Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is an Indian consumer goods company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is a subsidiary of Unilever, a British-Dutch company.[3] HUL's products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents, personal care products and water purifiers. HUL was established in 1933 as Lever Brothers and, in 1956, became known as Hindustan Lever Limited, as a result of a merger among Lever Brothers, Hindustan Vanaspati Mfg. Co. Ltd. and United Traders Ltd. It employs over 16,000 workers,[3] while it also indirectly helping to facilitate the employment of over 65,000 people.[4] The company was renamed in June 2007 as "Hindustan Unilever Limited". HUL is committed to operate and grow its business in a socially responsible way. Our vision is to grow our business whilst reducing the environmental impact of our operations and increasing our positive social impact. Our aim is to achieve responsible growth and we will inspire to bring this to life by encouraging people to take small everyday actions that will add up to make a big difference. We have embraced the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan (USLP), which is our blueprint for sustainable growth. The Plan is helping to drive profitable growth for our brands, save costs and fuel innovation. Our Plan sets out three big goals: • Improving health & well-being • Reducing environmental impact • Enhancing livelihoods

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AN OVERVIEW ON THE CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY INITIATIVES BY HINDUSTHAN UNILEVER
LIMITED
Varun Kesavan, Research Scholar, E – Mail Id –
varunkesavan@yahoo.com
INTRODUCTION
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is an Indian consumer goods company
based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is a subsidiary of Unilever, a British-Dutch
company.[3] HUL's products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents, personal
care products and water purifiers.
HUL was established in 1933 as Lever Brothers and, in 1956, became known as
Hindustan Lever Limited, as a result of a merger among Lever Brothers,
Hindustan Vanaspati Mfg. Co. Ltd. and United Traders Ltd. It employs over
16,000 workers,[3] while it also indirectly helping to facilitate the employment of
over 65,000 people.[4] The company was renamed in June 2007 as "Hindustan
Unilever Limited".

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PRODUCTS
HUL is the market leader in Indian consumer products with presence in over 20
consumer categories such as soaps, tea, detergents and shampoos amongst
others with over 700 million Indian consumers using its products. Sixteen of
HUL's brands featured in the ACNielsen Brand Equity list of 100 Most Trusted
Brands Annual Survey (2014), carried out by Brand Equity, a supplement of The
Economic Times.
SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Unilever launched Sustainable Living Plan in on 15 November 2010 at
London, Rotterdam, New York and New Delhi simultaneously.

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SOCIAL INITIATIVES BY HUL
HUL is committed to operate and grow its business in a socially responsible way.
Our vision is to grow our business whilst reducing the environmental impact of
our operations and increasing our positive social impact. Our aim is to achieve
responsible growth and we will inspire to bring this to life by encouraging people
to take small everyday actions that will add up to make a big difference. We have
embraced the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan (USLP), which is our blueprint for
sustainable growth.
The Plan is helping to drive profitable growth for our brands, save costs and fuel
innovation.
Our Plan sets out three big goals:
 Improving health & well-being
 Reducing environmental impact
 Enhancing livelihoods

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Health & hygiene
In the area of health and hygiene, through our water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)
initiatives we focus on behaviour change programmes. Some of our home and personal
care brands like Lifebuoy (handwashingprogramme), Domex (improved sanitation) and
Pureit (providing safe drinking water) spearhead these behaviour change programmes
across India. Our efforts in the area of health and hygiene have so far reached over 130
million people in India.
Reducing diarrhoeal and respiratory disease through
handwashing
Every year, in India, 1.3 million children die before they reach the age of five,
many due to preventable infections. Handwashing with soap has been cited as
one of the most cost-effective solutions to address this challenge1. A review of
several studies show that the simple act of handwashing in institutions, such as
primary schools and day care centres, reduces the incidence of diarrhoeal
diseases by an average of 30 per cent.
Our Lifebuoy handwashingbehaviour change initiatives help in promoting the
benefits of handwashing with soap at key times during the day and encouraging
people to sustain good handwashingbehaviours. Till date, we have reached out
to over 63 million people in India.

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Global Handwashing Day
Every year, on 15 October, we celebrate Global Handwashing Day (GHD) to
spread the message about the importance of handwashing habits among school
children. On the occasion of GHD, our employees reach out to children in
schools across India. HUL factory employees too spend a day with children in
rural schools to create awareness about handwashing. The programme
highlights include storytelling, interactive games and taking a pledge to drive the
importance of handwashing with soap at five key times during the day.
In 2016, HUL reached out to over 1,80,000 children across 66 schools in 22
cities of India. Over 2,500 HUL employees across factories and offices took time
off to spend a day with school children to create awareness about handwashing.
Providing safe drinking water
In the developing world, 80% diseases are water-related. The World Health
Organization states that the provision of safe water alone will reduce diarrhoeal
diseases by up to 50%. Our Pureit water purifiers have been working towards
making safe water accessible and affordable to millions. Pureit’s most affordable
range of purifiers provide safe drinking water at a running cost of just 30 paisa
per litre without the hassles of boiling, or need of electricity or a continuous tap
water supply. In India, Pureit has provided over 74 billion litres of safe drinking
water till date.

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Improving access to sanitation
Approximately 792 million Indians live without improved sanitation, of which,
some 597 million people continue to defecate in the open. These statistics clearly
show the scale and complexity of the problem in India. There is critical need to
improve access to sanitation facilities. Launched in 2014, Domex Toilet Academy
(DTA) is a unique market-based entrepreneurial model created by HUL to bring a
positive impact on the health and well-being of the community while enhancing
livelihoods. Currently operational in Bihar, it is a market facilitation project to
increase sanitation coverage and encourage safe and hygienic use of a toilet.
DTA works in partnership with Population Services International (PSI) and the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation. The programme trains entrepreneurs and masons
to supply, install and maintain toilets for local households; builds supply chains
for sanitation hardware; provides access to micro-financing and creates demand
for sanitation in underserved communities. It thus provides jobs while promoting
the importance of safe and hygienic sanitation practices in local communities.
Since inception, DTA has trained more than 500 micro-entrepreneurs. Over a
lakh of toilets have been built benefiting over six lakh people.

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SwachhAadat, Swachh Bharat
Our ‘SwachhAadat, Swachh Bharat’ (SASB) programme is in line with
Government of India’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission) to promote
good health and hygiene practices. In 2016, the programme continued to
promote good health and hygiene practices by stressing the need to adopt three
simple good habits (‘SwachhAadat’) – washing hands five times a day, using a
toilet for defecation and adopting safe drinking water practices.
SwachhataDoot (messenger of cleanliness)
HUL launched a mobile-led rural behaviour change communication model,
wherein the factory workers become agents of behaviour change in their villages.
These HUL employees, called as SwachhataDoots (messengers of cleanliness),
share two-minute audio stories on clean habits through their mobile phones.
They reach out to schoolchildren, parents and community members thereby
positively impacting rural communities. Through this programme, we have
successfully reached over 30 lakh people.
Suvidha – The community hygiene centre
HUL has built a first-of-its-kind urban water, hygiene and sanitation community
centre named ‘Suvidha’ in Azad Nagar, Ghatkopar, in one of the largest slums in
Mumbai. The centre addresses the hygiene needs of 1,500 people from low-
income urban households who face severe challenges due to lack of
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It provides toilets that flush, handwashing facilities with soap, clean showers,
safe drinking water and laundry facilities at significantly lower costs than market.
Suvidhacentre uses circular economy principles to reduce water use. Fresh
water is first used for brushing teeth, bathing, handwashing and laundry. The
waste water from these activities becomes the input for flushing toilets. The
centre also promotes a safe and welcoming environment for everyone. There are
separate entrances for women and girls, which can be accessed at night. A
secure and safe children’s play area has been built on the roof.
Improve self-esteem
Dove has supported women to see beauty as a source of confidence and not
anxiety. However, anxiety over appearance keeps girls from being their best
selves, affecting their health, friendships, and even performance at school. For
more than 10 years, we’ve been helping young people with self-esteem
education, reaching over three lakh people so far.
The main contributors to our success have been our partnership with the World
Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) and scaling our digital
presence in spreading awareness to build self-esteem among girls. In 2016, we
helped in building the body confidence of around eight thousand young girls
across five cities.

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Improving Nutrition
The nutrition strategy and targets are aligned to the ‘Improving
Nutrition’ commitment of the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan (USLP).
We are conscious of the vital role food plays in wellbeing. We support the UN
Global Goal of Zero Hunger and play an important role in addressing this by
offering nutritious food that is appealing and via communication that is
responsible, engaging and meaningful.
The Unilever Sustainable Nutrition strategy provides us a roadmap for action on
the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development, with consumers at its core.
This includes producing safe, high quality, nutritious food that is accessible to all,
and producing this food with respect for the environment while generating less
waste. It also includes enhancing livelihoods of farmers and improving the
nutrition and wellbeing of consumers.
Greenhouse gases
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the manufacturing
In 2016, we have reduced CO2 emissions per tonne of production by 49%
compared to 2008. This reduction has been achieved through initiatives such as
enhanced usage of biomass based fuels, installation of equipment for utilization
of process waste from factories like spent coffee, tea etc. and use of hot air
generators.

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We achieved 16% increase in share of renewable energy in 2016 compared to
2008. Use of biogenic fuels, installation of biogas plants at five factories and use
of solar thermal systems at various units led to this increase in share of
renewable energy.
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transport
We have implemented innovative techniques in reducing the miles our products
travel to reach the market. We have re-designed our networks and increased
direct despatch from factories to customers in 2016 reducing the distance
travelled by 2%.
We regularly review our road transportation to identify where we can increase
efficiency, such as ensuring optimal load fill that reduced the number of trucks
used during the year and reduced the CO2 emissions for ice creams by another
2%. We further reduced our CO2 footprint in warehouses by 10% by re-designing
our networks and through installation of LEDs in our distribution centres.
All of these initiatives combined together led to overall reduction of 750 tonnes of
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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from refrigeration
We have continued to roll out environment friendly freezer cabinets that use
hydrocarbon (HC) refrigerants. There are currently 55,000 freezers with HC
technology in our fleet in India.
Reduce energy consumption in our offices
Some of the energy reduction initiatives in our offices include installation of solar
panels on terraces to provide electricity to office area and power to streetlights;
replacing conventional street lights with LED lights; retrofit fluorescent lamps with
LED lamps and pull cord switches for office lighting; and application of cool roof
paint to reduce the penetration of heat into the air conditioned offices. These
initiatives have helped in reducing electricity cost and making our offices
environment friendly.
Reduce employee travel
Video conferencing and tele-presence facilities were effectively implemented to
ease travel requirements of our employees thereby reducing the impact of
employee travel on the environmental footprint. In 2016, over 4,000 meetings
were held making use of tele-presence facilities.

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Reduction in water use and waste
Reducing water use in manufacturing
Water usage (cubic meter per tonne of production) in our manufacturing
operations has reduced by 53% compared to 2008 baseline. Initiatives like
captive rainwater harvesting and use in processes and utilities; increase in
condensate recoveries; reduction of water losses from boiler and cooling tower
contributed to this reduction.
Rainwater consumption and usage increased as more factories joined the list of
units consuming rainwater for various processes and utilities. Water extraction
abstraction from natural resources was further reduced as we piloted the latest
effluent treatment technologies in our manufacturing units. These technologies
are just as effective as conventional treatments but require less space.
Reducing waste from our manufacturing
Total waste generated from the factories reduced by 45% in 2016 as compared
to 2008. Factories identified newer avenues for re-use and energy recovery from
waste, in addition to the current reduction and recycling streams, within the
purview of statutory guidelines of waste disposals. We maintained the status of
‘zero non-hazardous waste to landfill’ from all factories and offices. All of the
factory generated non-hazardous waste was recycled in environment friendly
ways.

