We are on a journey to make sustainable living commonplace. As we grow our business, we are committed to focusing on reducing our environmental footprint while increasing our positive impact in society.

Increasing affluence in India combined with under-indexed FMCG consumption offers us significant headroom for growth. It is up to us to decide how we build for this future.

Businesses like ours are responsible for leading and inspiring positive change that is sustainable and inclusive, driving forward our core values of respect and integrity.



Rohit Jawa CEO & Managing Director

anuradha-razdan

Integrated sustainability strategy

Beginning with our operations and continuing through our value chain and beyond, we are working to ensure that our sustainability strategy enables focused efforts on climate action, reducing plastic waste, regenerating nature, and enhancing livelihoods.

Driving change through our operations and workforce

Using our size and reach to influence our entire value chain

Leveraging our purpose-led brands

Catalysing change in communities through partnerships and advocacy

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Our strategic pillars and highlights

  • Operations
  • Value Chain
  • Our Brands
  • Community

Operations

45%

reduction in total energy consumed

(GJ/tonne of production)

98%

reduction in CO2 emissions per tonne of production

(Kg/tonne of production)

(Against 2008 baseline)

Value Chain

Committed to a clean future

We are working with our biggest suppliers to reduce Scope 3 emissions.

At the Clean Future Summit 2023, our key suppliers signed the Climate Pledge, whereby we will collaboratively work with our suppliers to reduce GHG emissions.

Our Brands

World’s first low GHG Soda Ash

To reduce the carbon footprint of our laundry brands, we are working with our partner, Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited to scale up production of low GHG Soda Ash, a key ingredient used in our laundry powders.

Community

We are building climate adaptation in communities.

Suvidha

Our 16 Suvidha centres for community hygiene and sanitation operate on circular economy principles and recycle grey water. The centres are also equipped to harvest rainwater and harness solar power.

130 Mn+

litres of water saved

  • Operations
  • Value Chain
  • Our Brands
  • Community

Operations

58%

reduction in total waste generated in our operations

(Kg/tonne of production)

47%

reduction in water usage in our operations

(Cubic metre/tonne of production)

(Against 2008 baseline)

Value Chain

48%

of 12 key agricultural crops sourced sustainably

94%

of paper and board used in packaging sourced sustainably

Our Brands

81%

of tomatoes used in Kissan ketchup are locally and sustainably sourced

Community

We are building climate adaptation in communities.

Along with our partners, we work towards scalable water solutions and water positive interventions in agriculture, a sector that consumes over 80% of freshwater available.

3.2 Tn+

litres of water potential created through the Hindustan Unilever Foundation

  • Value Chain
  • Our Brands
  • Community

Value Chain

100%

EPR compliant

Our Brands

Less Plastic, Better Plastic, No Plastic framework

In line with our framework, we are bringing robust innovations into our packaging materials.

74%

reusable, recyclable or compostable plastic used in our packaging

Community

In partnership with UNDP, we are working towards the social inclusion of Safai Saathis through project Utthaan.

5,000+

Safai Saathis impacted

  • Operations
  • Value Chain
  • Our Brands
  • Community

Operations

Empowering women

Through Ahilya and Samavesh initiatives, we are training and inducting women into our frontline salesforce and factory operations.

1,400+

Ahilyas in our salesforce

1,300+

women work on the shopfloor

Value Chain

Project Shakti

2 lakh+

women entrepreneurs are part of our Shakti network that creates livelihood opportunities for women in rural India

Our Brands

I am Wall’s

Kwality Wall’s has provided entrepreneurship opportunities to people including Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) helping them become self-sufficient micro-entrepreneurs.

~ 12,600

people and 250 PwDs part of the initiative

Community

Project Prabhat

Through Prabhat we empower communities around our operations by creating skill-building and livelihood opportunities.

75,000+

people have secured employment

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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from refrigeration

We continue to roll out environmentally friendly freezer cabinets that use Hydrocarbon (HC) refrigerants instead of Hydrofluorocarbons refrigerants across India.

1,67,000+

Freezers with HC technology in our fleet

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Collaborating for a Clean Future

In 2023, we hosted a ‘Clean Future Summit’ to lead industry-wide commitments on sustainable practices around emissions across the value chain.

The event brought together high ranked government officials, top industry players, sustainability think tanks, global management consultancies and many others. Eighteen of our key partners signed the ‘Climate Pledge.’

During the event we also announced the successful scale up of low greenhouse gas emitting soda ash, a key ingredient for our laundry brands, in partnership with Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited.

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Introducing Electric Vehicles in our distribution network

Furthering our approach of taking the customer along and driving innovation towards our net-zero ambition in our value chain, we have introduced EV's in our distribution network.

Today, our last mile network is powered by over 100 EVs.  We have a long, long way to go. But our journey so far motivates us, empowering us to navigate the uncharted terrain confidently. We will also continue to harness and explore Bio CNG, Hydrogen, and other green energy options as a fuel for our distribution network.