Zurich/Switzerland — I-Unilever PLC yelule isivumelwano sayo sesikhathi eside samasu omhlaba sokuhlinzekwa kukakhokho noshokoledi kuQembu iBarry Callebaut.

Ngaphansi kwesivumelwano esivuselelwe sokuhlinzeka ngamasu, esasayinwa ekuqaleni ngo-2012, uBarry Callebaut uzogxila ekuletheniushokolediamasu amasha ka-ayisikhilimu ku-Unilever.Ukwengeza, isivumelwano sizobona u-Barry Callebaut eqhubeka nokweseka i-Unilever ekufinyeleleni izinjongo zayo zokusimama.

UWillem Uijen, isikhulu esiphezulu sokuthengwa kwempahla kwa-Unilever, uthi: “Siyajabula ukwelula ubudlelwano bethu no-Barry Callebaut, uzakwethu wesikhathi eside ebhizinisini lethu le-ayisikhilimu yomhlaba wonke, okuzosisiza ukuthi senze izinhlelo zethu zokukhula ezifisayo.Ngalokhu kubambisana, singabheka phambili ekwenziweni okusha kwemikhiqizo yethu ethandwa kakhulu ka-ayisikhilimu, njengoMagnum noBen & Jerry, kanye nokuqondanisa okuseduze nezinjongo zethu zokusimama kwe-cocoa.”

U-Rogier van Sligter, umongameli we-EMEA kwa-Barry Callebaut, uyanezela: “Ngesivumelwano eseluliwe, sakhela phezu kobudlelwano besikhathi eside esibugcinile ne-Unilever kule minyaka eyishumi edlule.Ngalesi sikhathi, sesibe abahlinzeki bomhlaba abakhethwayo kanye nozakwethu wokusungula wenye yezinkampani ezihamba phambili zezimpahla zabathengi, ngokusebenzisana eduze kuzo zonke izici zobambiswano, kusukela ekwakheni uchungechunge lokunikezela ngezinto oluqinile kuya ekusebenziseni amandla ethu ekuletheni izinto ezintsha zakamuva. ku-Unilever.Ukuqhubekela phambili, sizoqhubeka nokweseka imizamo ye-Unilever yokufeza izinhloso zayo zokusimama.”