Overview of company

Formed in 1933 as lever Brothers India Limited And came into being in 1956 as Hindustan lever limited. Renamed in June2007 as Hindustan Unilever limited. The mission add vitality to life. India's largest consumer goods company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

 Harish Manwani (Chairman). Nitin Paranjpe (CEO and MD). It has an employee strength of over 16,500 employees and contributes to indirect employment of over 65,000 people. The company was renamed in June 2007 as Hindustan Unilever Limited.

Brands of HUL
House hold care. Personal wash. Foods Personal care brands. Oral care.

House hold care brands

Active wheel Comfort fabric softeners CIF cream cleaner Rin detergent and bleach Surf Excel Detergent and gentle wash Vim dishwash

RIN DETERGENT AND BLEACH

Active wheel

CIF CREAM CLEANER

Vim dish wash

Personal wash
LUX Lifebuoy Liril Hamam Breeze Dove Pears Rexona

Food Brands
Kissan Knorr Annapurna Red Label Broke Bond bru

Food
Annapurna salt and atta Bru coffee Brooke Bond (3 Roses, Taj Mahal, Taaza, Red Label) tea Kissan squashes,ketchups, juices and jams Lipton tea Knorr soups & meal makers and soupy noodles Kwality Wall's frozen dessert Modern Bread, ready to eat chapattis and other bakery items

Home Care Brands

ActiveWheel detergent Cif Cream Cleaner Comfort fabric softeners Domex disinfectant/toilet cleaner Rin detergents and bleach Sunlight detergent and colour care Surf Excel detergent and gentle wash Vim dishwash Magic Water Saver

Oral care
Pepsodent Cose up

Personal Care
Axe deodorant and aftershaving lotion and soap LEVER Ayush Therapy ayurvedic health care and personal care products Breeze beauty soap. Clear anti-dandruff hair products. Clinic Plus shampoo and oil. Close Up toothpaste. Dove bar & skin cleansing, hair care range,lotions & Creams and anti-perspirant deodorants Denim shaving products

Fair & Lovely - fairness products Hamam Lakm beauty products and salons Lifebuoy soaps and handwash range Liril 2000 soap Lux soap, body wash and deodorant

Pears soap Pepsodent toothpaste Pond's talcs and creams Rexona soap Sunsilk shampoo Sure anti-perspirant Vaseline petroleum jelly, skin care lotions

Research facilities
Unilever R&D Center in Bangalore The Hindustan Unilever Research Centre (HURC) was set up in 1967 in Mumbai, and Unilever Research India in Bangalore in 1997. Staff at these centres developed many innovations in products and manufacturing processes. In 2006, the company's research facilities were brought together at a single site in Bangalore.

Sustainable Living
Unilever launched Sustainable Living Plan in on November 15, 2010 at London, Rotterdam, New York and New Delhi simultaneously. The Unilever Sustainable Living Plan has three major goals, which Unilever aims to achieve by 2020: Help more than one billion people improve their health and wellbeing Halve the environmental impact of their products Source 100% of their agricultural raw materials sustainably The plan also sets out over 50 social, economic and environmental targets. In 2012 Hindustan Unilever featured in BSE's Greenex - India's first environmental friendly equity index the first environmental friendly equity index, which will enable investors take more informed decisions in the green theme of India

 WaterThe company has reduced water usage in manufacturing operations by 10.1% when compared with 2010 and by 21.5% compared to 2008 baseline. Rainwater harvesting has been implemented in more than 50% of units. More than 75% of the companys manufacturing sites are zero discharge. HUL has also been working for more than a decade in the area of water conservation in locations which face acute water shortage. By 2015, the Company expects hundred billion litres of water to be harvested through the projects they have undertaken. One million people in 180 villages across India will benefit. Most projects are expected to see a 50% rise in crop production

 The company launched the India Water Body, an initiative aimed to address the challenge of water scarcity in India. HUL has been working in the area of water conversation for more than a decade and has initiated projects in several states across India with the aim to create capacity towards conserving more than 50 billion litres of water in the next four years (by 2015). Water conservation has been a focus area for the company across its value chain. The company has not only reduced water consumption in its operations but also developed product innovations such as Surf Excel quick-wash that helps consumers use less water while washing clothes.

Plastic Recycling Project

In July 2011, HUL and Bharti Retail started a three month campaign called Go Recycle to promote plastic recycling among consumers in the National Capital Region(NCR) in 2011. Consumers were encouraged to bring empty plastic bottles and pouches, for which they were given discount coupons in return.

Controversy
Mercury pollution In 2001 a thermometer factory in Kodaikanal run by Hindustan Unilever was accused of dumping glass contaminated with mercury in municipal dumps, or selling it on to scrap merchants unable to deal with it appropriately.

Skin lightening creams

Hindustan Unilever's "Fair and Lovely" is the leading skinlightening cream for women in India. The company was forced to withdraw television advertisements for the product in 2007. Advertisements depicted depressed, darkcomplexioned women, who had been ignored by employers and men, suddenly finding new boyfriends and glamorous careers after the cream had lightened their skin. In 2008 Hindustan Unilever made former Miss World Priyanka Chopra a brand ambassador for Pond's, and she then appeared in a mini-series of television commercials for another skin lightening product, White Beauty, alongside Saif Ali Khan and Neha Dhupia; these advertisements, showing Priyanka's face with a clearly darker complexion against the visibly fairer Neha Dhupia, were widely criticized for perpetuating racism.

 Triclosan Several academic papers have pointed out the firm's continued use of the antibacterial agent Triclosan ('Active B') in India because it is under review by the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Awards and Recognition

Awards and Recognition HUL was one of the eight Indian companies to be featured on the Forbes list of Worlds Most Reputed companies in 2007.[21] In July, 2012 Hindustan Unilever Limited won the Golden Peacock Occupational Health and Safety Award for 2012 in the FMCG category for its safety and health initiatives and continuous improvement on key metrics. [22] Ponds Talcum Powders packaging innovation has bagged a Silver Award at the prestigious 24th DuPont Global Packaging Award, in May 2012.The brand was recognised for cost and waste reduction. [23] In May 2012, HUL & Star Bazaar bagged the silver award for Creating Consumer Value through Joint Promotional and Event Forecasting at the 13th ECR Efficient Consumer Response Asia Pacific Conference. [24]

 In 2011, HUL was named the most innovative company in India by Forbes and ranked 6th in the top 10 list of most innovative companies in the world. Hindustan Unilever Ltd received the National Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance 2011 of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) for excellence in corporate governance In 2012, Hindustan Unilever emerged as the No. 1 employer of choice for B-School students who will graduate in 2012. In addition, HUL also retained the 'Dream Employer' status for the 3rd year running Hindustan Unilever ranked No. 2 in Fortune India's Most Admired Companies list, which was released by Fortune India in partnership with the Hay Group. The company received the highest scores for endurance and financial soundness HUL was ranked 39th in The Brand Trust Report (2011) published by Trust Research Advisory. Seven HUL brands also featured in the list: Lux, Ponds, Dove, Lakme, Axe, Sunsilk and Pepsodent.

Thank You
By:Akshay Mehra Anil Ankit Jamwal Anuj Sharma

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