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. ,

In 2006, it had sales of US $52.3 billion with profits of US $5.4 billion.

Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council
Unilever has been a corporate funder of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). See ALEC Corporations for more.

Animal testing
Unilever is on the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals list of companies that perform animal testing. . Products tested include cosmetics, toiletries, household cleaners, foods, food additives and chemicals.

Lobbying
Unilever spent $800,000 for lobbying in the U.S. in the first half of 2007.

Personnel
Key people:


 * 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

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

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.

Related Books

 * Jules Marchal, Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts: Colonial Exploitation in the Congo (Verso, 2008).Review