Recent Developments in International Financial Environment Impact on Unilever Plc

International Finance -
Multinational
Enterprise MNE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Critically discuss two recent developments in the international financial environment appear to
have impacted on Unilever Plc’s recent performance and development.........................................3
Discuss the key elements of the MNE’s international finance and risk management strategy.......4
Analyze financial performance of the company in two most consecutive financial periods
(2017/18)..........................................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
It has unique partnerships with 18 agencies worldwide, including UN agencies, multilateral
development banks, national institutions and international NGOs working to address the most
challenging environmental issues worldwide. There is a global partnership of 183 countries,
international institutions, civil society organizations and the private sector addressing global
environmental issues. Global financial environment consists of rules and regulations which is
imposed on every company and compulsory to follow by them; for instance IFRS, GAAP,
ICWAI, etc. these are the basic principal tools of accounting which provides standard to be
followed by each globalized company all over the world.
Financial statements are the documents of company which shows liquidity and financial
positions. It can be prepared in the form of balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement
and ratio analyses. The chosen company for this project is UNILEVER UK which is a large
multinational company having branches all over the world. Company offers packaged food,
home and personal care, health, nutrition and beauty products. Company headquarter is in
London, England and Rotterdam. Unilever is the largest producer of soap all over the world.
Critically discuss two recent developments in the international financial
environment appear to have impacted on Unilever Plc’s recent
performance and development
With the entrance of globalization and rapid integration of financial markets, more opportunities
have been explored all over the world. Significant changes in international banking systems
make it crucial at global level. Now size is not main concern for banking systems, its level of
compliance with internationally accepted rules and regulations and standardization of these
regulations for functionality of international banks has huge impact on this particular industry
(Pilbeam, 1998). Some of the two recent developments in the international financial environment
appear to have impacted on Unilever Plc’s recent performance and development has been
discussed below: