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Founders of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Jerry Greenfield , left, and Ben Cohen, pink shirt, protest in front of Sudan's embassy July 29, 2004, in Washington.

Scoop of dissent over Gaza in the Trump era: Why Ben & Jerry’s co-founder walked away from Unilever

September 20, 2025 12:01 pm

Greenfield’s frustration runs deeper. He pointed to the Trump era as a time when the brand should have spoken louder — on civil rights, voting rights, immigration, abortion and LGBTQ protections. Instead, he said, Unilever muzzled its most vocal child.

Ben Cohen, second from left, and Jerry Greenfield, center, founders of Ben & Jerry Homemade Inc., serve ice cream to Washington residents (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

'Profoundly disappointing': Ben & Jerry's co-founder quits, accuses Unilever of silencing brand's social voice

September 17, 2025 5:54 pm

Ben & Jerry’s has also sued Unilever in New York, alleging it was blocked from posting statements backing Palestinians during the Gaza war and from flagging issues it believed would face rollback under Donald Trump’s second presidency.

Ben & Jerry’s has supported liberal issues like LGBTQ+ rights, Black Lives Matter, justice for migrants and efforts to fight climate change.

Unilever to cut 7,500 jobs and spin off its ice cream business, which includes Ben and Jerry's

March 19, 2024 6:51 pm

The company's shares jumped more than 3% in late-morning trading on the London Stock Exchange.

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Unilever recalls select dry shampoo products with high benzene levels; find out how it harms your health

October 26, 2022 8:42 pm

The US FDA classified benzene as a "human carcinogen"; its exposure can result in cancers including leukemia and blood cancer of the bone marrow

Unilever recalls Dove, Tresemmé, other dry shampoos over cancer risk

October 26, 2022 4:51 pm

Unilever’s recall pertains to products made prior to October 2021. The move once again raises questions about the safety of aerosols in personal-care products.

Strong growth in sales in India during H1'22: Unilever

July 28, 2022 11:01 am

India comes under the Asia/AMET/RUB (Africa, Middle East, Turkey; Russia, Ukraine, Belarus) market region of Unilever, which has reported underlying sales growth of 9 per cent to 13.7 billion Euros.

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Explained: Who is Leena Nair, Chanel's new Indian-origin CEO?

December 16, 2021 7:52 am

According to a statement released by Chanel, Leena Nair will be joining the company at the end of January and will be based in London. It added that the new appointments would ensure its "long-term success as a private company”.

Unilever CHRO Leena Nair quits, joins French luxury fashion house Chanel as global chief executive

December 14, 2021 10:23 pm

🔴 Nair, an alumnus of XLRI Jamshedpur, had joined HUL, Unilever's Indian subsidiary in 1992 and worked for 30 years.

Unilever to eliminate fossil fuels in cleaning products by 2030

September 02, 2020 6:16 pm

Unilever said it will replace 100 per cent of the carbon derived from fossil fuels in its cleaning and laundry product formulations with renewable or recycled carbon.

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Facebook, Twitter tumble on Unilever’s social-media pullback

June 27, 2020 1:04 pm

Unilever, which owns names like Hellmann’s mayonnaise and Axe shower gel and has an annual advertising budget of almost $8 billion, said it won’t advertise on Facebook, Twitter and Facebook-owned Instagram for the rest of the year because of the hate speech and polarized politics that users often post.