Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's largest fast moving consumer goods company with a heritage of over 80 years in India. As part of its corporate social responsibility efforts, HUL has committed to operate its business in a socially and environmentally responsible manner through its Unilever Sustainable Living Plan, which aims to improve health, reduce environmental impact, and enhance livelihoods. HUL focuses its CSR activities on initiatives related to education, rural development, healthcare, disaster relief, and environmental sustainability through its not-for-profit arm Hindustan Unilever Foundation. In the last three financial years, HUL spent over 10,000 lakhs annually on CSR activities such as Project Sh
2. HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED (HUL)
• India's largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company.
• Heritage of over 80 years in India.
• HUL is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
•HUL is a subsidiary of Unilever. Unilever have sales in over 190 countries and an annual sales
turnover of €51 billion in 2018. Unilever has over 67% shareholding in HUL.
• In 1956 the predecessors were merged into one and renamed as HUL.
• On any given day, nine out of ten Indian households use HUL products.
• Over 35 brands spanning 20 distinct categories such as soaps, detergents, shampoos,
deodorants, cosmetics, tea, etc. Brands include Lux, Lifebuoy, Surf Excel, Rin, Wheel, etc.
• 18,000 employees and sales of INR 37660 crores (financial year 2018-19).
3. SALIENT FEATURES AND CSR POLICY
•POLICY
HUL is committed to operate and grow its business in a socially responsible way. Their vision is to grow
the business whilst reducing the environmental impact of their operations and increasing positive social impact.
•The heart of their CSR model lies in their effective plan –
UNILEVER SUSTAINABLE LIVING PLAN (USLP)
Major Goals
help more than a billion
people to improve their
health
reduce the environmental
impacts of their products
enhance the livelihoods of
millions of people along with
the growth of their business
4. PRINCIPLES-
The operations are done with integrity and in line with the code of business principles.
USLP and sustainable living are the unique features of CSR policy of HUL.
HUL collaborate and engage with different stakeholders including government NGOs, suppliers etc.
to tackle and combat the challenges and problems faced by the society.
HUL strives to achieve UNITED NATION’S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL, and it
incurs all its expenses through activities done through HINDUSTAN UNILEVER
FOUNDATION(HUF), which is a not-for-profit subsidiary company.
5. Promoting education, including special education and employment enhancing vocational skills especially
among children, women, elderly and the differently abled
Initiatives: Project Shakti, FAL Foundation, Rin Career Ready Academy
Rural Development
Initiatives: Prabhat (PAN India)
Promoting preventive healthcare and sanitation
Initiatives: Hand Washing Behaviour Change Programme, Domex Toilet Academy (DTA) (Andhra Pradesh), Sanjivani (Assam),
Swachh Aadat Swachh Bharat
Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund
Eg. Kerala Flood Relief (Kerala)
Setting up homes and hostels for women and orphans
Initiatives: Ankur(Assam), Asha Daan (Mumbai)
Ensuring environmental sustainability
Initiatives: Sustainable Sourcing, Water Conservation
Projects, Plastic Waste Management
MAJOR FOCUS AREAS OF CSR ACTIVITIES
6. Project Shakti
- Financially empowering and providing livelihood opportunities to women.
- Women entrepreneurs known as “Shakti Ammas” running their businesses.
Swachh Aadat Swachh Bharat
- To promote good health and hygiene practices.
- Three clean habits (‘Swachh Aadat’) : washing hands five times a day,
using a toilet for defecation and adopting safe drinking water practices.
Happy Homes: Ankur and Asha Daan
- Asha Daan : To set up Homes and Hostels for women, orphans and
differently abled children in Mumbai.
- Ankur: Provides education to differently abled children at DoomDooma in
Assam.
MAJOR CSR ACTIVITIES
7. CSR CONTRIBUTION
2016-17
(in Lakhs)
2017-18
(in Lakhs)
2018-19
(in Lakhs)
Average Net Profit of the
Company for last 3 financial
years
5,08,567 5,61,009 6,20,971
Amount To be Spent(2% of the
Average net Profit for last 3
financial years)
10,171 11,220 12,419
Actual Expenditure 10,388 11,609 12,645
8. CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS VARIOUS ACTIVITIES
ACROSS LAST THREE YEARS
Activities 2016-2017
(in Lakhs)
2017-2018
(in Lakhs)
2018-2019
(in Lakhs)
Project Shakti 4413 4177 4335
Water Conservation Project 2162 3317 895
Swachh Adat Swachh Bharat 2742 3048 4781
Project Prabhat 654 561 608
Happy Homes: Asha Daan 196 170 1475
Sanjivani 67 75 68
Ankur 28 28 33
Kerela Flood Relief - - 100
Contribution to Medical Institutions - - 350
Domex Toilet Academy - 233 -
Solidaridad-Sustainability
(Tea Procurement)
126 - -
Total Amount Spent 10,388 11,609 12,645
9. SUGGESTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS AND
COMMENTS
Suggestions/Recommendations-
• HUL can provide books and necessary stationaries to orphans.
• It can consider expanding its projects like Domex Toilet Academy (DTA in AP) ,
Ankur(Assam), Asha Daan (Mumbai) to other states.
Comments-
• Continuation of ASHA DAAN since 1976 is a commendable achievement of HUL.
• Contribution in many welfare activities like FAL Foundation, Rin Career Ready
Academy.