Company Profile of HUL

Hindustan unilever limited

 

 

 

 

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• Hindustan Unilever (HUL) is India's largest fast moving consumer goods company
•  leadership in Home & Personal Care Products and Foods & Beverages.
• HUL's brands, spread across 20 distinct consumer categories, touch the lives of two out of three Indians.
• In the summer of 1888, visitors to the Kolkata harbour noticed crates full of Sunlight soap bars, embossed with the words 'Made in England by Lever Brothers'. With it, began an era of marketing branded Fast Moving Consumer Goods(FMCG).

 

 

Management Info

Harish Manwani Chairman

Sanjiv Mehta Managing Director

- Secretary

Registered Office

Address: Unilever House Unilever House Chakala, Andheri East,-

Tel: 022- 39832285 / 39832452

Fax: 022- 28249457

Email: hllshare.cmpt@unilever.com

Website: www.hul.co.in

FOUNDATION

Ø  In 1931, Unilever set up its first Indian subsidiary, Hindustan Vanaspati Manufacturing Company,

Ø  followed by Lever Brothers India Limited (1933) and

Ø  United Traders Limited (1935).

Ø  These three companies merged to form HUL in November 1956;

Ø  HUL offered 10% of its equity to the Indian public, being the first among the foreign subsidiaries to do so.

Ø  Unilever now holds 67.25% equity in the company. The rest of the shareholding is distributed among about three lakh individual shareholders and financial institutions.

Ø  The erstwhile Brooke Bond's presence in India dates back to 1900.

Ø  By 1903, the company had launched Red Label tea in the country.

Ø  In 1912, Brooke Bond & Co. India Limited was formed.

Ø  Brooke Bond joined the Unilever fold in 1984 through an international acquisition.

Ø  The erstwhile Lipton's links with India were forged in 1898.

Ø  Unilever acquired Lipton in 1972, and in 1977 Lipton Tea (India) Limited was incorporated.

MileStones:

1933	Application made for setting up soap factory next to the Vanaspati factory at Sewri; Lever Brothers India Limited incorporated on October 17.
1934	Soap manufacture begins at Sewri factory in October; North West Soap Company's Garden Reach Factory, Kolkata rented and expanded to produce Lever brands.
1935	United Traders incorporated on May 11 to market Personal Products.
1937	Mr. Prakash Tandon, one of the first Indian covenanted managers, joins HVM.
1939	Garden Reach Factory purchased outright; concentration on building up Dalda Vanaspati as a brand.
1941	Agencies in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Karachi taken over; company acquires own sales force.
1942	Unilever takes firm decision to 'train Indians to take over junior and senior management positions instead of Europeans'
1943	Personal Products manufacture begins in India at Garden Reach Factory. 1944 – Reorganisation of the three companies with common management but separate marketing operations.
1947	Pond's Cold Cream launched
1951	Mr. Prakash Tandon becomes first Indian Director. Shamnagar, Tiruchy, and Ghaziabad Vanaspati factories bought
1955	65% of managers are Indians.
1956	Three companies merge to form Hindustan Unilever Limited, with 10% Indian equity participation
1957	Unilever Special Committee approves research activity by Hindustan Unilever
1958	Research Unit starts functioning at Mumbai Factory.
1959	Surf launched
1961	– Mr. Prakash Tandon takes over as the first Indian Chairman; 191 of the 205 managers are Indians
1962	Formal Exports Department starts
1963	Head Office building at Backbay Reclamation, Mumbai, opened
1964	– Etah dairy set up, Anik ghee launched; Animal feeds plant at Ghaziabad; Sunsilk shampoo launched.
1968	Mr. V. G. Rajadhyaksha takes over as Chairman from Mr. Prakash Tandon; Fine Chemicals Unit commissioned at Andheri; informal price control on soap begins.
1969	Rin bar launched; Fine Chemicals Unit starts production; Bru coffee launched
1971	Mr. V. G. Rajadhyaksha presents plan for diversification into chemicals to Unilever Special Committee – plan approved; Clinic shampoo launched.
1978	Indian shareholding increases to 34%; Fair & Lovely skin cream launched.
1982	Government allows 51% Unilever shareholding.
1984	Foods, Animal Feeds businesses transferred to Lipton.
1986	Agri–products unit at Hyderabad starts functioning – first range of hybrid seeds comes out; Khamgaon Soaps unit and Yavatmal Personal Products unit start production
1988	Launch of Lipton Taaza tea
1991	Surf Ultra detergent launched.
1992	HUL recognised by Government of India as Star Trading House in Exports.
1993	HUL's largest competitor, Tata Oil Mills Company (TOMCO), merges with the company with effect from April 1, 1993, the biggest such in Indian industry till that time. Merger ultimately accomplished in December 1994; Launch of Vim bar; Kissan acquired from the UB Group.
1994	HUL forms Unilever Nepal Limited, HUL and US–based Kimberley–Clark Corporation form 50:50 joint venture – Kimberley–Clark Lever Ltd. – to market Huggies diapers and Kotex feminine care products. Factory set up at Pune in 1995; HUL acquires Kwality and Milkfood 100% brandnames and distribution assets. HUL introduces Wall's.
1996 –	HUL introduces branded atta; Surf Excel launched.
1998	Group company, Pond's India Ltd., merges with HUL with effect from January 1, 1998. HUL acquires Lakme brand, factories and Lakme Ltd.'s 50% equity in Lakme Lever Ltd.
2002	HUL enters Ayurvedic health & beauty centre category with the Ayush range and Ayush Therapy Centres.
2003	Launch of Hindustan Lever Network; acquisition of the Amalgam Group
2005	Launch of 'Pureit' water purifiers
2007	Company name formally changed to Hindustan Unilever Limited after receiving the approval of share holders during the 74th AGM on 18 May 2007 Sales of Brooke Bond and Surf Excel each cross the Rs 1,000 crore mark
2008	HUL completes 75 years on 17th October 2008
2009	HUL decided to license 'Lakme' and 'Lever Ayush', brands to its subsidiary, Lakme Lever Private Limited, for the Beauty and Wellness services business
2010	The company launched Pureit Marvella against Aquaguard for domination in the fast–growing water purifier market in the premium category
2011	HUL’s corporate campus in Andheri, Mumbai, received certification of LEED India Gold in ‘New Construction’ category, by Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), Hyderabad, under license from the USGBC (United States Green Building Council). HUL and Star Bazaar, of Trent Hypermarket Limited, the retail arm of Tata Group, launched a unique consumer initiative titled ‘India’s Favorites’ to promote the cause of education of underprivileged children. The shareholders of the company on July 28, 2011, approved the scheme of arrangement for transfer of certain assets, liabilities and properties of FMCG Exports Business Division of Hindustan Unilever Limited to Unilever India Exports Limited. HUL and Bharti Retail’s ‘easyday Market’ and ‘easyday’ stores, launched a joint initiative to promote plastic recycling among consumers in NCR.
2012	In March, 2012 HUL’s state of the art Learning Centre was inaugurated at the Hindustan Unilever campus at Andheri, Mumbai. In April, 2012, the Customer Insight & Innovation Centre (CiiC) was inaugurated at the Hindustan Unilever campus at Andheri, Mumbai
2013	HUL completes 80 years of corporate existence in India on October 17th, 2013.

