An Anglo-Dutch consumer group whose literature runs from Lever's soap-and-palm-oil origins through commissioned business history to a recent CEO manifesto.
The classic two-volume commissioned history of Lever Brothers.
How Unilever's overseas subsidiaries worked, 1895 to 1965.
The life of William Lever, who built Sunlight soap and the branded-goods model.
How Unilever restructured itself after the Second World War.
The forced labour on Lord Leverhulme's Congo palm-oil concessions behind his soap.
Insider account: Polman on the Sustainable Living Plan years.