2012
Latest press releases
- Unilever Partners With Feeding America Year-Round To Help Fight Hunger Nationwide
- 12/19/12:
Donations in 2012 Total More Than 3 Million Pounds in Product and Nearly $850,000
- AXE® to Join Roster of 2013 Super Bowl Advertisers
- 12/18/12:
Appearance Marks the Brand’s First Debut during the Big Game
- Hellmann’s Adds a Festive New Flavor for the Football Season: Southwestern Ranch
- 12/05/12:
Its cool, creamy ranch flavor adds a delicious kick to Game Day recipes.
- Ragú® Helps Parents Play Filmmaker This Holiday Season
- 12/04/12:
New App offers easy, fun way for parents to capture, share and enjoy the quintessential moments of childhood
- Unilever Recognized as Best Place to Work by Human Rights Campaign
- 11/23/12:
Company Scores 100 Percent Rating on 2013 LGBT Equality Index
- Axe Hair’s “Splitting Hairs” Comedy Tour Brings Top Comedians Together to Decode What the Opposite Sex is Thinking
- 11/08/12:
Abby Elliott, Owen Benjamin and David Koechner will headline six-city tour and deliberate hot button issues between guys and girls, from first impressions to total turn-offs
- Unilever CEO Challenges Youth Leaders to Remake Capitalism
- 10/19/12:
Unilever CEO Paul Polman addressed 1,300 young leaders from 182 countries during the third annual One Young World Summit
- Collaborate to Innovate: Unilever seeks help with new technical challenges to support sustainable growth
- 10/10/12:
Company’s new Open Innovation portal receives over 1000 ideas after six months
- Unilever® and Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market Partner with the Arbor Day Foundation to Green Arizona, California, and Nevada
- 09/26/12:
“Buy any Three, Plant a Tree” Initiative Will Provide 25,000 Trees to Local Communities
- Unilever Named as Working Mother 100 Best Company
- 09/18/12:
For Leadership on Creating Family-Friendly Policy & Culture
- AXE Showerpooling Gets Guys and Girls in on the Action of Water Conservation
- 09/18/12:
New Survey Reveals the Good, the Bad and the Dirty About Showering Habits in the U.S.
- Unilever and Save the Children launch global partnership
- 09/14/12:
The Unilever Foundation and Save the Children launched a global partnership today. The partnership aims to save millions of lives among young children and mothers in China, Nigeria, Bangladesh and Kenya.
- Unilever Named in Top Spot on Dow Jones Sustainability Index
- 09/14/12:
Unilever has been named as the sustainability leader in the Food & Beverage super-sector of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI).
- Skippy® Continues to Make Nutrition Delicious with Introduction of Skippy® Natural Creamy with 1/3 Less Sodium and Sugar
- 09/05/12:
Skippy®, one of America’s favorite peanut butter brands for close to 80 years, is introducing Skippy® Natural Creamy with 1/3 Less Sodium and Sugar, offering the great natural peanut butter taste families love with 1/3 less sodium and sugar than regular Skippy® Creamy Peanut Butter.
- Unilever Completes Sale of Frozen Meals Portfolio in North America
- 08/20/12:
Unilever today announced that it has completed the sale of its North America frozen meals business.
- Unilever Announces Closure of U.S. Bond Issue
- 08/02/12:
Unilever announced that the $1 billion bond,consisting of $450 million Fixed Rate Notes due 30th July 2015 and $550 million Fixed RateNotes due 2nd August 2017, launched on July 30, closed today.
- Unilever Prices a $1 Billion Bond on the U.S. Market
- 07/31/12:
Unilever yesterday priced a double-tranche $1.0 billion (ca. €0.8 billion) bond on the U.S. market: $450 million 0.45 per cent Fixed Rate Notes due 30th July 2015 and $550 million 0.85 per cent Fixed Rate Notes due 2nd August 2017. The anticipated closing date of the offering is 2nd August 2012.
- Unilever Agrees to Sell Frozen Meals Portfolio in North America
- 07/30/12:
Unilever today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement for the sale of its North America frozen meals business to ConAgra Foods, Inc. for a total cash consideration of $265 million.
