Nine ways Unilever achieved true gender balance

Ten years ago, the company set a target of achieving a 50/50 gender balance in managerial roles across the global business by the end of 2020. It reached that milestone early. Here’s how: Leading the change from the top CEO Alan Jope chairs Unilever’s Global Diversity Board, which comprises senior leaders and is accountable for …

How one woman has shown neither gender nor educational status need be a barrier to business success

Packaging MEA Contributing Editor Doaa bin Thabit talks with Dalal Shami Al Shihabi,, Production Director at Jeddah Graphic Center, who opens up about her journey as a working woman. You enter a packaging factory and between the corners of the place you hear the noise of the printing machines, the smell of ink and paper. …

Interview with Sunanda Kadam of Intertek

Expert in chemicals & environmental regulations, REACH, RoHS, CPSIA, Packaging/ Food contact material regulations, GHS/CLP, MSDS Preparation, Global Chemical Notifications, Cosmetics regulations and Biocides, Sunanda Kadam shares her thoughts about women in the packaging industry. Usha Benjamin (UB): Can you give us a brief introduction about yourself and your career? Also plz brief us about …

This woman-powered start-up seeks to establish itself as a packaging design company with a social demeanour

Doaa bin Thabit, founder, author, and consultant at Saudi Arabia-based Packageha in a candid interaction with Benjamin Daniel shares what triggered her to take up brand designing for those companies bereft of one Packageha is a start-up packaging service provider that customises packaging for home and small business. Packageha dedicates a percentage of its profits …