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Reduce packaging
Innovations in packaging led to reduction in the use of plastic in 2016. We
substituted commodity polymers with performance based polymers, optimised
the packaging designs and changed the packaging formats of our products to
consume less plastic. As a result, we reduced waste generated due to polymer
by 1,400 tonnes.
In addition to this, we also saved 7,000 tonnes of paper across categories and 50
tonnes of glass in Foods category through material usage optimisation. Along
with material waste reduction, packaging process optimisation led to 350 tonnes
of reduction in CO2 emission in cosmetics category.
Recycle packaging
We are working in partnership with industry, governments and NGOs to increase
recycling and recovery rates in our packaging. We have started using r-PET
(80% recycled PET) in our blister packs for personal care brands like Pepsodent
toothbrush and Fair & Lovely. This ensures there is an application for newly
available r-PET resin in market thereby establishing circular economy thinking.

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Reuse packaging
We provide consumers with refill packs in our home and personal care portfolio
to make it convenient for consumers to reuse the primary pack. In order to
reduce packaging waste footprint with mind-set of extending the lifecycle of
packaging for intended use (with appropriate material selection), we have
deployed reuse of secondary packaging systems for bringing packaging material
from our suppliers to factories.
Reduce office waste
In 2016, we continued to make our offices more efficient facilities. Some of the waste
reduction initiatives in our offices included use of bio composter to compost food waste
from canteens, usage of ceramic cups in all pantries instead of paper cups and installing
jet hand dryer in washrooms to reduce use of paper towels.
Sustainable sourcing
Sustainable sourcing of raw materials
Unilever is one of the largest buyers of black tea, tomatoes and palm oil
produced in the world. The decisions that we make on who we source from, and
how we work with them, can have profound implications on global resources and
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They also have a wider social impact, affecting the livelihoods of our farmers and
their families, women and young people. Our progress on sourcing has been
strong. We are first concentrating on our main agricultural raw materials.
Sustainable palm oil
In 2016 Unilever refreshed its Palm Oil Policy and brought forward the target for
purchasing 100% physically certified palm oil from 2020 to 2019. We also
stopped buying GreenPalm certificates. As of 2015, all HUL palm derivatives
were backed by RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) certificates.
We have signed multiple partnerships to drive market transformation and
traceability of the supply chain. These partnerships also focus on commitments
to the principles of no deforestation, no development on peatlands, and driving
positive economic and social impact for people and communities. In 2016, we
updated our policy globally to expand our existing principles to include
smallholder farmers and women, commit to no exploitation of people or
communities, and to transparency.
Sustainable paper & board
We have sustained our volumes of sustainably sourced paper and board for
packing our products at 99% in 2016. This paper & board has come from mills
that are Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified. We have decreased the
usage of paper and board by moving to low GSM (Grams per Square Meter)
alternative in cartons of certain brands like Dove, Fair & Lovely and Pears.

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Sustainable tea
A total of 243 tea estates in India are Trustea1 verified and a total of 261 tea
estates in India are Rainforest Alliance certified.
In 2016, over 46% of tea was sourced from sustainable sources in India for
Unilever's brands. This is a substantial increase from 28% last year.
Sustainable fruits & vegetables
In 2016, we maintained our status on procuring 100% of tomatoes used in Kissan
ketchup from sustainable sources. The public-private partnership (project which
began in 2012 between HUL and Maharashtra Government for sustainable
sourcing of tomatoes matured in 2014 and has since 2015 become self-
sustaining. In 2016, HUL continued to provide these farmers a buy-back
guarantee for their produce. HUL also offers global and local knowledge and
expertise in sustainable agriculture practices in tomato cultivation; this includes
the latest agricultural techniques, irrigation practices and recommendation of the
right type of seeds.
Enhancing livelihoods
In 2016, we made steady progress across the three pillars of our enhancing
livelihoods goal – fairness in the workplace, opportunities for women and
inclusive business.

