Eugene McParland 🇺🇦

#British consumer goods giant #Unilever has doubled profits and increased ad spending in russia despite its pledge to stop profiting from the market after moscow invaded #Ukraine last year

Its russian subsidiary Unilever Rus, which employs more than 3,000 people, almost doubled its 2022 net profit from 4.8 billion rubles ($62 million) to 9.2 billion rubles ($119 million), according to the investigative news outlet Follow the Money.

Read more here🔗 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/05/12/unilever-doubles-russia-profits-boosts-ad-sales-despite-divestment-pledge-a81118

#SlavaUkraine #UK

Unilever Doubles Russia Profits, Boosts Ad Sales Despite Divestment Pledge

British consumer goods giant Unilever has doubled profits and increased ad spending in Russia despite its pledge to stop profiting from the market after Moscow invaded Ukraine last year, investigative media reported Friday.

The Moscow Times
May 14, 2023 at 1:07pmWeb
Show threadMaryPotMay 14, 2023

@EugeneMcParland

Unilever owns a giant pile of companies and brands.

Is there a graphic showing which companies it owns and another showing all the brands it owns?

It would be so much easier to boycott if we, the consumers, knew what we can boycot/not buy.

Show threadEugene McParland 🇺🇦May 14, 2023

@MaryPot

Here is some further info 🔗 https://leave-russia.org/unilever

Extract
Unilever owns 8 large russian enterprises, including a margarine factory in moscow, a sauce factory, a tea-packing factory and a perfume and cosmetics factory in st. petersburg, a food factory and an ice cream factory in tula, as well as ice cream factories in novosibirsk and omsk. British firm producing Magnum and Cornetto is STILL selling ice creams in russia despite their invasion of #Ukraine

#StandWithUkraine

Unilever

#LeaveRussia: Unilever is Doing Business in Russia as Usual

Show threadMaryPotMay 14, 2023

@EugeneMcParland

I'm not in the UK, but I am pretty certain I am unwittingly adding to their profits.

According to this, they have brands in Norway that include Hellmanns, Knorr, Maizena, Maille and The Vegetarian Butcher.
https://www.unileverfoodsolutions.no/om-oss.html

Wikipedia lists these brands in Norway:
Dove, Axe, Vaseline, Neutral, Domestos, Knorr, Lipton, Carte d'Or, Maizena, Maille, Slotts og Ben & Jerry's
https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unilever

Now to figure out what I can use instead of Maizena!
#NorskTut

Om oss | Unilever Food Solutions | Unilever Food Solutions

Hos Unilever Food Solutions har vi levd for mat siden 1880-tallet, og vi har skapt noen av verdens favorittmerker, som Knorr, Hellmann’s g mange flere.

Unilever Food Solutions
Show threadJohn Abbe (aka Slow)May 14, 2023
@MaryPot @EugeneMcParland No surprise. This is the same Unilever which over-rode the wishes of their Ben & Jerry's division by granting a license to someone else to sell fake "Ben & Jerry's" ice cream in the Israel-occupied Palestinian territories. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/30/ben-jerrys-criticises-deal-that-will-resume-sales-in-occupied-territories
Ben & Jerry’s criticises deal that will resume sales in occupied territories

Firm says it does not agree with parent company’s decision to sell off brand’s Israeli business

The Guardian
Show threadMaryPotMay 14, 2023

@EugeneMcParland

Ahhh. Here we go! They have provided an overview of their brands! How nice of them! 😉
https://www.unilever.com/our-company/at-a-glance/

At a glance

We’re driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace.

Unilever
Show threadKevin RussellMay 14, 2023

@EugeneMcParland

Unilever needs big government sanctions. 👏👏👏👏

Show threadDamnKimberleeMay 14, 2023
We fight back--by boycotting, media blitz against all corporations who fund anti-democratic efforts. @EugeneMcParland
Show threadKenny KravitzMay 14, 2023
@EugeneMcParland I remember they ran some very questionable ads in Russia back in the 2000s. Culturally, Russians didn't really do deodorants or antiperspirants so they needed to create a new market there. One particularly memorable ad featured a woman in a lift with two men. As the lift went up the floors she started to sweat and then began to physically transform into a pig.
Show threadAnvil of TruthMay 14, 2023
@EugeneMcParland My first thought was bleed the fucking Russians…then of course I fully understand that to Unilever every human is a bag of blood to squeeze. But please bleed the Russians harder until they decide to join the human race.
Show threadJoseph Lim May 15, 2023
@EugeneMcParland @lawrence
#Unilever has long peddled pseudo-food in the name of profits so their Russian #hypocrisy is not at all surprising. To support #Ukraine and the free world, we can #boycott their products, brands that come to mind:
- Magnum
- Ben & Jerry's
- Knorr
- Hellmann's
- Dove
- Sunsilk
- Colgate
- Persil
- Lux
- Vaseline
- Wall's
#SlavaUkraini #SaveUkraine #StopPutin #StopProfiteering #SocialResponsibility
Show threadcensored for “transphobia”May 25, 2023
@joseph11lim @lawrence @EugeneMcParland I already #boycott #Unilever in part b/c of their #BetterThanCash Alliance membership¹, which puts them on the wrong side of the #WarOnCash. ① https://www.betterthancash.org/about/members
Members

The Alliance members include national governments from Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America, global brands across the agriculture, garment and fast-moving consumer good sectors, UN agencies and humanitarian non-governmental organization (NGOs).

Better Than Cash Alliance
Show threadJoseph Lim Jun 30, 2023
@EugeneMcParland @lawrence
#MustWatch #MustShare #documentary
@[email protected] #DocFilm — #JunkFood - The Dark Side of the #FoodIndustry
"Sugar is one of the strongest "drugs” & can get consumers really hooked. Food giants know this only too well .. they use sugar, fats & flavor enhancers (salt) to encourage people to buy & boost their profits .. more & more people around the world are overweight or obese. Illnesses such as diabetes & cardiovascular disease r becoming more prevalent"
https://www.dw.com/en/junk-food-the-dark-side-of-the-food-industry/a-65707080
Junk Food - The Dark Side of the Food Industry

40 % of the global population is overweight or obese. Highly processed industrial foodstuffs are largely to blame. But food companies continue to focus on products that are addictive.

Deutsche Welle