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.
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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.
