Tag: Unilever

Unilever in the UK publishes 2022 Gender Pay Report

Stuart Mitchell

Unilever have published their latest gender pay gap report with the following news post on their webpage: Today we published our gender pay results for the sixth year, in line with the government’s Gender Pay regulations introduced in April 2017*. As required by government regulation for gender pay reporting, more detailed figures from our two main employing entities in the UK have been published. These are Unilever UK Limited, representing our UK specific operations, including factories, and Unilever UK Central Resources Limited, representing our global functions based in the UK…

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Major employers and energy consumers urge North Carolina elected officials to expand access to clean energy and electric vehicles

Stuart Mitchell

Nearly two dozen major companies and large energy consumers with operations in North Carolina are urging state policymakers to expand access to clean energy technologies and electric vehicles in order to drive economic growth and reduce carbon emissions.   In a letter delivered to members of the North Carolina General Assembly and Gov. Roy Cooper, 22 companies, universities, and trade associations urged elected officials to consider policies and programs that will increase access to cost-effective, clean energy technologies. Additional policy action is needed to meet North Carolina’s power plant emissions reduction…

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Unilever announces €20 million investment in new Ukraine factory

Stuart Mitchell

Unilever has announced it will invest €20million in a new production facility in the Kyiv region of Ukraine, to support our growing business and demonstrate our long-term commitment to the country. Construction will start this year, with the factory expected to open in 2024. The new factory will create around 100 jobs and will manufacture personal care products including shampoos and shower gels for brands such as Dove, Axe, TRESemmé and Clear. The hub will predominantly supply the local Ukrainian market but has future potential to export to European markets.…

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Unilever reveals influencers can switch people on to sustainable living

Stuart Mitchell

Unilever, alongside a cohort of eco-conscious influencers and behavioural scientists, today announce the results of a first of its kind examination of the role of influencer content in impacting sustainable choices. The experiment was created in partnership with the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), the world’s first government institution dedicated to applying behaviour science. To put activist influencer social media content to the test, BIT built a simulated social platform that showed people various styles of content, and measured the resulting behaviour change of 6,000 UK, US, and Canadian consumers. The…

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Flue2Chem: SCI, Unilever and 13 partners launch £5.4m net zero collaboration project

Stuart Mitchell

A consortium of businesses, universities and non-governmental organisations has received a grant of £2.68 million in funding to develop a project aimed at converting industrial waste gases into sustainable materials for use in consumer products. The £5.4m Flue2Chem Project is a two-year programme spearheaded by Unilever and SCI, with 13 other organisations involved. With funding from Innovate UK, which has come via the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Transforming Foundation Industries Challenge, the partners aim to take waste gas from foundation industries such as metal, glass, paper and chemicals, and…

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