Unilever Win Top Trade Award 171107

Unilever Malaysia emerged winner for ‘Sustained Excellence in EU-Malaysia Trade’ award, the highlight of the event, for achieving excellence in continued trade and investment between the EU and Malaysia in the past there years or more. Among the criteria taken into consideration include innovation, organizational ability in the industry, and corporate social responsibility.

Noel Lorenzana, Unilever Malaysia Chairman, was ecstatic about the win. “It’s wonderful to be given such recognition for the good work we have been doing over the years. As a business, we are committed to delivering long-term value creation for our shareholders, and this award tells us that we are on the right track. Coupled with the fact that 2007 marks our 60^th year of existence in Malaysia, this win is even more meaningful to us,” he said.  “This award gives us a renewed vigour to tackle 2008 head-on, and makes us even more determined to continue to improve and sustain our track record in the industry. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the panel of judges, employees, consumers, and partners for helping us achieve this win,” added Mr. Lorenzana.

The Europa Awards 2007 is the first of its kind in Malaysia. It corresponds with the EUMCCI’s tagline, “In Pursuit of Excellence,” conceived with the objective of giving due recognition to corporate organisations and enterprises which have achieved success in the areas of trade and investment between Europe and Malaysia.  Apart from consistently maintained positive growth over the years, its corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes and innovation gave Unilever the advantage edge over other nominees in the same category.

Under the CSR umbrella known as Touching Hearts, which is employee driven, many activities were undertaken in aid of the underprivileged and education. Some of work that employees did were the refurbishment of Sekolah Kebangsaan Bangsar’s Resource Centre, a school within the Unilever Malaysia area and foregoing the 2005 annual dinner and instead donating the money allocated for the event towards a fund to aid tsunami victims to name a few. They also went door-to-door to give away approximately RM800,000 worth of products to Johoreans affected by the flood earlier this year.  It's innovativeness in conceiving the ‘Sunsilk Impian Illyana’ was also given special mention. In ‘Impian Illyana’, the social dilemmas of Malaysian teenagers were chronicled in a daily drama series with its central character, Illyana. This series aimed to impart positive moral values among its younger consumers and has also won several other awards.

Other factors that has earned Unilever Malaysia the recognition are our non-discriminatory HIV/AIDS policy and the availability of our products – from the city to the far-flung kampungs throughout the country, which truly reflect our commitment to Malaysian consumers and being ever ready to serve their needs.

About Unilever Malaysia

Unilever has been a household name in Malaysia since 1947. The Unilever brand, found in consumer products in millions of homes across 150 countries, is a trusted name in nutrition, hygiene and personal care. Throughout its history, which crosses three centuries, Unilever has been adding vitality to the lives of consumers, creating products that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life.

Some of Unilever’s popular brands include Dove, Breeze, Lux, Sunsilk, Clear, Pond’s, Rexona, Fair & Lovely, Wall’s, Lipton, Lady’s Choice, Knorr and Planta.

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