 

Soon after followed Lifebuoy in 1895 and other famous brands like Pears, Lux and Vim. Vanaspati was launched in 1918 and the famous Dalda brand came to the market in 1937

Achievements/ recognition:

• Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has emerged as the No. 1 Employer of Choice across all sectors for the 2014 graduating batch of B–School students

2009-2010

 

Awarded top Indian company in the 'FMCG' sector for the third consecutive year at Dun & Bradstreet–Rolta Corporate Awards, 2009

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• HUL ranked fourth in the ‘Top Companies for Leaders, 2009' (Asia Pacific region) and 10th place in the global rankings in a survey carried out by Hewitt Associates

 

• Awarded Customer and Brand Loyalty Award by Business India & Business Standard in 2009

 

• Awarded for Best Corporate Social Responsibility Practice at the Social & Corporate Governance Awards 08–09 by BSE, Nasscom Foundation and Times Foundation

 

 

• Awarded in the Category 'FMCG Manufacturing Supply Chain Excellence' at the Third Express, Logistics & Supply Chain Awards by APL Logistics, Indiatimes, Mindscape, Business India Group in 2009

 

• The company’s Orai unit received the Gold Excellence award and the Khalilabad unit received the Silver Excellence award in the environment category by Greentech Foundation in 2009

 

• HUL's Goa factory won a Gold Trophy at the Greentech Awards in 2009 the manufacturing sector category for their outstanding work in Safety Management
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• Project Shakti won the Silver Trophy at the EMPI–Indian Express Indian Innovation Awards, 2009

 

• Kwality Wall's Swirl's awarded 'The Franchisor of the year' for the Ice–cream parlour category by Franchise India in 2009

Ø  HUL was felicitated for receiving the highest number of patents in the year 2009 at Annual Intellectual Property Awards 2010.

Ø  The award was instituted by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIIP) and Intellectual Property India (IPI) in New Delhi.

Ø  HUL brands have topped Brand Equity's ‘India’s Most Trusted Brands Survey’ rankings for 2010.

Ø  Six HUL brands (Lux, Lifebuoy, Clinic Plus, Pond's, Fair & Lovely and Pepsodent) featured in the top 10 and eight in the top 20.

Ø  All together there are 17 HUL brands among the ‘100 most trusted brands’ in the 2010 survey.

Ø  Additionally, five HUL brands (Fair & Lovely, Lifebuoy, Lux, Pepsodent and Pond’s) featured in the list of ten Hall of Fame brands.

Ø  This recognition was accorded to brands which consistently ranked high in the survey over the last 10 years since its inception.

Ø  In 2009, three HUL brands featured in the top ten, and seven in the top twenty.