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Fairness in the workplace
Implement UN guiding principles on business and human rights
We implement the UN guiding principles on business and human rights
throughout our operations and report on progress publicly.
Our Code of Business Principles upholds the principles of human rights and fair
treatment. The Code describes the operational standards we follow and supports
our approach to governance and corporate responsibility. It ensures that we
conduct our operations with honesty, integrity and openness, and with respect for
human rights and interests of employees.
We seek to uphold and promote human rights in three ways:
 In our operations, by upholding values and standards
 In relationships with suppliers, and
 By working through external initiatives such as the United Nations Global
Compact
Unilever’s Understanding the Responsible Sourcing Audit (URSA) – Guide for
suppliers reinforces the principles of human rights and labour rights for all our
suppliers. In accordance with this guide, all suppliers are expected to adopt
practices that are consistent with that of the Company.

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Our human rights practices assure respect for the right of employees to freedom
of association and recognition of employees’ rights to collective bargaining,
where permissible by law. All sites in HUL are under collective bargaining
agreements. Our Code of Business Principles conforms to International
LabourOrganisation (ILO) principles.
Create framework for fair compensation
Compensation in India is based on guidelines issued by collective bargaining
agreements (CBA). All factory sites and offices are covered under CBA. We
ensure that our salaries adhere to the collective bargaining agreements, various
mandatory statutory limits and are at par with various external industry
benchmarks. All our supply chain units pay wages which are well above the
statutory minimum wages as prescribed by the law.
As a part of the standard wage structure, employees get variable dearness
allowance (VDA) which compensates for the increase in commodity prices and
standard of living.
VDA has been linked to the Cost Price Index (CPI) which keeps on changing
every six months as notified by the Ministry of Labour& Employment,
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In addition to the fair wage, we also provide assistance to these employees for
their higher education, children education and housing facilities. Our objective is
to move from ‘Fair Wage’ to ‘Living Wage’ to ensure highest level of employee
satisfaction and higher level of productivity.
Improve employee health, nutrition and well-being
Lamplighter is our framework for addressing employee health and well-being. In
2016, we partnered with experts in the field of mental health and counselling and
set up toll-free helplines in nine languages for our employees to reach out and
speak to a counsellor and seek advice on physical and mental health related
matters.
Reduce workplace injuries and accidents
We have a vision to become an injury-free organisation which means zero
fatalities, zero injuries, zero motor vehicle incidents, zero process incidents, and
zero tolerance of unsafe behaviour and practices. In 2016, our total recordable
frequency rate (TRFR) reduced by 75% compared to 2008 baseline for accidents
in the factories and offices. This was driven by the continuous focus on safety in
our world class manufacturing programme and the ‘BeSafE’ campaign in our
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Opportunities for women
Build a gender-balanced organisation with a focus on
management
HUL was recognised as one of the ‘Top 10 Best Companies for Women in India’
by The Best Companies for Women in India (BCWI) Study 2016, instituted by
Working Mother in partnership with the AVTAR Group.
We undertake many initiatives to build gender-balanced organisation. Some of
these are:
 Career by Choice programme
 Career Break Policy
 Maternity and Paternity Support Programmes
 Workplace facilities
 Women safety on shopfloor
 Location flexibility
 Agile Working
 Gender Balance Network
 Inclusive leadership

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Promote safety for women in communities where we operate
We aim to improve safety for women and girls in our operations and the
communities where we operate including in our extended supply chain. We do
this through awareness, engagement and capacity building for women and men.
Our focus is on increasing awareness on sexual harassment and gender-based
violence, and strengthening grievance mechanisms.
Enhance access to training and skills
Fair & Lovely scholarship
The Fair & Lovely Foundation identifies academically exceptional girls from
financially challenged backgrounds and offers scholarships to deserving
candidates. To maintain integrity and fairness, the selection is done by a panel of
eminent personalities from diverse fields. During the year, the Foundation
awarded scholarships to over 200 deserving girl students.
Till date, over 1,400 girl students have been awarded scholarships. In 2016, Fair
& Lovely Foundation has partnered with edX.org, a non-profit open online course
platform founded by Harvard University and MIT, to launch a mobile education
programme for women. This partnership will enable us, via Fair & Lovely
Foundation, to leverage edX’s online courses to provide a holistic, career
guidance-driven learning to enable higher employability for young women. The
Foundation also has partnerships with NIIT and English Edge.

