Henkel has announced a comprehensive global solidarity program to support employees, customers and communities facing the global COVID-19 pandemic. Donation to WHO/UN Foundation fund and other organizations: An amount of 2 million euros will be donated to different funds and organizations to help fight the pandemic.
L’Oréal USA is doing its part to aid in the support of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic by announcing several initiatives to support outbreak and recovery efforts.For starters, the company will launch a corporate donation and employee match campaign for Feeding America with a $250,000 donation to support food-insecure families. It also will match additional employee donations dollar for dollar of up to $25,000.
To help meet the immediate needs of residents in the Puget Sound region of its home state of Washington, Amazon is donating 250,000 items such as linens, towels, shelf-stable food, Amazon devices, entertainment items, and other supplies to four temporary housing sites in King County, Washington, supporting patients in quarantine or recovery due to COVID-19.
Unilever, which owns brands such as Dove, Lynx, Sure and TRESemmé, will contribute €100 million to help the fight against Covid-19 (coronavirus) through donations of soap, sanitiser, bleach and food.
Anheuser-Busch InBev's US unit has redirected its sports and entertainment investments to help with the COVID-19 pandemic.Anheuser-Busch, which claims to be the US's largest sponsor of live sports and entertainment, said today that the budget will be redirected to its non-profit partners, including the American Red Cross. The brewer has released a 60-second video under the Budweiser brand, called 'One Team', to highlight the initiative.
JD.com and Chinese music label Taihe Music Group have partnered to create an online clubbing experience, bringing in major alcohol brands for the experience. Budweiser, Rémy Martin, Carlsberg and Pernod Ricard have all signed up for the service, which JD.com says has increased sales of alcohol by almost 70% and 40% during some shows.
PepsiCo's US$1.7bn move to buy South Africa's Pioneer Foods Group has won local anti-trust approval. South Africa's Competition Tribunal gave the green light to the transaction on Friday (6 March) after an agreement with the two food manufacturers on issues including jobs and black economic empowerment.
PepsiCo has said that it seeks to invest over six billion riyals ($1.6 billion) in Saudi Arabia over the next five years. The governor of the Saudi Arabia General Investment Authority (SAGIA), Ibrahim al-Omar, and Ramon Laguarta, chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo, met in Riyadh on Wednesday to discuss the Kingdom’s investment climate.
Orange Egypt has renewed its contract with Coca-Cola Egypt and will provide mobile services and smart applications through Orange’s network and tracking services for the Coca-Cola fleet, in addition to joint advertising. Yasser Shaker, CEO of Orange Egypt, said that the operator will help Coca-Cola become more effective and efficient in its administrative system. It will also supply status tracking to follow products accurately in markets.
Fast Moving Consumer Goods ( FMCG) giant , Nestlé Nigeria in a bid to improve market reach and logistics activities met with key stakeholders in the transport industry in order to discuss improved logistics services, jointly engage on the company’s ambition of a wider reach and also to recognize the role of the transporters in the value chain.
The Heineken Foundation through its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, speaking for the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Breweries Plc, Mr. Jordi Borrut Bel, said over N42 million will be committed to equip the facilities at the UBTH to reduce the current 25 per cent of infant mortality rate of 1 in 4 to 10 percent in the hospital.
L'Oréal Egypt gives great attention to entrepreneurship programmes in Egypt, offering support whether in technical, training, marketing, or financial terms, said the company’s Corporate Communication Manager Nahla Mokhtar. She told Daily News Egypt that the company supports Egyptian women pursuing PhD or postdoctoral studies through L'Oréal’s Women for Science programme. PhD researchers are eligible for 6,000, while postdoctoral researchers will receive 10,000.
The food-processing firm, Nestlé Cote d’Ivoire, on February 25, 2020 in Abidjan, signed a partnership agreement with the National Waste Management Agency (ANAGED) for better management and recycling of plastic waste in the country. Through this partnership agreement, the Nestlé is intended, with ANAGED, to implement a project called “All for a responsible management of plastics,” in an effort to find a lasting solution to the problem of plastic waste.
Schools in Ogun State recently received a boost as Nestle Nigeria PLC refurbished and furnished its Library facilities at the Makun High School in the Sagamu community of Ogun State. To this end, students in Makun High School now have a new opportunity to explore the exciting world of books in a conducive environment.
Following the global announcement in December 2019, Nestlé in the Middle East and North Africa has announced the roll out of the company’s new Global Parental Support Policy. Under the new more inclusive and enhanced policy, parental leave for primary caregivers will be extended to 18 weeks of fully paid leave from 14 weeks previously. The policy establishes a minimum of four weeks for secondary caregivers, for whom there was no global minimum before.
The company’s ‘Sunlight” cleaning product will come in fully recyclable packaging. The packaging used for half-a-kilogram and one kilogram of the product will be made from 100% recycled flexible materials. Henceforth, the “Sunlight” products will be marketed in new packaging in Kenya and other East-African regions.
British American Tobacco Uganda has asked the government to lift a ban on e-cigarettes as it seeks growth opportunities in a tough business environment. “We are in talks with the regulator of the tobacco industry to see if the law can be reviewed,” Mathu Kiunjuri, the managing director of BAT Uganda, said at a briefing at the Uganda Securities Exchange on Tuesday.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The South African unit of cigarette maker Philip Morris International Inc (PM.N) welcomed the government’s decision to introduce a lower excise tax on heated tobacco products than on regular cigarettes. In his annual budget speech on Wednesday, Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni said, in line with Department of Health policy, his government will start taxing heated tobacco products such as hookah or “hubbly bubbly”.
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