The following is an excerpt from Saabira Chaudhuri's Consumed: How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic published by Harper ...

As a mainstream, everyday package, the sachet unlocked enormous multi-billion-dollar markets that had long been out of reach, promising a rush of new growth, courtesy of some of the world’s poorest ...

Yet even as Unilever executives have publicly decried the environmental harm done by this packaging, the multinational has worked to undercut laws aimed at eliminating sachets in at least three ...

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Yet even as Unilever executives have publicly decried the environmental harm done by this packaging, the multinational has worked to undercut laws aimed at eliminating sachets in at least three ...

Unilever faces reputational risks from internal conflicts like Ben & Jerry’s, raising concerns about long-term trust and ...

A Reuters investigation has found that London-listed Unilever plc (ULVR.L), opens new tab, a pioneer in selling sachets, has privately fought to derail bans on the problematic packaging despite ...

Sachets don’t have many friends – even a major user of sachets like Unilever calls them ‘evil’ – but no one seems to have done very much about it until now. This lack of attention might seem ...

Unilever has come under fire for selling billions of polluting plastic sachets as research by Greenpeace International suggests 1,700 will have been sold every second in 2023. Greenpeace analysed ...