Tag: Unilever

Co-op partners with Unilever to launch packaging trial for shoppers to refill and reuse conveniently

Stuart Mitchell

Unilever and Co-op have partnered together to launch two refill packaging store trials, with the aim of gaining a deeper understanding of consumer behaviour towards refillable and reusable packaging in a convenience environment – the move is Unilever’s first within a convenience store. The trial will test two refill models: ‘Refill on the go’ and ‘Return on the go’ and, some of Unilever’s best-known brands: Persil; Simple; Radox and Alberto Balsam, will be available in reusable stainless-steel bottles, providing shoppers with a quick and easy option to cut plastic consumption.…

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Unilever, Pernod Ricard and IKEA put profit and the planet on equal footing at Transform Europe

Stuart Mitchell

What does it take to become a ‘sustainability-first’ business? The big question for all organisations as we head into the COP26 period, is whether it is possible to grow a business while reducing greenhouse gases and its impacts on customers, people, planet across its value chain. In less than a month’s time Transform Europe (23 -24th November) will convene the pioneering leaders in transforming their businesses to find out how they are integrating sustainability into the business and making investment decisions with financial returns and the social and CO2 impact…

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New cosmetics consortium to co-design environmental impact assessment and scoring system

Stuart Mitchell

Henkel, L’Oréal, LVMH, Natura &Co, and Unilever announce a new global collaboration to co-develop an industry-wide environmental impact assessment and scoring system for cosmetics products. The aim is to co-design an approach that is brand-agnostic, and which provides consumers with clear, transparent and comparable environmental impact information, based on a common science-based methodology. They are inviting other cosmetics companies to join them in this pursuit. Addressing the demand for greater transparency The new assessment and scoring system will aim to meet growing consumer demand for greater transparency about the environmental…

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27 PETA-Approved Unilever brands join the fight to save cruelty free cosmetics in Europe

Stuart Mitchell

Unilever’s PETA-Approved brands, including TRESemmé, Simple and St.Ives, have committed to joining the fight to save cruelty free cosmetics in Europe. Last week, Unilever’s largest beauty and personal care brand, Dove, united with The Body Shop, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Cruelty Free Europe, Humane Society International/Europe, Eurogroup for Animals, and the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments* to launch a European Citizens’ Initiative, calling on the European Commission to protect its longstanding ban on animal testing for cosmetics. Now, Unilever’s 27 other PETA-Approved brands will add…

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Unilever, Boots and The Hygiene Bank tackle hygiene poverty

Stuart Mitchell

One in five people in the UK are held back by poverty, which means that many don’t have access to basic hygiene at home, such as soap, to keep clean and be well which is more important now than it has ever been. Unilever and Boots have come together to help raise awareness around hygiene poverty in the UK and offer product donations for those of us affected by poverty. They will work with The Hygiene Bank to do this, who have been a charity partner of Boots since February…

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