- TRESemmé® Makes a Splash at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 Collections
- 07/19/12:
Suit up in Style with Runway-ready, Beach-worthy Hair
- Unilever Named A Best Employer For Healthy Lifestyles By National Business Group On Health
- 06/29/12:
Unilever Amoung 66 Employers Recognized For Promoting Healthy Workplaces And Lifestyles
- Unilever Partners with PSI and Facebook to Launch Waterworks™
- 06/22/12:
Program will deliver clean drinking water to communities in need
- Unilever and UNICEF partner to help bring sanitation to over 400,000 people
- 06/18/12:
The Unilever Foundation and Domestos have joined forces with UNICEF to support UNICEF’s Community Approaches to Total Sanitation (CATS) program
- Hellmann’s® Teams Up with Celebrity Chefs Tim Love and Hugh Acheson at 30th Annual FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen
- 06/14/12:
America’s Favorite Mayonnaise Marks its Move to Cage-Free Eggs with a Celebration of REAL, Delicious Food at One of the Nation’s Most Celebrated Food Festivals
- Unilever Issues Allergy Alert on Pints of Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Nougat Crunch Ice Cream
- 06/12/12:
Sweet Cream Ice Cream with Fudge Covered Wafer Cookies & a Chocolate Nougat Swirl
- Magnum ice cream launches ‘Magnum Mini Moments’ Facebook app offering fans unforgettable movie moments from iconic Paramount Pictures’ films
- 06/06/12:
Search, Clip and Share Favorite Scenes from Top Gun, The Godfather, Grease and many more popular movies
- Nexxus Salon Hair Care Announces Multi-Year, Exclusive Partnership with the Tony Awards®
- 06/05/12:
Becomes First-Ever Official Beauty and Hair Care Partner
- Country Crock® and Wounded Warrior Project™ Bring Shared Goals to the Family Table
- 06/05/12:
Country Crock Commits $100,000 for a Second Year to Help Injured U.S. Service Members; Special Edition Packaging Hits Stores This Month
- Unilever Supply Chain Breaks into World Top 10
- 05/22/12:
Unilever achieved 10th place in the 2012 Gartner Supply Chain Top 25
- The Popsicle® Brand Partners with Voice of Nickelodeon’s Spongebob SquarePants to Launch the “Your Yosicle™ Adventure” Contest
- 05/22/12:
Tom Kenny and Popsicle® Ask Families to Showcase Their Creativity in an Animated Online Script Contest
- Hellmann’s® Mayonnaise Dressing with Olive Oil Makes Summer Even More Delicious
- 05/22/12:
Hellmann’s® is making summer fare even more delicious with a new recipe for Hellmann’s® mayonnaise dressing with Olive Oil
- Heidi Klum Unveiled As Face of New Clear Scalp & Hair Beauty Therapy™
- 05/09/12:
New Premium Hair Care Brand From Unilever Takes A Revolutionary Approach to Stronger, More Beautiful Hair
- Axe Shower Teams Up with Supermodel Kate Upton and New York Defensive End Jason Pierre-Paul to Support Fitness Education
- 04/25/12:
Upton and Pierre-Paul Go Head-to-Head to Launch AXE Sport Blast 2-in-1 Shower Gel + Shampoo
- Unilever Reports on First Year’s Progress Against Ground-Breaking Sustainable Living Plan Targets
- 04/24/12:
Unilever has published a report on the progress it is making towards meeting its Unilever Sustainable Living Plan targets.
- Popsicle® Unveils the Yosicle™
- 04/19/12:
Unexpected Combination of Classic Ice Pop and Yogurt Hits Store Shelves in Time for Summer
- Culinary Artist Clare Crespo Launches Whimsical New Recipe Book where Vegetables are Celebrated Stars
- 04/18/12:
‘A Very Veggie World’ gets families to go green – and red and orange – by making colorful, nutritious veggies fun AND delicious
- Ben & Jerry’s Global Free Cone Day on Tuesday, April 3!
- 04/02/12:
New Greek Frozen Yogurt & Fun Lead the Festivities at Annual "Thanks" to Fans
- Make it Red Hot! Hellmann’s® and Frank’s® RedHot® Launch Limited Edition Flavor
- 03/22/12:
In its first cross-brand product partnership, Hellmann’s® today announced the launch of a new limited edition flavor: Hellmann’s® Spicy Buffalo with Frank’s® RedHot®.
- TRESemmé® Unveils TRESemmé Style Setters; New Digital Series Launches with Actress Nikki Reed Taking Viewers Backstage at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
- 03/12/12:
Original Program Produced in Partnership with Alloy Digital and Mindshare Entertainment Offers Unique Look at the Collaboration between Hairstylists and Designers
- UNILEVER - Annual Report on Form 20-F
- 03/02/12:
Unilever N.V. and Unilever PLC announced that each filed today, March 2, 2012, its Annual Report on Form 20-F, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
- Lipton® Taps Grammy Award-Winning Trio Lady Antebellum to Own the 'Drink Positive' Spirit with Refreshing New Campaign
- 03/01/12:
Multi-faceted marketing campaign includes national TV, print and online advertising, supporting exciting new products to the Tea category.
- Culinary and Entertaining Expert Katie Lee Celebrates Hollywood’s Biggest Night with Dishes Inspired by the Best Picture Nominees
- 02/21/12:
Five Delicious Recipes Made with I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!® Help Movie Fans Host Award-Winning Home Viewing Parties
- Unilever Introduces Simple®: The Sensitive Skin Experts
- 02/16/12:
The UK’s Number One Facial Skincare Brand Arrives in the U.S.
- Unilever and Ben & Jerry's Bring Climate-Friendly Freezer Cabinets to U.S.
- 02/14/12:
Cooperative effort clears the path with environmental protection agency for earth-friendly refrigerants
- TRESemmé® Unlocks the Secret to Chair-Worthy Hair at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
- 02/08/12:
Providing Insider Access to the Latest Hair Trends Straight Off The Runway
- Strong Growth in 2011 Despite Difficult Markets
- 02/02/12:
Robust performance in a challenging economic environment
- Unilever Launches Global Foundation
- 01/27/12:
Partnership with five global organisations to deliver sustainable change worldwide launched today at the World Economic Forum in Davos
- In a Worldwide First, the New 20th Century Fox Drama 'Touch' Will Launch in More Than 100 Countries
- 01/23/12:
Coordinated Global Distribution, Marketing and Sponsorship Is a Television First. Unilever Will Serve as Touch’s Worldwide Advertising Partner.
- Bertolli® Frozen Meal Soup Warms Hearts & Stomachs with “Ladles of Love” to Benefit Feeding America
- 01/18/12:
Program to Help Provide 400,000 Meals to Feeding America for National Soup Month
- Nicole Richie Kicks Off Award Season and Shares Her Red Carpet Transformation
- 01/17/12:
Actress and Designer Invites Women to Discover Keratin by Giving Away 50,000 Products!
- Slim-Fast® Helps America Vow to 'WOW!' in 2012
- 01/17/12:
Experts in beauty, fashion and nutrition launch Slim-Fast Studio WOW! to inspire people to feel and look their best for special moments this year

