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Household and Personal Product Companies That Suspended Operations in Russia

Here is a list of companies in our industry that have taken a stand against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The list is updated by the Yale School of Management.

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By: TOM BRANNA

Chief Content Officer

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shocked consumers and business executives around the world. Some CEOs are fighting back, but as the Yale School of Management notes, there are companies in the household and personal products industry that are still doing business in Russia. Here’s the Yale School of Management list as it pertains to companies in our industry. The list is updated regularly by the Yale School of Management. Happi will update the list on a regular basis. Updated 5/19/22


DIGGING IN (Grade F). Business-as-usual

Clarins • Still selling online in Russia

Forever Living Products • Still operating in Russia

Letique Cosmetics • Maintains stores in Russia

Mod's Hair • Still operates in Russia


BUYING TIME (Grade D). Holding Off New Investment/Development in Russia

Cargill • Unspecified scaling down of non-essential operations

Colgate-Palmolive • Continue essential health and hygiene sales

GlaxoSmithKline • Stopped advertising in Russia/stopped clinical trials

Johnson & Johnson • pause patient enrollment in continuing trials

Kimberly-Clark • Suspend new investment in Russia

Nestlé • Halted non-essential imports/exports to Russia, stopped all advertising and suspended capital investment

Procter & Gamble • Scale back unspecified operations in Russia, suspend new investment/advertising

SC Johnson • Stopped new investment, scaled back unspecified operations

Unilever • Stopped imports and exports, and stopped all advertising and investments

Young Living • Suspend new investments in Russia

Yves Rocher • Suspend new investments/development


SCALING BACK (Grade C). Reducing current operations 

Beiersdorf • Maintain skin and body care products; stop other products

Dow • Suspend investments/some purchases but not all

Herbalife • Suspend sales and shipments to Russia, but independent sellers remain operational

Nalco Water (Ecolab) • Suspended services, except service critical to health

Natura &Co • Suspend some subsidiary operations, but not all

Oriflame Cosmetics • Suspend online sales to end consumers but not others

Royal DSM • Stopped all operations in Russia other than basic food/feed/essential health activities


SUSPENSIONS (Grade B). Keeping options open to return 

AAK • Suspend operations in Russia

Amway • Suspend operations in Russia

Cargill • Suspend new investments/continue essential products

Chanel
 • Suspend all operations in Russia

Clorox • Suspend business activity in Russia

Estée Lauder • Suspend operations in Russia

Honeywell • Suspend virtually all sales in Russia

L'Oréal • Suspend operations in Russia

Lanxess • Suspend business activities with Russia

Lush • Suspend online sales & supply to Russia

LVMH • Suspend all operations in Russa


WITHDRAWAL (Grade A). Clean Break

Ball Corp. • Leave Russia completely

BASF SE • Wind down Russian operations

Coty • Wind down Russian business

Henkel • In process of exiting business activies in Russia

IMCD • Withdraw from Russia completely

L'Occitane • Exit Russian operations

Reckitt • Begins a process aimed at transferring ownership of its Russia business

Sephora • Completely exiting country.


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