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Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is an Indian consumer goods company based in Mumbai,

Maharashtra. It is owned by Anglo-Dutch company Unileverwhich owns a 67% controlling share in


HUL.[3][4] HUL's products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products.
HUL was established in 1933 as Lever Brothers and, in 1956, became known as Hindustan Lever
Limited, as a result of a merger between Lever Brothers, Hindustan Vanaspati Mfg. Co. Ltd. and
United Traders Ltd. It is headquartered in Mumbai, India and employs over 16,500 workers,[5] whilst
also indirectly helping to facilitate the employment of over 65,000 people. [6] The company was
renamed in June 2007[7] as "Hindustan Unilever Limited".
Hindustan Unilever's distribution covers over 2 million retail outlets across India directly and its
products are available in over 6.4 million outlets in the country. As per Nielsen market research data,
two out of three Indians use HUL products.[8]
Contents
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1 Brands

2 Leadership

3 Awards

4 Research facilities

5 Sustainable living

6 Headquarters

7 Direct Selling Division

8 Controversy
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8.1 Mercury pollution

8.2 Skin lightening creams

8.3 Triclosan

9 Notes

10 External links

Brands[edit]

HUL is the market leader in Indian consumer products with presence in over 20 consumer categories
such as soaps, tea, detergents and shampoos amongst others with over 700 million Indian
consumers using its products. Eighteen of HUL's brands featured in the ACNielsen Brand Equity list
of 100 Most Trusted Brands Annual Survey (2012), carried out by Brand Equity, a supplement of The
Economic Times.[9]
The "most trusted brands" from HUL in the top 100 list (their rankings in brackets) are: Clinic Plus
(4), Lifebuoy (10), Fair & Lovely (11), Rin (12), Surf Excel (13), Lux (14), Pepsodent (17), Closeup
(19), Pond's (20), Sunsilk (26), Dove (37), Vim (43), Pears (79), Lakme (81), Vaseline (86), Wheel
(87), Hamam (95) and Rexona (96).[9]
The latest launches for Hindustan Unilever include: Surf Excel Easywash; Lakm eyeconic range;
Vim Anti Germ bar;Pureit Marvella UV with Advance Alert System; TRESemm: For Salon style hair
at home everyday; Clinic Plus: Milk Protein Formula A++; Comfort 1 Rinse; Bru Exotica Guatemala;
Closeup: Deep Action; Dove Hair Fall Rescue Treatment; Taaza: Taazgi bhari chaai, dimaag khul
jaaye.[10]
Its brands include: Food brands:

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

Magnum (ice cream)[11]

Homecare Brands[12]

Active Wheel detergent

Cif Cream Cleaner

Comfort fabric softeners

Domestos disinfectant/toilet cleaner

Rin detergents and bleach

Sunlight detergent and colour care

Surf Excel detergent and gentle wash

Vim dishwash

Magic Water Saver[13][14]

Personal Care Brands:[15]

Aviance Beauty Solutions

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 skin cleansing & hair care range: bar, lotions, creams and anti-perspirant deodorants

Denim shaving products

Fair & Lovely skin-lightening 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

TRESemm[16]

TIGI

Water Purifier Brand:

Pureit Water Purifier

Leadership[edit]
HUL has produced many business leaders for corporate India, including Harish Manwani,[17] the nonexecutive chairman of HUL and currently the chief operating officer of Unilever. He is also a member
of Unilever Leadership Executive team (ULE), which comprises the company's top management and
is responsible for managing Unilever's profit and loss, and delivering growth across its regions,
categories and functions.[18] Sanjiv Mehta was appointed as the Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer of HUL with effect from 10 October 2013. He has also been appointed as
Executive vice-president, South Asia, Unilever and is also the executive head of the South Asia
cluster for Unilever.[19]
HUL was ranked 4th in the Hewitt Global Leadership Survey 2007 with
only GE, P&G and Nokia ranking ahead of HUL in the ability to produce leaders.[20][21][22] A study
conducted by Aon Hewitt, The RBL Group and Fortune in 2011, ranked the company number six in
the list of 'Top Companies for Leaders 2011 Study Results'.[23] The company was awarded the CIIPrize for Leadership in HR Excellence at the 2nd CII National HR Conclave 2011 held on October
2011.[24]

Awards[edit]
Hindustan Unilever Limited was recognised as the 'Conscious Capitalist of the Year' at the 2013
Forbes India Leadership Awards.[25]
HUL won 12 awards overall with 4 Golds, 4 Silvers and 4 Bronzes at the 2013 Emvies Awards. [26]
HUL ranks number two on the on Fortune India's 2013 '50 Most Admired Companies list'. [27]

Hindustan Unilever Limited has emerged as the No. 4 'Most Respected Company in India' in a
survey conducted by Business World in 2013.[28]
As per the latest Nielsen Campus Track-business school survey released in February 2013,
Hindustan Unilever has emerged as the No.1 employer of choice for B-school students who will
graduate in 2013, across functions. HUL also retained the 'Dream Employer' status for the 4th year
running and continues to be the top company considered for application by B-School student in
India.[29][30][31][32][33]
In 2012, HUL was recognised as one of the world's most innovative companies by Forbes. With a
ranking of number 6, it was the highest ranked FMCG company.[34]
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) won the first prize at FICCI Water Awards 2012 under the
category of 'community initiatives by industry' for Gundar Basin Project, a water conservation
initiative.[35]
Hindustan Unilever Limited won 13 awards at the Emvies 2012 Media Awards organised by the
Advertising Club Bombay in September 2012.[36]
The company bagged four awards at the Spikes Asia Awards 2012, held in September. The awards
included one Grand Prix one Gold Award and two Silver Awards.[37]
HUL's Chhindwara Unit won the National Safety Award for outstanding performance in Industrial
Safety. These awards were instituted by the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment in 1965. [38]
HUL was one of the eight Indian companies to be featured on the Forbes list of World's Most
Reputed companies in 2007.[39]
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.[40]
Pond's Talcum Powder's 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.[41]
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.[42]
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.[43]
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 [44]

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[45]
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[46]
HUL was ranked 47th in The Brand Trust Report 2014 published by Trust Research Advisory. 36
HUL brands also featured in the list including Lux, Dove, Lipton, Vim, Kissan, Bru, Rexona, Close
Up, Clinic Plus, Pond's, Knorr, and Pepsodent among others.[47]
HUL emerged as the top 'Dream Employer' as well as the top company considered for application in
the annual B-School Survey conducted by Nielsen in November 2010. This was the second
successive year that HUL has been rated as the top 'Dream Employer' in India. [48] HUL has also
emerged as the top employer of choice among the top six Indian Institutes of Management (IIMA, B,
C, L, K and I).
HUL won three awards at the 'CNBC Awaaz Storyboard Consumer Awards' in 2011 Most
Recommended FMCG Company of the Year; Most Consumer Conscious Company of the Year and
Digital Marketer of the Year.[49]
The company was felicitated in April 2010 for receiving the highest number of patents in the year
2009 at Annual Intellectual Property Awards 2010.[50][51]
In 2007, Hindustan Unilever was rated as the most respected company in India for the past 25 years
by Businessworld, one of India's leading business magazines.[52] The rating was based on a
compilation of the magazine's annual survey of India's most reputed companies over the past 25
years.
HUL is one of the country's largest exporters; it has been recognised as a Golden Super Star
Trading House by the Government of India.[53][54]

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