Guillaume's questions to UNILEVER (UL) leadership • Q3 2025
Question
Guillaume inquired about Unilever's pricing strategy and outlook given benign commodity costs and a weak consumer environment, and the drivers behind the slightly negative volume growth in Europe, questioning if it was solely due to high comparators or underlying market changes.
Answer
CEO Fernando Fernandez clarified that Europe's volume growth was positive excluding ice cream, despite very tough comparators from the previous year, and noted significant share gains in Home Care and Personal Care. CFO Srinivas Phatak explained that while some commodity costs (palm oil, aluminum) and wage inflation are rising, net material inflation for this year and next would warrant 'sensible pricing,' with beauty having the ability to price up due to premium innovations.