Unilever

Unilever Plc engages in the manufacture and sale of consumer goods. It operates through the following segments: Beauty and Personal Care, Foods and Refreshment, and Home Care. The Beauty and Personal Care segment offers skin cleansing, hair care, skin care, and deodorants categories. The Foods and Refreshment segment sells ice cream, savory, dressings, and tea. The Home Care segment includes fabric category and a wide range of cleaning products. The company was founded by Antonius Johannes Jurgens, Samuel van den Bergh, and William Hulme Lever on January 1, 1930 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Unilever Plc engages in the manufacture and sale of consumer goods. It operates through the following segments: Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, Nutrition, and Ice Cream. The Beauty & Wellbeing segment offers hair care, skin care, and prestige beauty and health & wellbeing. The Personal Care segment consists of sales of skin cleansing, deodorant, and oral care products. The Home Care segment comprises of sales of fabric care and a wide range of cleaning products. The Nutrition segment refers to sales of scratch cooking aids, dressings, and tea products. The Ice Cream segment covers primarily ice cream products. The company was founded by Antonius Johannes Jurgens, Samuel van den Bergh, and William Hulme Lever on January 1, 1930 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Unilever is one of the strongest large cap consumer staples companies which is also trading cheaply relative to its free cash flow. The business is successfully transitioning into higher margin product segments and on track to further improve overall profitability.

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In its quarterly report on Thursday, Unilever plc (LON: ULVR) revealed an increase in its underlying sales attributed primarily to a higher demand for products related to hand and home hygiene. The company also said that food sales remained strong in the fiscal third quarter as the Coronavirus pandemic pushed people into eating at home.

Unilever's underlying sales came in 4.4% higher in the fiscal third quarter

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Alan Jope, the chief executive of Unilever , said on Monday the company would press on with plans to unify despite a Dutch opposition party proposal calling for an "exit tax" on the firm if it moves to a single British parent company and headquarters as planned.

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In an announcement on Wednesday, Unilever plc (LON: ULVR) said that its cleaning products will no longer use fossil fuels by 2030. The company expressed plans of investing £890 million to hit this target that is attributed to minimising carbon emissions.

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Unilever Plc said on Wednesday it would invest 1 billion euros to eliminate fossil fuels from its cleaning products by 2030, cutting down on carbon emissions created by the chemicals used in making the products.

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As part of its plan to lower its footprint, Unilever is removing petrochemicals from its home cleaning products.

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