Unilever Vision

We work to create a better future everyday. We to help people feel good look good and get more out of life with brands and services that are good for them and good for others. We will inspire people to take small everyday actions that can add up to a big difference for the world. We will develop new ways of doing business that will allow us to double the size of our company while reducing our environmental impact.

Hindustan Unilever Limited Factsheet

Quick Facts
Over 16,700 employees and about 1,500 managers

Over 2000 customers

Over 2,000 suppliers & associates

Our Heritage in India

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). In 1931, Unilever set up its first Indian subsidiary, Hindustan Vanaspati Manufacturing Company, followed by Lever Brothers India Limited (1933) and United Traders Limited (1935). In November 1956, these three companies merged to form Hindustan Hindustan Lever Limited. In June 2007, the company was renamed Hindustan Unilever Limited.

About 2,900 stockists

Total Coverage over 6.4 million Outlets

Direct Coverage over 2 million outlets

Diverse portfolio of leading brands

Sustainable Living
Unilever Sustainable Living Plan aims to help everyone enjoy a good quality of life while respecting the planet. We have set ourselves three big goals to achieve by 2020: Halve the environmental footprint of our products, Help more than 1 billion people take action to improve their health and well-being, Source 100% of our agricultural raw materials sustainably. HUL Key Sustainability Impacts: Lifebuoy soap has reached 44.56 million people with handwashing programmes since 2010. 45 million people globally gained access to safe drinking water from Pureit in-home water purifier, till 2012. 99% volume of our food portfolio is compliant with 6g salt target We have 30,000 freezers with Hydrocarbon (HC) technology deployed in India. 60% of tomatoes used in Kissan Ketchup in India are from sustainable sources. A total of 75 Tea estates in Assam, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu have been certified 'Sustainable Estates' by the Rainforest Alliance till the end of 2012. Number of Shakti entrepreneurs scaled up to 49,000; No. of Shaktimaans scaled up to 34,000. Kwality Walls mobile vending operations provide entrepreneurship opportunities to over 6,500 migrant labourers across India. By 2015, we expect hundred billion litres of water to be harvested, one million people to benefit in 180 + villages in 17 districts across India from our water conservation projects. Reduced CO2 emissions per tonne of production by 23.7% & waste by 79% against 2008 baseline. 31 sites became Zero-discharge site out of 39 sites; Rainwater harvesting implemented in 22 sites Launched Magic & Comfort 1 Rinse in laundry -Comfort 1 Rinse saves 2 buckets of water per wash; Magic water saver saves 3 buckets of water per wash.

Brand Leadership
HUL is No. 1 in most of the categories it operates

Laundry Soaps Hair care Home Care No.1 No. 2

Tea Oral Care Skin Care Deodorants

2011-12 Results at a Glance

Comparable audited results * (in crores) for the 12 month period from April 2011 to March 31, 2012 compared to April 2010 to March 31, 2011

* Not including FMCG Export business