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• The combination of Horizon3Labs' disruptive innovation with Accenture's deep expertise and strong ecosystem partnerships will help Unilever scale AI and generative AI more rapidly and responsibly across its business and discover new pathways to value. Manila Standard
• Hindustan Unilever Limited has highlighted it will be proceeding cautiously in managing its food business for the rest of the year despite positive results in Q2FY2023, citing continued volatile climate changes and inflationary pressures. FoodNavigator-Asia.com
• The B2B alternative protein company currently has more than 30 customers, including Unilever, which plans to test Abunda in its European Vegetarian Butcher products, Dutch poultry processor Plukon Food Group, and manufacturers supplying UK retailer Marks & Spencer. Food Dive
• Some 75 companies that make 80% of French food, including the likes of Nestle and Unilever, will reportedly lower prices from July. Just Drinks
• Unilever's global team of marketers will be under increasing pressure to deliver purpose-focused work which challenges societal behaviour without engaging in a culture war that could impact sales for the worse. The Drum
• Investing at all levels from grassroots to FIFA's top tournaments, Unilever will have the opportunity to supply a total of 80,000 gift packs containing personal care products direct to fans at various FIFA events over the coming years. ESM Magazine
• With Microsoft Azure as its cloud foundation, Unilever's end-to-end digitization will enable rapid innovation across its entire business. Accenture
• With Microsoft Azure as its cloud foundation, Unilever's end-to-end digitisation will enable rapid innovation across its entire business. Unilever
• Unilever will not retreat from its goals, as the effects of climate change and supply chain woes continue to add risk to business operations. Vogue Business
• Unilever's Hellmann's is testing a 'Smart Jar' design that will indicate fridge temperature, in a bid to reduce food waste. FoodBev Media
• The Lifebuoy range includes two of the top four selling SKUs in major UK retailers, and the addition of a kitchen towel product is expected to enhance the household product offering for Unilever. EMR-NAMNEWS Ltd.
• As the cost of living crisis continues to harm household spending power, Unilever forecast a €1.5bn (£1.3bn) impact from inflation during the first half of its financial year. Sky News
• Unilever alone pump out 46 billion plastic sachets every year, so the prospect of providing scalable and viable solutions for more companies like it has the potential to make a huge impact. Design Week
• Slashing food waste Unilever stresses that the consumer goods company aims to halve food waste across all its operations from factory to shelf by 2025. .foodingredientsfirst.com/
• Unilever will achieve an absolute reduction of 100% of its emissions in its operations by 2030 and net zero emissions across its value chain by 2039, among other goals oriented toward nutrition, health, and diversity. Yahoo Finance
• One danger is that rising inflation and interest rates will lead to people spending less and buying fewer Unilever products. The Motley Fool UK
• For Unilever's Jarman, protein diversification will allow food formulators to build products that are more nutritionally dense, with the added benefit of helping to create a food system that is able to withstand supply-side shocks exasperated by extreme weather events and climate change. FoodNavigator.com
• Unilever proved how a flexible recipe, see through fridge containers and measuring food waste could be used to decrease food waste when challenging customers to make a meal from leftovers. dunnhumby
• Food and personal goods companies such as Nestle and Unilever (ULVR.L) have been locked in hard negotiations with retailers since late last year, with supermarkets reluctant to raise prices of basic necessities and risk alienating shoppers struggling to get by. Reuters
• Unilever has reached a new business arrangement with Israel that will mark an end to Ben & Jerry's policy of refusing sale of its ice cream to East Jerusalem and the West Bank. bicom
• Unilever is sinking millions of dollars into a plan to scale up the production of a plant-based ingredient that could curb the use of palm oil and fossil fuels in its extensive household product range. GreenBiz

Last updated: 27 January 2025