The Unilever Group (NYSE:UL) Q2 2020 Results Earnings Conference Call July 23, 2020 3:00 AM ET
Company Participants
Richard Williams - Head, Investor Relations
Alan Jope - Chief Executive Officer
Graeme Pitkethly - Chief Financial Officer
Conference Call Participants
Warren Ackerman - Barclays Bank
Guillaume Delmas - UBS
Alan Erskine - Credit Suisse
James Targett - Berenberg
Martin Deboo - Jefferies
Alicia Forry - Investec
David Hayes - Société Générale
John Ennis - Goldman Sachs
Operator
[Starts Abruptly] conference call. [Operator Instructions]. We'll now hand over to Richard Williams.
Richard Williams
Good morning. And welcome to Unilever's half year results. As with Q1, we're presenting our results to you from our respective homes. So, please bear with us if things are not as smooth as normal.
Alan will begin with an overview of the business and performance and will cover each of our three divisions before passing to Graeme to cover the regions' results in more detail. Alan will then wrap up with some concluding remarks. We'll keep the prepared remarks around 30 to 40 minutes, leaving plenty of time for Q&A.
All of today's webcast is available live, transcribed on the screen as part of our accessibility program.
First, can I draw your attention to the disclaimer to forward-looking statements and non-GAAP measures. And with that, let me hand over to Alan.
Alan Jope
Well, thanks, Richard. And good morning, everybody. The performance in the first half, particularly Q2, I think has shown the true strength of Unilever in these most demanding conditions.
We've demonstrated the resilience of the business in our portfolio, in our continuing step up in operational excellence and in the financial position of the business. We've unlocked new levels of agility in responding to these unprecedented fluctuations in demand, and we continue to strengthen the strategic future of
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