Unilever is a British-Dutch multinational consumer goods company that owns over 700 brands. It has operations in 150 countries worldwide and is owned by Unilever NV and Unilever PLC. Unilever has a centralized organizational structure to support its diversified global operations in food, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. The company's corporate governance framework and five golden rules aim to align business goals with stakeholder interests through ethical practices and transparency.

1. presentation of corporate
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2. History of uniliver
Unilever is one of the largest packaged consumer goods companies in the world. It has
over 700 brands in its portfolio. The company has operations spread over 150 countries
around the world. Unilever is owned by the Netherlands-based Unilever NV (NV) and UK-
based Unilever PLC (PLC).
Since 1930 when the Unilever Group was formed, NV and PLC together with their group
companies, have operated and worked as a single entity.
They have the same directors, adopt the same accounting principles, and are linked by
equalization agreements, which regulate the mutual rights of the two sets of
shareholders.

3. Organizational structure OF uniliver
Unilever’s corporate structure is responsible for
ensuring adequate support for product innovation
in the firm’s global business. A company’s
organizational structure or corporate structure is
the design that defines the arrangement and
systems used to build and interconnect various
organizational components, such as offices and
teams. Unilever’s organizational structure adapts to
changes in the consumer goods industry and
global market. At present, the company maintains a
structure that addresses corporate needs in terms
of managing product types across the world. As a
leading consumer goods firm, Unilever has an
organizational structure that suitably supports
diversified global operations.

4. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF
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5. Unilever is a British–Dutch
multinational consumer goods company.
Its products include foods, beverages,
cleaning agents and personal care
products. It is the world's third-largest
consumer goods company measured by
2011 revenues (after Procter & Gamble
and Nestlé) and the world's largest
maker of ice cream.
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6. MISSIONOF UNILIVER
Unilever’s mission statement are a basic foundation for the
success of the company’s consumer goods business. The
corporate mission statement indicates the strategic
approaches of the company. In Unilever’s case, the mission
statement determines how the business addresses the needs
of its target consumers. On the other hand, the corporate
vision statement provides the development direction of the
organization.

7. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Corporate governance is the combination
of rules, processes or laws by which
businesses are operated, regulated or
controlled. The term encompasses the
internal and external factors that affect the
interests of a company's stakeholders,
including shareholders, customers,
suppliers, government regulators and
management.

8. Our Five Golden Rules of best corporate governance practice
are:
• Ethics: a clearly ethical basis to the business
• Align Business Goals: appropriate goals, arrived at
through the creation of a suitable stakeholder decision
making model
• Strategic management: an effective strategy process
which incorporates stakeholder value
• Organization: an organization suitably structured to
effect good corporate governance
• Reporting: reporting systems structured to provide
transparency and
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9. • RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
• LOCALISATION
• DIVERSIFICATION INTO A BOARD CATEGORY
• MULTIPLE SEGMENT
• SPECIALISATION DEVELOPING
• PRODUCTS TO TARGET EVERY SEGMENT
• DEVELOPING IN EMERGIN MARKET
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10. • STRONG BRAND IMAGE
• EFFICIENT MANUFACTURING
• E SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY
• EFFICIENT HUMAN RESOURSES
• SUPERIOR SALES TEAM
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11. • *RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
• *INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
• *HUMAN RESOURCES
• *SUPPLY CHAIN
• *MARKETING
• *CUSTOMER DEVELOPMENT
• *BUSINESS TO BUSINESS
• *FINANCE DEPARTMENT
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12. • *ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING
• *HABITATS & RESOURCES
• *PALM OIL
• *POLLUTION AND TOXIS
• *HUMAN RIGHTS
• *WORKERS RIGHTS
• *SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
• *ANTISOCIAL FINANCE
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13. UNILIVER HAS BEEN IN THE BUSINESSOF CONSUMER
FULFILLMENT FOR MANY DECADES AND HENCE.
WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT IT CAN TIDE OVER THE
PRESENT GIOOMY CONDITIONS IN THE FMCG SEGMENT
CONCLUSION

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