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Sanjeev Mehta, Srinivas Phatak, Willem Uijen, Srinandan Sundaram, Anuradha Razdan,
We, at Hindustan Unilever have Chairman & MD Chief Financial Supply Chain Sales & Customer Human Resources, Exec.
started in a small way. Officer Director Development, Exec. Director Director
Together, let’s Start A Little Good
Unilever is committed to making sustainable Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's
Revenue:
Revenue: INR
Hindustan Unilever Limited living commonplace and its logo is a visual
INR Credit Ratings: largest Fast-Moving Consumer Goods
38,273 crores (FY
2019-20)
AAA (CRISIL) (HUL) is the Indian subsidiary expression of that commitment. Each icon has What We Do company. It has over 35 brands spanning
of Unilever which is a British- We are a global company selling
a rich meaning at its core, and represents some 20 distinct categories. The Company has
Dutch multinational company. fast-moving consumer goods. Our
Listings: BSE-100; aspect of its effort to make sustainable living
purpose is to make sustainable about 21,000 employees. Unilever has
BSE-200; S&P CNX commonplace over 67% shareholding in HUL.
500; CNX Midcap; living commonplace.
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History of HUL HUL in News
• Crates full of Sunlight soap bars, embossed with the words "Made in England by Lever
1888 Brothers“ arrived at Kolkata harbor.
HUL's flagship skin care
brand Fair & Lovely to
1895
• Lifebuoy was launched and other other famous brands like Pears, Lux and Vim followed. be known as Glow &
Lovely. The Men's range
• Unilever set up its first Indian subsidiary, Hindustan Vanaspati Manufacturing Company, of Fair & Lovely will be
1931 followed by Lever Brothers India Limited (1933) and United Traders Limited (1935) called 'Glow &
Handsome'
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• These subsidiaries merged to form HUL, with 10% Indian equity participation.
1956
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• Lipton was acquired by HUL. Brooke Bond joined the Unilever fold in 1984 through an HUL announced its results for the
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1972 international acquisition. Ponds joined HUL in 1986. quarter ending 30th June 2020. HUL
• Indian shareholding increases to 34%; Fair & Lovely skin cream launched.
delivered a resilient performance with
1978 reported turnover growth of 4% and Food & Refreshment
• Tata Oil Mills Company (TOMCO) merged with HUL. In 1996, HUL and yet another Tata Profit after tax and before exceptional
company, Lakme Limited, formed a 50:50 joint venture and in 1998 HUL had 100% stake items growing by 7%.
1994
in Lakme.
• HUL made its foray into Ayurvedic health & beauty centre category with the Ayush
2002 product range and Ayush Therapy Centres.
‘Clean Future’ is a ground-breaking innovation
• Company name was formally changed to Hindustan Unilever Limited.
2007 strategy aimed to replace 100% of the carbon
• HUL completes 80 years in India. Launches ‘Prabhat’ (Dawn) to engage with and derived from fossil fuels in Unilever’s cleaning
2013 contribute to the development of local communities around its manufacturing sites. and laundry product formulations with
renewable or recycled carbon by 2030.
• Merger of GSK Consumer Healthcare with Hindustan Unilever Limited.
2020
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