04 September 2015 M. SOUNDARIYA PREETHA The Hindu COIMBATORE: Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) is planning to set up a textile processing park in the State for the small and medium-scale units. The association chairman T. Rajkumar told The Hindu on Wednesday that about 50 SMEs in the Salem, Karur, Erode, Tirupur, Coimbatore and Madurai […]
PRESS RELEASE 25th June 2015 Analysis of Lichen, Moss and Sediment Samples around the premises of Hindustan Unilever’s Mercury Thermometer Factory in Kodaikanal Download report CHENNAI A new study has found high levels of toxic mercury in vegetation and sediment collected from the vicinity of Unilever’s now-closed mercury thermometer factory in […]
1st July 2015 The Hindu Protesters outside Unilever House in Mumbai on Tuesday, seeking rehabilitation of mercury-affected ex-workers of the company’s thermometer unit in Kodaikanal. Zeeshan Khan Exposure from HUL’s closed thermometer unit in Kodaikanal For E. Ramesh, it started off with headache, memory loss, skin and tooth infections. Exposure to deadly mercury for […]
30th June 2015 New Indian Express CHENNAI: Ex-workers affected due to mercury pollution by the Hindustan Unilever’s now-defunct thermometer factory in Kodaikanal, on Monday staged a protest at the company’s headquarters in Andheri, Mumbai, when the Annual General Meeting with shareholders was held. Supported by 30 volunteers from Mumbai, 11 families from Kodaikanal […]
30th June 2015 Indian Express News Ex-HUL workers stage a protest in Andheri on Monday. (Source: Express Photo by Dilip Kagda) Villagers and former workers of the Hindustan Unilever Limiteds mercury thermometer factory in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, Monday staged a peaceful demonstration outside the company headquarters in Andheri against the alleged mercury pollution caused […]
30th June 2015 Business Standard Dev Bajpai (left), ED, legal & corporate affairs and company secretary; and Harish Manwani, non-executive chairman, at the HUL AGM in Mumbai on Monday The country’s largest fast-moving consumer goods company Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is eyeing newer product categories as it looks to reach a wider section of people […]
PRESS RELEASE 31st July 2015 Social activists expose Unilever and CEO Paul Polman’s hypocrisy with spoof of Nicki Minaj’s ‘Anaconda’ song. 30 July, 2015. CHENNAI Having reached its target of 5000 signatures in less than a week, a petition hosted by online campaigning platform Jhatkaa.org urging Unilever to settle the company’s mercury-related liabilities in […]