Legal Aspect of International Trade and Enterprise

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LEGAL ASPECT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND ENTERPRISE
Unilever Netherlands Consumer Goods
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Executive summary
Apart from being an company which has transformed the world of food
production and technology , Unilever Australia has been known as an MNC with
difference. Its accomplishments have left many captivated for decades since it was
established. Most of the companies in the Consumer industry concentrate on one to two areas,
but Unilever is involved in numerous areas. Conventional understanding would indicate
that Unilever Australia is doing everything correct by keeping itself close to various
undertakings within the Consumer goods industry.

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Table of Contents
I. Executive Summary...................................................................................................2
II. Introduction................................................................................................................4
III. The impact of Company Tax law on Unilever. .....................................................4-6
IV. Copyright law of Australia........................................................................................6
V. Universal Declaration of Human rights and the ILO conventions............................7
VI. ILO conventions........................................................................................................7
VII. OECD Guidelines for Multinational Companies...................................................7-8
VIII. Bilateral Tax Treaties.............................................................................................8-9
IX. Rights applicable to on-demand Markets...........................................................9-10

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Introduction
Unilever is a Multinational company with its headquarters located in Rotterdam,
Netherlands and Unilever PLC London, UK. The company was established by Lever
Brothers, Antonius Johannes Jurgens, Samuel van den Bergh, and Georg Schicht in 1901.
Moreover, the company mainly deals with food, beverages, and distribution of cleaning
agents across the world. Most of its common product includes Food products, personal care
products, beverages, and other peripherals (Rodgers, Lee, Swepston, & Van Daele, 2009).
The Unilever PLC has its presence in more than 10 countries, with approximately 150 stores.
In Australia, the company operates under the name “Unilever Australia.”
The company has approximately 4,000 staff across Australia and New Zealand and is
managed from it’s headquarter located in Sidney, New South Wales (Srivastava, & Singh,
2014). The global workforce for the company is 295,000.In addition, the company is a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Anglo-Dutch FMCG Company Unilever, a consumer goods giant
with its main headquarters located in the United Kingdom. Therefore, Unilever Limited is
only responsible for importing and supplying consumer goods and beverages. The company
has a number of outlets situated in New South Wales, West Australia, Brisbane, Sidney,
Victoria, and South Australia. In addition, the company also retails medial products including
cooking appliance, Washing machines as well as food technology programs through the
subsidiary Stores (Thompson, Strickland, & Gamble, 2015).
The impact of Company Tax on Unilever
In 2018 Unilever Inc. paid an Extra $ 15 million in taxes in the wake of new tax
avoidance laws that were introduced by the Australian government. However, concerns still
remain as to whether there are still new loopholes being used by Unilever to evade more tax.
These figures arrive at a time when the Australian government has been trying to legislate a