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A Little Sunlight on UNILEVER

Monday, 27 March 2017, 9:30 MJA Uncategorized 25

It’s time for Unilever shareholders to mimic the anti-establishment trend and oust Polman as CEO and let him play politics on his own dime.

CR:  Unilever and the failure of corporate social responsibility .

[…] In Polman’s world, “as CEO of Unilever, my personal mission is to galvanize our company to be an effective force for good.”

While Polman seeks approval from global elites and basks in the glory of being called a “sustainability evangelist’” and a world saver for his roles in combating climate change and efforts to address social issues, Unilever has gone off the rails.

Despite Polman’s efforts to make Unilever a good corporate citizen, Unilever was mired in environmental and sexual harassment controversies.

Last year, Unilever settled with almost 600 workers in India over mercury exposure from a now closed thermometer plant following a 2006 lawsuit over exposure to the toxic element. The issue reached global attention from an Indian rapper’s song “Kodaikanal Won’t” that modified Nicki Minaj tune “An
aconda,” with lyrics addressing the mercury contamination problem.

A 2011 Irish Times story exposed sexual harassment claims from African workers that said they had to bribe supervisors to stop them from unwanted advances.   more here

 

SNIP: Here’s a list of Unilever brands– In case you were wondering.

25 Comments on A Little Sunlight on UNILEVER

  2. Plain Jane Lipton tea has gone to Hell. It now tastes like it is made with recycled paper. The package says “this product is packed in a zero landfill facility”. Instead of sending their trash to the dump Lipton is putting it in little bags and calling it tea. I really don’t care that Lipton is “rainforest alliance certified” when the tea tastes like crap.

  3. “… make Unilever a good corporate citizen …”

    Good products at a fair price makes “a good corporate citizen” – everything else is just so much bullshit.
    “Globaloney”
    “Sustainability”
    “Social Issues”
    All these are gas-bag issues, promulgated by the Globaloney-ists to impede Freedom and destroy Liberty.

    izlamo delenda est …

  4. It looks like I don’t use many of their products. Dove soap is about it.

    As for mayo it’s Duke’s, which is far superior to Hellman’s. It may be regional though.

  9. @Corona, doubt you can find it, Duke’s, the darling of the south.
    I use Hellman’s/Bestfood’s when I am not in the south, Duke’s is better, more eggs, no sugar.
    “Duke’s Mayonnaise is a condiment created by Mrs. Eugenia Duke at Duke’s sandwich shop of Greenville, South Carolina, in 1917.” Wiki

  13. If he would only use his powers for the success, profitability and growth of the corporations he’s in charge of. Instead he’s wasting his energy participating in sabotaging and eroding corporate missions by promoting global socialistic dribble.

  16. Redacted, Open The Door- Lipton is so nas-tea!
    Even the tea bags have a weird fishy odor to them. WTF?!
    Anyway, I buy my tea online or in special-tea shops. lol.
    Ok, I’ll steep with the puns.

  21. The thing about dipshit CEO’s like this, if it’s a publically traded company and he starts spending profits on eco do-gooder projects in order to win an award or get invited to the right cocktail parties the institutional shareholders will show up at his door and read him the riot act. Then he’ll quietly put things back or he’ll announce his resignation due to health issues. The only time this stuff never happens is if the changes have increased the number of lefties buying the crap or it’s one of those family companies that keep “special voting shares” locked away and only controlled by the family (see the NYT).
    Besides, I only buy Popsicles and only when they’re chocolate which the bastards only seem to make for a few weeks in the spring and they make them a bitch to find.

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