Introduction There Has Been a Lot of Attention Given in the Recent Past to the Social Impact of Business. with an Increase in Th

Introduction

There has been a lot of attention given in the recent past to the social impact of business. With an increase in the number of Multi-national companies and the increase in size of the small business, their impact on the society is being closely monitored. Companies are now taking their corporate social responsibility more seriously and are trying to ensure that they are going to have a positive impact on the society as the overall success of the business depends on it. This report is aimed at reviewing the social performance of

Unilever. It analyses the impact that the company has on the society and its stakeholders. The report will examine both the positive and negative aspects of the company’s performance.

Unilever Background

William Hesketh Lever started Unilever in the 1980 with the purpose of promoting cleanliness and hygiene by providing best quality soap. Unilever

Corporation was established only in the 1930 but the companies that formed the Unilever Corporation were formed in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Today Unilever Corporation has grown on to become one of the biggest companies on the planet with products being sold in 170 countries and employees worldwide counting up to 163,000. Unilever’s products span across

14 categories of personal care, home care, nutrition, health, hygiene, beauty and food products with 400 brands. The main brands of Unilever are Dove, Surf, Lipton, Suave, Blue Band, Knorr, Domestos, Comfort, Sunlight, Axe,

Lifebuoy, Rexona, Ponds, Vaseline, Lux, Pepsodent, etc. Unilever’s products have become a part of millions of customer’s everyday life. The reach of

Unilever can be best understood by the following statement: “160 million times a day, someone somewhere chooses a Unilever product” (Unilever,

2010). The company vision gives a great insight into the working of the company. The vision of Unilever is to inspire people to work towards creating a better future, take small actions everyday which in a long run is going to add up and make a big impact/ difference, to develop products and services that help people feel and look good and to innovate and come with new ways of doing business with the aim to double the business and at the same time reduce the impact that the company has on the environment. Unilever being such a huge organization with its operation and products numerous countries the company has a massive effect on the society and its stakeholders. The stakeholders of the company are the millions of customers who use the products of the Unilever, thousands of employees who work for Unilever, the supplier and producers who provide raw materials to the company, retailers and distributors of the products, investors, shareholders, people of the communities in which Unilever has its manufacturing units and office. Due to the size of the organization and the broad range of products and service

Unilever’s operations can make a serious impact on the environment. But with such broad range of products and services the impact that Unilever has wide ranged and not specific to any sector (Unilever, 2010).

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