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Unilever Appoints Heiko Schipper as President of Nutrition Business

Unilever has appointed Heiko Schipper as President of the group’s Nutrition business, effective May 1, 2024.

Unilever Chief to Quit sooner after failed GSK Bid

British-multinational consumer products giant Unilever has announced that its chief executive, Alan Jope, will retire at the end of 2023. The potentially earlier than planned departure announcement had been anticipated.

Unilever and Genomatica Partner on Plant-based Ingredients

Consumer goods giant Unilever and biotech specialist Genomatica are to jointly invest $120 million in a new venture to commercialize plant-based alternatives to feedstocks such as palm oil and fossil fuels used in cleansers for home care, beauty and personal care products.

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Evonik Builds Rhamnolipids Plant in Slovakia

Germany’s Evonik is investing a three-digit million-euro sum to build a new plant for producing bio-based and fully biodegradable rhamnolipids in Slovakia. The facility is due to go on stream in two years.

Unilever under Pressure after GSK Consumer Bid Flop

Unilever’s CEO Alan Jope has had to bury his hopes of buying GlaxoSmithKline’s consumer drugs portfolio. After shareholders questioned the move, and analysts said that due to the relatively low price its third offer, worth £50 billion, was “as good as dead, the London-based consumer giant pulled the plug. Now it looks as if the CEO may face more trouble, as an activist investor has stepped into the fray.

GSK Rejects Unilever Bid for Consumer Health Arm

GlaxoSmithKline said it has received and rejected three bids from consumer products giant Unilever to acquire its consumer drugs arm. The latest offer, worth £50 billion (£41.7 billion in cash and £8.3 billion in Unilever shares), fundamentally undervalues" the business,” the UK pharma said.

Chemical and Consumer Firms Join PLF Task Force

Unilever, Croda, Scott Bader, Crown Paints and Afton Chemical are among the first companies to join a task force convened by the UK’s Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) to introduce a circular economy for polymers in liquid formulations (PLFs) and improve their waste management.

Unilever, LanzaTech and India Glycols Make Surfactant from Waste Carbon

Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever has partnered with recycled carbon technology specialist LanzaTech and glycols producer India Glycols to produce a surfactant from industrial carbon emissions.

Unilever Cuts Chemicals to Reduce Carbon Footprint

Unilever has announced that it will source 100% of the carbon used in its cleaning and laundry products from renewable or recycled sources rather than from traditional fossil fuels as it seeks to transform the sustainability of well-known brands such as Omo (Persil), Sunlight, Cif and Domestos.

Dutch Fund Joins Apollo in Akzo Specialties bid

US Firms Urge Trump to Uphold Paris Accord

Palm Oil Supplier’s Certificate Suspended

Marijn Dekkers to Head Unilever Board

Lessons from the Cosmetics Industry

A Game-Changer

AOCS World Conference on Fabric and Home Care

Sven Abend Named to Lonza Executive Committee

European Companies Catch A Cold In Emerging Markets

Getting The Pulse

Unilever to Raise Stake in Indian Unit in $5.4 Billion Offer

Insight into the Cosmeceutical Market

Henkel Eyes Further Profit Rise After Record 2012

P&G Posts Solid Quarter

Novozymes Says Efficiency Boost to Keep Margins High

Symrise Attracted by Growth in Cosmetic Ingredients

Ashland: Shana’a to Lead Technology and Growth for Specialty Ingredients

Unilever Aims to Halve Environmental Footprint

Strategic Raw Materials

Chemical Distribution: Three Attractive Markets

Unilever, P&G Fined €315.2 million For Price Fixing

Monsanto, Others Agree to Invest in Agricultural Projects in Tanzania and Vietnam

Cargill to Study SMART Audit, Decide How To Proceed

Unilever to Resume Buying CPO if Sinar Mas Cleared

Cargill Warns Sinar Mas Over Illegal Logging Claim