The trusted middlemen that brands have traditionally relied on to reach millions of small neighborhood stores in 8,000 towns and 660,000 villages are in revolt
The fund will invest in projects including reforestation, water preservation and carbon sequestration over the next ten years
Unilever must take some of the blame for its own predicament. Its rival Nestle SA has managed steady sales growth, while pulling off some canny acquisitions and disposals
For the first half of the 2018, Unilever's numbers mirrored the trend seen in the second quarter, with sales growth coming in at 2.7 per cent