Message from the Management
HUL at a glance
Consumers

9/10

Households in India use one or more of our brands

Consumers

9/10

Households in India use one or more of our brands

75+%

Business winning market share

19

Brands with turnover exceeding
₹1,000 Cr annually

Customers

~9 Mn

Retailers reached

Customers

~9 Mn

Retailers reached

1.2 Mn

Retailers use our eB2B app - Shikhar

30%

Digitised demand capture

Suppliers and business partners

1,300+

Key suppliers

Suppliers and business partners

1,300+

Key suppliers

31,000+ Cr

Material spends

65+ Bn

Units manufactured1

Our people

#1

Employer of choice2

Our people

#1

Employer of choice2

40%

Gender balance

One of the Best

Organisations for women3

Planet and society

2.6+ Tn Litres

Water potential created4

Planet and society

2.6+ Tn Litres

Water potential created4

97% in CO2 emissions5

~9 Mn

People reached through our community development initiative - Prabhat

Shareholders

`58,154Cr

Turnover

Shareholders

`58,154 Cr

Turnover

`9,962 Cr

Profit after tax

`39

Dividend per share

1) HUL including subsidiaries.
2) Based on brand perception study by InsideIIM at target B-schools in Aug-Sep 2022.
3) Recognised by the Economic Times 2022 as one of the Best Organisations for Women.
4) Cumulative and collective water potential created by Hindustan Unilever Foundation along with its partners in FY 21-22.
5) Kg/tonne of production against 2008 baseline in HUL’s manufacturing operations.

Geographic Footprint
Digitised
demand capture

30%

of Turnover

3,500+

Distributors

29

Factories

32

Depots

Owned factoriesRajpura

Owned factoriesBarotiwala

Owned factoriesNalagarh

Owned factoriesHaridwar

Owned factoriesDoom Dooma

Owned factoriesKidderpore

Owned factoriesGarden Reach

Owned factoriesSumerpur

Owned factoriesBhuj LLPL

Owned factoriesKandla

Owned factoriesNabha

Owned factories Sonepat

Regional officesKolkata

Regional officesDelhi

Regional officesLucknow

Regional officesIndore

Owned factoriesChhindwara

Owned factoriesKhamgaon Skin

Owned factoriesDapada

Owned factories

Owned factoriesNashik

Owned factoriesAmli

MumbaiHead office

Regional officesMumbai

Owned factoriesChiplun

Owned factories

Owned factoriesMangalore

Owned factoriesRajahmundry

Owned factoriesHosur

Owned factoriesMysore

Regional officesChennai

Regional officesBangalore

Owned factoriesPondicherry HPC

Owned factoriesTatapuram

Owned factoriesHaldia

Owned factoriesEtah
Instant and Packet Tea

Owned factories Rajpura

Owned factoriesOrai

Map not to scale. For illustrative purposes only

Purpose, Vision and Strategy

Our Vision

Our vision is to deliver winning performance by being the leader in sustainable business. We will demonstrate how our purpose-led, future-fit business model drives superior performance delivering consistent, competitive, profitable, and responsible growth.

Our strategic priorities

  • Growing the Core
  • Accelerating Market Development
  • Driving Premiumisation

  • Improve the health of the planet
  • Improve people’s health, confidence and wellbeing
  • Contribute to a fairer, more socially inclusive world
  • Win with differentiated science and technology

  • Accelerate pure-play and omni-channel e-Commerce
  • Strengthen e-B2B presence
  • Drive category leadership through shopper insight

  • Empowered Business Units
  • Winning in Many Indias (WiMI)
  • Digital transformation (Re-Imagine HUL)
Our enablers

  • Purposeful Brands
  • Improved Penetration
  • Impactful Innovation
  • Design for Channel
  • Fuel for Growth

  • Drive climate action to reach net zero
  • Reduce plastic as part of waste-free world
  • Regenerate nature and agriculture
  • Contribute to creating water potential at scale in India
  • Raise living standards in our value chain

  • Unlock speed and agility of a digitally enabled organisation
  • Be a beacon for equity, diversity, and inclusion
  • Leverage power of Unilever-wide capabilities
Multi-stakeholder model

Consumers

Our people

Customers

Suppliers & business partners

Planet & society

Shareholders

Delivering 4G growth

Consistent Growth

Profitable Growth

Competitive Growth

Responsible Growth

Wide and resilient portfolio
Our History

90 years of doing well by doing good

In 1888, crates of Sunlight soap arrived at the Kolkata harbour marking the beginning of our journey in India. On the 17th of October 1933, our business was incorporated in India, and since then, we have traversed the past nine decades alongside the country, working towards creating a better future every day, helping people feel good, look good and get more out of life.

1930s

Lever Brothers India Limited incorporated in India — established its first soap factory in Sewri, Bombay.

1940s

Company acquired own sales force and agencies in Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras.

1950s

Lever Brothers India Limited, Hindustan Vanaspati Manufacturing Company Limited, and United Traders Limited merged in 1956 to form Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL), with 10% Indian equity participation. The issue was oversubscribed nearly six times, and 21,623 Indians came to own a part of the then Hindustan Lever Limited.

1960s

India’s first research centre in FMCG industry opened in Mumbai in 1967.

1970s

  • The Integrated Rural Development programme began in Etah, Uttar Pradesh, with five villages. It grew to cover over 200 villages within 10 years.
  • A home for the destitute inaugurated in Byculla, Mumbai along with the Missionaries of Charity, aptly named Asha Daan, a Gift of Hope.

1990s

  • Tata Oil Mills Limited merged with HLL, in the largest M&A in Indian corporate history at the time in 1994.
  • Brooke Bond Lipton India Limited merged with HLL in 1996.
  • Lakme Lever Private Limited was formed in 1996.

2000s

  • With the goal of improving hygiene, fighting disease, and generating income for rural women, Project Shakti launched as a pilot in Andhra Pradesh.
  • The Company’s name was changed to Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) retaining continued commitment towards its local roots while leveraging the global scale and reputation of Unilever.

2010s

  • HUL embraced the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan (USLP) — committing towards sustainable growth and time-bound targets aimed at positively impacting society and environment.
  • Hindustan Unilever Foundation (HUF) set-up to support national priorities for socio-economic development by addressing water challenges.
  • Project ‘Prabhat’ launched to engage with and contribute to the development of local communities around our manufacturing sites.
  • The ‘Winning in Many Indias’ (WiMI) operating framework launched. Three new sales offices setup in Lucknow, Indore, and Bengaluru in addition to the existing sales offices in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Chennai.
  • Re-Imagine HUL launched with an aim to leverage data, harness latest technologies, and emerging business models in order to redefine how HUL engages with consumers, customers, and the way the business operates.

2020s

  • GSK Consumer Healthcare merged with HUL marking the largest M&A deal in Indian FMCG industry. Iconic health food drink brands — Horlicks and Boost became part of HUL’s portfolio.
  • New Compass strategy was announced that fully integrated sustainability across our business operations. At the heart of Compass is our purpose to make sustainable living commonplace.