When Henriette Thomas, now the Africa and Middle East General Manager for Point Group, launched her career in print, it was a different world. She is happy to see how women have risen in the industry since then Packaging MEA: Tell us about yourself and your career. Henriette: I started my journey in …
Hershey’s celebrates women’s day with Change in chocolate bar
To honor all the women and girls on today on International Women’s Day in the US, Hershey’s brand developed a batch of ‘Celebrate HerSHEy’s’ bars, highlighting the ‘SHE’ at the center of our iconic Hershey’s milk chocolate bars for the first time in the United States. Today the first 1,000 visitors to each of …
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Procter & Gamble re-affirms commitment to gender equality at the #WeSeeEqual Summit
Procter & Gamble (P&G) reiterated its commitment around a number of initiatives that will promote gender equality during the annual #WeSeeEqual Summit – part of the company’s citizenship focus on being a Force for Good and Force for Growth. Hosted virtually for the first time, the event saw distinguished advocates and personalities from private and …
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 …
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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 …