oil caused severe water pollution. Unilever started using GMOs in its food products in a very early stage, even before proper regulation e. After the quick introduction of GMOs in its foodstuffs, Unilever could claim there was no turning back.
The company knows most people cannot stomach the idea of genefoods. Unilever is willfully abusing its customer brand loyalty. The company takes a country to country position on the subject of GMOs adjusting its strategy to GM sensitivities in local markets. This statement clearly is very vague, and leaves much room for continuous use of GMOs. Environmental pollution Unilever claims to be concerned for the safety of its operations and the environment but this attitude clearly does not stretch to India.
Unilever has recently been accused by Greenpeace of double standards and shameful negligence for allowing its Indian subsidiary, Hindustan Lever, to dump several tonnes of highly toxic mercury waste in the densely populated tourist resort of Kodaikanal and the surrounding protected nature reserve of Pambar Shola, in Tamilnadu, Southern India.
Greenpeace activists and concerned residents cordoned off a contaminated dump site in the centre of Kodaikanal to protect people from the mercury wastes that have been recklessly discarded in open or torn sacks by Hindustan Lever which manufactures mercury thermometers for export, mainly to the United States.
Yet workers at the Indian factory are offered no protection from the mercury spills and several workers have complained of health problems which, they allege, is caused by their exposure to mercury in the workplace.
Mercury is highly poisonous and exposure to even the small amount through air, water or skin, exerts severe effects on the central nervous system brain and kidneys. Foetuses and young children are particularly vulnerable to poisoning by mercury [62]. The Financial Times reports 30 April that Unilever is one of the few companies that have already taken the initiative, reformulating some of its products to make them accessible and affordable to poor in India. Detergent e.
Omo and shampoo, for example, are now available in small sachets that sell for as little as half a rupee in India speaking of excessive packaging!
In co-operation with others we support projects that improve health care, rise levels of education, and stimulate local economic and cultural activities. Multinationals are increasingly penetrating the lives of people by taking public space, first of all by advertisements. Unilever also bombard us through sponsorship and the interference with education and science partnerships between universities and the private sector are mushrooming. The funds would enable the gallery, which opened in May , to commission and exhibit large-scale work known as the Unilever Series each year for the coming five years.
At the end of the summer , Unilever claims enthusiastically, two thousand people from Europe headed off for Ibiza! Collaboration with oppressive regimes Margarine Unie brought major interests in Nazi Germany.
What had evoked his respect? Food companies are worried if the problem continues they could face the threat of similar lawsuits to those being brought against tobacco firms. There is also concern governments may try to crack down on fast food advertising or impose mandatory health warnings. All companies at the forefront of promoting unhealthy food worldwide [ready-made microwave meals instead of fresh, whole foods , genetically engineered crops as opposed to organic crops , etc.
The multinational owns many subsidiaries all over the world see section two. Bachelors Beanfeast Unilever was the first multinational company that started using genetically modified GM products. A tiny asterisk attached to the ingredient list was the only mark to warn consumers. Bachelors Beanfeast contained soya beans which had genetic material from a virus, a bacteria and even the petunia plant inserted into them.
Effects on the human body could and can not be predicted [10]. Unilever received more than 3, phone calls from angry consumers in the UK. By spring , it was forced to withdraw Beanfeast, its flagship GM food product and to agree to phase out all GM products [11]. New Blue Star Omo was introduced at the end of March [12].
Today, Unilever is aggressively promoting Omo all over Asia and Africa see box below for an illustration , packaged in quantities down to 35 gram. Unilever copied this policy.
The company markets Surf in many countries and Omo in the remainder. The products are almost identical. But the packages are dissimilar enough that retailers stock Surf in the same section with Omo, often at the same price, so consumers must believe they are different products [13].
Salesmen are given bicycles with large boxes welded onto the back to transport small packs of detergent powder, margarine, soap and oil. Each salesman visits about 20 to 30 shops, following a fixed itinerary. Slim-Fast see: www.
Hunger evidently is a pre-eminent problem in the South, while obesity is a big problem in the North. Hunger and obesity should be considered as two sides of the same medal.
