Unilever named ‘international sponsor of war’ by Ukrainian government
Like so many businesses, Unilever has a number of divisions which help to sanitise their public persona. Where Unilever is concerned, this includes cosmetics, detergents, and a small number of food items.
But, in reality, Unilever is a chemical company, who, by their own admission, produced 5,127 tonnes of hazardous waste in 2022.
According to Global Data, Unilever disposed of 5.8 thousand tonnes of waste in 2021, of which 1.4 thousand tonnes were non-hazardous waste and 4.4 thousand tonnes were hazardous.
What we buy is an investment. It is an investment in what we are willing to consume, whether healthy or not. And, it is an investment in a business, which then goes on to fund their activities in a diverse manner.
The investment you make in a tube of Dermologica cream, thus impacts you very personally. But, it also impacts you globally. And, it’s not just the amount of hazardous waste Unilever produces annually… it’s their political affiliations, and less visible commercial interests, which are of deep concern.
Supporting war of any kind is a catastrophic decision. The human cost, and the environmental cost, are appalling. But funding war, is a whole different ball game.
Wars are a lucrative business. The munitions companies, who produce the armaments to drive destruction, also have engineering arms, that are awarded the contracts to rebuild the infrastructure of the regions decimated by war.
Wars are also used as money laundering devices and for other wholly nefarious activities.
And, of course, a lot of the rhetoric and propaganda surrounding war, that emerges through the press, is utterly misleading and reprehensible.
The following hit piece on Unilever, despite my disdain for their commercial practices, is unwarranted. The truth is that the banks fund both sides of all wars, and so these should be the direct target of any publication trying to tell us the truth of what is going on.
Unilever named ‘international sponsor of war’ by Ukrainian government
*Despite the pretty logo, depicting images from nature, the image below is where Unilever products are made.
It truly is about time/beyond time people were warned about this. These are everyday products that everyday people buy and, on the whole, in complete innocence. Thank you Rachel for the illumination and more.