ROLE OF HUL IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF INDIA AND IT’S

FINANCIAL CONDITION IN DIFFERENT YEARS

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Presented By:- MAMTA 13MBA1239 MBA-3A

Presented To:- Dr. Amrinder Singh Professor at Chandigarh University

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is an Indian consumer goods company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is owned by Anglo-Dutch company Unilever which owns a 52% controlling share in HUL. HUL's products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products.

HUL was established in 1933 as Lever Brothers India Limited 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, whilst also indirectly helping to facilitate the employment of over 65,000 people. The company was renamed in June 2007 as "Hindustan Unilever Limited".

Lever Brothers first commenced operations in India in the summer of 1888, when crates full of Sunlight soap bars, embossed with the words "Made in England by Lever Brothers" were shipped to the Kolkata harbour and it began an era of marketing branded Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG).

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.

INTRODUCTION OF COMPANY

COMPANIES PRODUCT CATEGORY

TURNOVERS, SALES & GROWTH PER PRODUCT

HEALTH AND HYGIENEPeople

reached with Lifebuoy

Hand washing programmes

47 million

NUTRITIONPortfolio by

volume meeting salt

levels equivalent to 5g per day

66 %

GREENHOUSE GASES

Reduction in CO2 per tonne

ofProduction

22 %

WATERReduction in

water use per tonne

of production

29 ‘%

WASTEReduction in

total waste pertonne of

production

77%

BETTER LIVELIHOODS

Number of Shakti entrepreneurs

(cumulative since 2010)

48,000

HUL work to create a better future every day, with brands and services that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life.

THEIR first priority is to their consumers –

then customers, employees, suppliers and communities. When company fulfil their responsibilities

to them, they believe that their shareholders

will be rewarded.

COMPANIES PURPOSE

SOME EXAMPLES

UNILEVER SUSTAINABLE LIVING PLAN

IMPROVING HEALTHAND WELL-BEING

By 2020, Unilever will help more

than abillion people take action to improve

theirhealth and well-

being.

• By 2020 Unilever will help more than a billion people to improve their hygiene habits and will bring safe drinking water to 500 million people. This will help reduce the incidence of life-threatening diseases like diarrhoea.

• Unilever will continually work to improve the taste and nutritional quality of all products. By 2020 the Company will double the proportion of portfolio that meets the highest nutritional standards, based on globally recognised dietary guidelines.

CONTI….

Unilever’s commitment is tohalve the greenhouse gasimpact of products acrossthe lifecycle by 2020^+.

Unilever’s commitment is tohalve the water associatedwith the consumer use ofproducts by 2020^+.

Unilever’s commitment is tohalve the waste associatedwith the disposal ofproducts by 2020^

ENHANCINGLIVELIHOODS

By 2020, Unilever will enhance the

livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of

people while growing its business.

By 2020 Unilever willsource 100% of agriculturalraw materials sustainably.

By 2020 Unilever will engage with at least 500,000 smallholder farmer and 75,000 small-scale distributors in the

supply network.

Exports Business

FMCG Exports (Unilever India Exports Limited)

In order to fully exploit the opportunity in exports market and to

provide necessary focus, flexibility and speed to the business, the

FMCG Exports Business Division of the Company was transferred

to a wholly owned subsidiary, Unilever India Exports Limited

(‘UIEL’) consequent to a Scheme of Arrangement. The Exports

business has successfully re-cast itself into two units; one

focused on driving cross border sourcing to Unilever companies

and the other leveraging the equity of locally developed brands

among the ethnic diaspora in international markets. The strategy

of a dedicated business unit driving distribution of locally

developed brands, such as Kissan, BRU, Brooke Bond, Lakmé,

Pears have yielded strong growth in these brands in its first year.

EXPORT

The Home and Personal Care segment in the exports business

witnessed a stable year, driven primarily by Skin Care and Hair

Care categories leading to a moderate growth in volume and core

operating profit. Brands like Pears and BRU have also registered

healthy growth in the focused markets through strong advertising

and activation support. The Foods and Beverages segment of

the business witnessed a modest growth. The tea bags category

maintained strong sales in Australia and the United States.

Instant Coffee sales remained steady. The profitability for the

overall segment improved, with export incentives being extended

to conventional tea, instant tea and instant coffee.

CONT….

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

1.2. Category wise Turnover