Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is the largest FMCG company in India and a subsidiary of Unilever, a British company. As per Indian law, HUL must spend 2% of its average net profit on CSR activities each year to contribute to sustainable development. HUL's CSR activities focus on education, healthcare, sanitation, rural development, women's empowerment, and water management through its Hindustan Sustainable Living Plan. Some of HUL's major CSR projects include Asha Daan which cares for 400 destitute people, Project Shakti which financially empowers over 136,000 rural women, and Swachh Aadat Swachh Bharat which

1. Hindustan Unilever Limited
CSR ACTIVITIES
Presented by
JYOTI NAKHAT

2. What is CSR?
 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a
business approach that contributes to
sustainable development by delivering
economic, social and environmental benefits
for all stakeholders.
 CSR in India is a Law.
Under Section 135 of India’s Companies Act.
2% of company’s average net profit every
year – CSR activities.

3. HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED
 HUL was founded in the year 1933.
 Hindustan Unilever Limited is the largest
FMCG company in India.
 Headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
 It is subsidiary of Unilever, a British
company.
 50+ brands that are household names.
 8 million stores sell HUL products.

4. HUL CSR DETAILS
 HUL is committed to operate and grow its business in a socially responsible way. There
vision is to grow their business while reducing the environmental impact of their operations
and increasing their positive social impact.
 The heart of their CSR model lies in their effective plan -
HINDUSTAN
SUSTAINABLE
LIVING PLAN (HSLP)
Help more than a billion
people take action to
improve their health and
well-being
Reduce the environmental
footprint of our products.
Enhance livelihoods of
people as we grow our
business.

5. Main Focus Areas
Education and Scholarships
 Healthcare
 Sanitation
 Rural Development
 Women Empowerment
 Water Management
HUL strives to achieve UNITED
NATIONS SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT GOAL.
YEAR 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019
Actual CSR 165.08 Cr 143.74 Cr 126.45 Cr
Prescribed
CSR
161.70 Cr 142.20 Cr 124.19 Cr
CSR Financial Report

6. HUL Major CSR Projects
PROJECT -
ASHA DAAN
PROMOTING
NUTRITION &
HYGIENE
PROJECT -
SANJEEVANI
PROJECT -
SHAKTI
SWACHH
AADAT
SWACHH
BHARAT
PROJECT -
PRABHAT
WATER
CONSERVATION
PROJECT
PROJECT -
ANKUR
RIN CAREER
READY
ACADEMY
DISASTER
RELIEF
PROGRAM
COVID-19
RELATED
PREVENTIVE
MEASURES

7. ASHA DAAN
 Project Budget – INR 0.70 Cr
 Project Sector – Preventive Health, Water and
Sanitation
 Project Location – Mumbai
 Home for abandoned and differently-abled children,
HIV-positive patients and destitute people.
 Initiative began in 1976
 HUL takes care of over 400 infants, destitute men
and women and HIV-positive patients at Asha Daan.

8. PROMOTING NUTRITION & HYGIENE
 Project Budget – 7.68 Cr
 Project Sector - Eradication of Hunger, Poverty,
Malnutrition
Nutrition as a focus area for CSR was included in
the Company’s policy from 1st April, 2020
 About 93,000 meals kits containing staples,
pulses, cooking oil and spices were distributed for
use by the families.

9. PROJECT - SANJEEVANI
 Project Budget - INR 0.61 Cr
 Project Sector – Preventative Healthcare, water
and Sanitation
 Project Location – Tinsukia, Assam
 HUL runs a free mobile medical service camp
‘Sanjeevani’ for the local community near Doom
Dooma factory in Assam.
More than 3,57,828 patients have been treated in
these service camps since its inception in 2003.

10. PROJECT - SHAKTI
 Project Budget – INR 57.29 Cr
 Project Sector - Education, Employability and
Livelihoods Enhancement
It started in 2001, Shakti has already been extended to
about 80,000 villages in 15 states.
 It aims to financially empower and provide livelihood
opportunities to women in rural India.
HUL has a team of Rural Sales Promoters (RSPs)
Project Shakti has nearly 1,36,000 Shakti Entrepreneurs
whom they call ‘Shakti Ammas’.

11. SWACHH AADAT SWACHH BHARAT
 Project Budget – INR 41.34 Cr
 Project Sector - Preventive Healthcare, Water and
Sanitation
 It is in line with the Government of India’s Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission
4,000 employees from 25 factories of HUL - role of
Swachhata Doots and educate their communities to adopt
better WASH habits.

12. PROJECT - PRABHAT
 Project Budget – INR 7.07 Cr
 Project Sector – Rural Development
 Prabhat is HUL’s USLP-linked programme.
 It has directly benefited over 4.5 million.
More than 5,000 HUL employee volunteers participated
in the volunteering activities under Project Prabhat in the
last seven years.

13. BIBLIOGRAPGHY
 https://csrbox.org/India_Company_Hindustan-Unilever-Limited--(HUL)-
Maharashtra_43
 https://thecsrjournal.in/hindustan-unilever-csr-sustainable-
communities-india/
 https://csrbox.org/India_Company_Hindustan-Unilever-Limited--(HUL)-
Maharashtra_43
 https://thecsrjournal.in/hindustan-unilever-csr-sustainable-
communities-india/

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