AFTER   2010

 Received CNBC AWAAZ Consumer Awards in six categories for 2010 –

Ø  Green company of the year,

Ø  Value for money brand of the year,

Ø  Ad effectiveness award,

Ø  Marketer of the year award across all categories,

Ø  Most preferred personal care company in FMCG category (for the third consecutive year),

Ø  Most Preferred home care company in FMCG category (for the third consecutive year).

• HUL received the Award for Excellence in HR in 2010 from Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). This is a rigorous fact–based assessment which is conducted by a team of external assessors. HUL has won this award for the third consecutive year.
• Five of HUL's leading brands – Lux, Dove, Pears, Clinic Plus and Sunsilk – won the Reader's Digest Trusted Brand 2008 Awards.
• Four HUL brands featured in the top 10 list of the Economic Times Brand Equity's Most Trusted Brands 2008 survey
• HUL was awarded the Bombay Chamber Civic Award 2007 in the category of Sustainable Environmental Initiatives.
• HUL was selected as the top Indian company in the FMCG sector for the Dun & Bradstreet – American Express Corporate Awards 2007.
• HUL is also one of the country's largest exporters; it has been recognised as a Golden Super Star Trading House by the Government of India

RECYCLING PLAN

 

 

WATER USE

OUR WATER IMPACT PER CONSUMER USE HAS INCREASED BY 15% SINCE 2010*

OUR COMMITMENT

Halve the water associated with the consumer use of our products by 2020.*

OUR PERFORMANCE

Our water impact per consumer use has increased by around 15% since 2010.*

·         achieved: 0

 

·         on-plan: 5

 

·         off-plan: 1

 

·         %of target achieved: 0

OUR PERSPECTIVE

We have made good progress in those areas under our control. In our own operations, water abstraction is down by 29%† per tonne of production since 2008 and by 74% in absolute terms since 1995. However our biggest impact comes from the water used by consumers when they use our products where we have less control. By the end of 2013, our water impact per consumer use had increased by around 15% since 2010.

While we are making progress in some parts of our business through product innovation, other parts of our portfolio are evolving in ways which is increasing our footprint. Our laundry business has experienced high growth from bars in India which, while very affordable for people on low incomes, are also associated with a more water-intensive washing habit than other laundry handwash formats.

Domestic water use makes up the majority of our wider footprint. Our priority is to develop innovations, consumer campaigns and work with others to establish wider solutions which help lower–income, urban consumers in developing countries meet their water needs. 

REDUCING WATER ABSTRACTED BY MANUFACTURING SITES

·         By 2020, water abstraction by our global factory network will be at or below 2008 levels, despite significantly higher volumes.

This represents a reduction of around 40% per tonne of production. Versus a 1995 baseline, this represents a 78% reduction per tonne of production and a 65% absolute reduction.

We will focus in particular on factories in water-scarce locations.

·         All newly-built factories will aim to abstract less than half the water of those in our 2008 baseline.

·         14 million† fewer cubic metres of water abstracted in 2013 than in 2008 (a reduction of 29%† per tonne of production).

Compared to 1995 this represents a 74% reduction in absolute terms.

·         New factories in India and Turkey started production in 2013. When fully operational each aims to abstract only half the water for factory operations than those factories in a representative 2008 baseline.

REDUCE WATER USE IN THE LAUNDRY PROCESS

We will reduce the water required in the laundry process by:

·         Making easier rinsing products more widely available.

·         Providing 50 million households in water-scarce countries with laundry products that deliver excellent results but use less water by 2020.

·         In 2013 we expanded our Comfort One Rinse fabric conditioner range in Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. It is also available in Cambodia, India and the Philippines.

·         In 2013 One Rinse products were used in 1.7 billion† washes in 31 million† households worldwide, a 78%† increase on 2010.

REDUCE WATER USE IN SKIN CLEANSING AND HAIR WASHING

·         By 2015 we intend to reach 200 million consumers with products and tools that will help them to use less water while washing and showering. Our goal is to reach 400 million by 2020.

·         In 2012 we have improved our understanding of this area but progress remains slow.

REDUCING WATER USE IN AGRICULTURE

·         We will develop comprehensive plans with our suppliers and partners to reduce the water used to grow our crops in water-scarce countries.

·         In 2013 we were able to analyse the first data coming from our supplier self-assessment software system. Our analysis first looked at tomato farming in California, then regions of China, Spain, Turkey and Australia.

† Independently assured by PwC

 

 

Product range of the company includes:  Home & Personal care;

Personal wash

• Lux

• Breeze

• Lifebuoy

• Dove

• Liril

• Pears

• Hamam

• Rexona

Laundry

• Surf Excel    


• Rin    


• Wheel     


• Sunlight     

Hair care

• Sunsilk Naturals     


• Clinic   

Deodorant

• Axe   


• Rexona        

Ayurvedic Personal & Health Care

• Ayush    

Skin Care

• Fair & Lovely


• Pond's


• Vaseline


• Aviance

Oral Care

• Pepsodent


• Closeup  

Colour Cosmetic

• Lakme 

Tea

• Brooke Bond   


• Lipton

Coffee

• Brooke Bond Bru    

Foods

• Kissan   


• Annapurna   


• Knorr

Ice Cream

• Kwality Wall's

 

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