Food corporations can now exploit the opportunities in this case: fighting overweight opened up by the culture of over-consumption, which they themselves have created. As these names suggest, Slim-Fast capitalises on the needs of weight-conscious consumers. Unilever and Slim-Fast have developed an Internet-based service that offers advice on health management and vitality. No purchase necessary to enter or win; just fill in your details which will be used by the company to sharpen its marketing strategies.
Through their advertisements, Hindustan Lever spreads the message that a light skin is better than a dark skin. This type of advertisement promotes racism. It sends out the message that dark-skinned people are inferior. References [9] Unilever Jaaroverzicht , en verkorte jaarrekening Unilever publication, Dutch version. Entrepreneurs began to package products under brand names and promote them to millions of the new customers.
It was the dawn of modern advertising and merchandising. Lever was one of the firsts to discover the efficacy of mass advertising. Obviously, the budget for marketing and advertising has grown dramatically ever since. Advertising has always been a keystone of the business. The chimp adverts are now the longest — running TV advertising campaign of any brand, having featured in over commercials [36].
You can imagine that Unilever exerts tremendous influence through its ads, penetrating the lives of hundreds of million consumers every day. Unilever targets politicians as well, in order to influence, direct and shape policies. The company takes an active stance, like all other multinationals with huge market power, aiming to create a more favorable business climate.
Another main priority for Unilever is enhancement of its grip on the food chain. The promotion of GMOs and large-scale, export-oriented agriculture fit in this project see below. Unilever participates in various industry lobby groups such as the International Chamber of Commerce, the Confederation of British Industry , EuropaBio , and undoubtedly has strong connections with many high ranking politicians.
Political lobbying has become more professional and institutionalized during the 90s. It involves not only the targeting of politicians, but of other groups as well employees, consumers, regulators, but most of all ethical or environmental pressure groups and NGOs. Companies generally provide little information about what is actually being said and decided within lobby groups, or claim it to be a-political.
But they all know very well that their economic weight enables them to substantially influence policy decision-making processes, be it informally or formally, indirectly or directly. Economic and political power always come together. Unilever is a member of several influential lobby groups on the national, European, regional transatlantic and the global level, including:. Our regular surveys, consultations and reports provide grassroots business opinion and have strong influence on governments ministers and officials, MPs, and other decision makers and opinion formers.
This is reflected by our high profile in all kinds of media; each year we generate thousands of newspaper headlines, TV and radio interviews, often directly involving our member companies. BCC web site: www. In fact few policies or bills are written without extensive consultation with the CBI. It has daily contact with every level of government, with civil servants, with Ministers including the PM , and once a bill reaches Westminster with MPs.
CBI web site: www. Membership of the IoD is individual — each member joins the IoD in his or her capacity as a director. In fact its views are more balanced than those of the CBI, as the IoD is an association of people each with an equal say — the majority come from small businesses whereas the CBI is an association of businesses, some of which are larger and more influential.
IoD web site: www. The ERT was formed with the express intention of reviving the EU unification process and shaping it to the preferences of European corporations. Unlike most other corporate lobby group in Brussels, the ERT has never bothered to lobby on detailed legislation. Virtually the entire European biotechnology industry is united in EuropaBio, which was created in EuropaBio is made up of some companies, ranging from the largest bioindustry companies in Europe including the European offices of US companies like Monsanto to national biotech federations representing small and medium-sized enterprises.
Member companies include all of the major European multinationals interested in biotechnology, e. The main industrial lobbygroup aggressively promoting the commercialisation of GM food in Europe, and ever stricter patent protections for big corporations.
Unilever is one of the most influential members of EuropaBio. The TABD arguably is one of the most far-reaching and influential international corporate-state alliances. Through the TABD, EU and US based corporations develop government policy recommendations, which the both governments in turn do their utmost to implement.
Bilderberg Group an international elite forum The Bilderberg group is one of the oldest and most impenetrable international groupings in which major corporations play a significant agenda-setting role. The first Bilderberg gathering of politicians, military strategists, bankers, business leaders, academics, media, trade unionists and other opinion shapers took place in in the Bilderberg Hotel in Oosterbeek, the Netherlands.
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