Introduction.
Unilever is a parent company for more than 400 brands globally in the food and personal grooming industries. The company operates in 190 countries worldwide. It is the second largest consumer packaged goods (CPG) company in the world, after Proctor & Gamble, and the third largest food company after Nestle and Kraft.
Being one of the biggest producers, the company faced the problems associated with mass production, specifically pollution and negative environmental changes. Unilever’s team determined a need for ethical business practices and revised their strategy to create a new strategy for sustainable business with an environmentally conscious approach.
Sustainable business strategy is the advantage of the responsible companies, which realize their influence on environment and local population, take into consideration the needs and necessities of the community and provide the open information about their activity.
Sustainable marketing calls for socially and environmentally responsible practices that meet the present needs of consumers and businesses while also facilitating the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
Company’s mission, vision and strategy.
Mission Unilever’s simple purpose is to make a sustainable living commonplace.
Vision Unilever’s vision is to grow the business while increasing positive social impacts
Marketing strategy for sustainable business.
Unilever calls its business strategy document ‘the Compass’, since it sets
Unilever Global is a company dedicated to producing quality and nutritionally balanced foods to indulgent ice creams, affordable soaps, luxurious shampoos and everyday household care products. They also produce world-leading brands which include Lipton, Knorr, Dove, Axe, Hellmann’s and Omo, alongside trusted local names such as Blue Band, Pureit and Suave. Furthermore, Unilever Global is one of the world’s leading fast-moving consumer goods companies with products sold in over 190 countries. Arguably, more than 2 billion consumers worldwide use a Unilever product on any given day. According to its website, the vision of Unilever is “to make sustainable living commonplace place, working to create a better future every day,
Its origin goes back to the 19th century when a group of companies operating independently, produced soaps and margarine. In 1930, the companies merged to form Unilever that diversified into food products in 1940s. Through the next five decades, it emerged as a major fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) multinational operating in several businesses. In 2004, the Unilever 2010 strategic plan was put into action with the mission to ‘bring vitality to life’ and ‘to meet everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene and personal care with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life’. The corporate strategy is of focusing on core businesses of food, home care and personal care. Unilever operates in more than 100 countries, has a turnover of €39.6 billion and net profit of €3.685 billion in 2006 and derives 41 per cent of its income from the developing and emerging economies around the world. It has 179,000 employees and is a culturally-diverse organization with its top management coming from 24 nations. Internationalization is based on the principle of local roots with global scale aimed at becoming a ‘multi-local
Unilever, founded in 1929, is an Anglo–Dutch multinational consumer goods company. Its headquarters are in London, England and in Rotterdam, Netherlands as well. It is the world's third-largest consumer goods company as of 2012. It is also one of the oldest multinational companies in the world, its products include food, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. And these products are available in 190 countries.
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