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UNILEVER HAS BUILT A SOLID REPUTATION ON TRUST & QUALITY PRODUCTS
UNILEVER HAS BUILT A S REPUTATION ON TRUST QUALITY PRODUCTS
UNILEVER HAS BUILT A SOLID REPUTATION BA ON QUALITY AND TRUST AND AS SUCH HAS VERY LOYAL CUSTOMER BASE
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OUNDED IN 1930 OUT OF a merger between Lever Brothers (UK) and Unimargarine (Netherlands), Unilever is today one of the world’s leading Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies with a turnover of more than 4.3 billion euros. Unilever has a strong presence in over 100 countries worldwide with corporate offices in London and Rotterdam. Employing 250,000 people directly and many more as contract manufacturers, growers, suppliers,
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distributors and service providers across the globe, Unilever has a huge global footprint and presence. The company spends 2.5 percent of its turnover on research and development and 1.5 percent on corporate social responsibility. QUALITY, TRUST AND CORE PRODUCTS
“Everyday 150 million people choose our brands to feed their families and clean themselves and their homes,” reads the company’s website. “To meet their
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needs our business is therefore categorised in three areas; foods, home care and personal care products.� Unilever is a leading multinational company that has existed for more than one century and operates in over 100 countries around the world. It has built a solid reputation based on quality and trust and as such has a very loyal customer base. Unilever is a manufacturer of some of the world’s leading foods, home and personal care products such as Blue Band and Flora Margarine, Knorr and Royco
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Ice cream, Lipton Tea; and Omo; Lux, Dove, Lifebouy, Vaseline and many more. In addition Unilever is involved in the growing, buying, manufacturing and marketing of tea. OUR MISSION IS TO This is done alongside, ADD VITALITY TO LIFE. W fuel wood production, MEET EVERYDAY NEEDS FOR NUTRITION; HYGIEN sustainable agriculture, AND PERSONAL CARE research and development. UNILEVER EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
WITH BRANDS THAT HEL PEOPLE FEEL GOOD, LOOK GOOD AND GET MORE OUT OF LIFE
Unilever East and Southern Africa (ESA) is a Unilever Subsidiary operating in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique and Malawi. ESA covers a market of 19 countries with a population of 150 million people in ESA. Unilever operates two businesses, the consumer business
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dealing with FMCG and the tea plantations business in Kenya and Tanzania. The plantations business is the biggest employer in Unilever with a workforce of 25,000. The consumer business employs over O 1,500 people directly. WE In addition we have 120 S NE distributors spread across seven countries reaching LP more than 100,000 retail outlets each week. T “Our mission is to add vitality to life. We meet everyday needs for nutrition; hygiene and personal care with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life,” states the company. “Because our vitality mission is rooted in the intimate understanding of people’s needs and aspirations, it inspires new ways at Unilever East and Southern Africa
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to reach consumers with quality products that care for their families and help them get more out of life. To achieve this aim, we maintain the highest standards of corporate behaviour towards our employees, consumers, customers and indeed our operating environment.� SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Unilever subscribes to the highest standard of corporate behaviour by being transparent in its dealings, fair in competition, and law abiding. The company is a socially responsible and responsive organisation that takes strategic actions for the improvement of the communities within which it operates. Through the Unilever corporate social responsibility programme the company is involved in the provision of support to the region’s communities in the fields of health, education, water, hygiene, nutrition, and environment. Our plantations worldwide are leading centres of agricultural research, innovation and sustainable agronomic practices. Our quest
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for excellence is explained by the fact that we spend more than one billion euros a year on research and development. One hundred and fourteen of our global manufacturing sites are certified to the International Management Standards, ISO 14001. In addition, we Range of Unilever products
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spend over 66 million euros on a range of community projects. A BRAND OF EXCELLENCE
“Globally we therefore pride ourselves as a company that is a global home of brand excellence, a successful Flora packaging and respected company with international team working and meaningful local job inspiring leaders and passionate people enabling world cl growth and an open culture where individuals and differe Unilever is socially responsible both locally and internatio “Our brands are trusted everywhere and, by listening t buy them, we’ve grown into one of the world’s most succe goods companies. We have a portfolio of brands that are p the country. Popular because of our two key strengths; str markets and first-hand knowledge of the local culture and expertise applied internationally to serve consumers ever
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Name: Unilever East and Southern Africa Industry: Manufacturing Products: Foods, home care and personal care products Founded: 1930 Headquarters: Kenya Revenue: 4.3 billion euros Employees: 250,000 Website: www.unilever-esa.com
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