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Expand opportunities in our value chain
Project Shakti
Project Shakti is our initiative to financially empower rural women and create
livelihood opportunities for them. Project Shakti provides livelihood-enhancing
opportunities to women micro-entrepreneurs, called Shakti Ammas, across India.
The Shakti Ammas are given training for familiarisation with our products and
basic tenets of distribution management. We have a team of rural sales
promoters (RSP’s) who coach and help Shakti Ammas in managing their
business. This includes help in business basics and troubleshooting as well as
coaching in softer skills such as negotiation and communication which enable
them to run their business effectively.
In 2010, we extended Project Shakti to include ‘Shaktimaans’. Shaktimaans are
typically the husbands or other male family members of Shakti Ammas. They sell
products on bicycle in surrounding villages, covering a larger area than Shakti
Ammas can cover on foot. Today, Project Shakti has over 72,000 micro-
entrepreneurs supported by 48,000 Shaktimaans.

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Rin Career Ready Academy
Rin Career Ready Academy aims to inspire, educate and equip the youth from
modest backgrounds with skills in English training, office dressing and
interviewing. In 2016, we re-launched the academy with two key new initiatives:
Introduction of the ‘Tele-Conferencing’ module where students can speak to a
teacher instead of an automated voice and second is a web course available on
www.rin.in. So far, over three and half lakh people have been reached through
this programme. In 2016 alone, nearly two lakh people benefited from this
programme.
Inclusive business
Improve livelihoods of smallholder farmers
We have been associated with a number of smallholder farmers through our
supplier partners, training them on good agricultural practices like drip irrigation,
nutrient management, pest and disease management to improve their livelihood.
A total of 10,000 smallholder gherkin farmers in southern India have benefitted
from Unilever’s innovative Responsible Farming Programme. The aim is to
increase productivity, develop best practices and improve livelihoods.
Smallholder farmers growing tomatoes for HUL have also benefitted from similar
training initiatives. Till date, we have reached out to over 8,000 smallholder
farmers who grew tomatoes on more than 11,000 acres of land. In 2016 alone,
we reached out to 5,000 smallholder farmers who grew tomatoes on 7,000 acres
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Improve incomes of small-scale retailers
Our Kwality Wall's mobile vending initiative, ‘I am Wall’s’, has provided
entrepreneurship opportunities to 9,000 people across India. This programme
has helped vendors to become self-sufficient micro-entrepreneurs selling ice
creams on the move helping us reach more consumers on the street. It equips
people with skills such as sales, customer service and problem solving. It
provides many young people with work experience as they step into the job
market.
In most cases, each vendor can make INR 7,000-8,000 a month. Some of our
vendors have now become distributors themselves, earning upwards of INR
1,00,000 per month.

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Empowering communities
Prabhat
Prabhat is a USLP linked programme which contributes to the development of
local communities around HUL’s key sites including manufacturing units. The key
areas of Prabhatprogramme are – enhancing livelihoods, water conservation,
and health and hygiene. The programme is a testimony of our commitment to
uplift the communities that help grow the Company’s business.
From its launch in December 2013 in eight locations, project Prabhat is now live
in over 30 locations (factories, branches, depots) across the country and has
directly impacted over six and half lakh people as of December 2016.
Prabhat’sSwachh initiative, which is aligned to health & hygiene pillar of the
USLP, is led by our brands like Lifebuoy and Domex. Our employees become
ambassadors of change and as ‘SwachhataDoots’ they are spreading awareness
about the three important hygiene habits among their communities.
The water conservation initiative is spearheaded by Hindustan Unilever
Foundation (HUF), a wholly owned subsidiary of HUL. The Foundation works
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While HUF provides the programme framework, supports in identifying
implementing NGOs and funds the water pillar, the supply chain team of HUL
drives the programme on ground. Prabhat’s water conservation programme is
currently active across eight manufacturing locations.
Prabhat’s livelihood initiatives are implemented with the help of our partners –
LabourNet, TARA (of the Development Alternatives group) and Mann Deshi
Foundation. These implementation partners are empanelled with National Skill
Development Corporation, which operates under the Ministry of Skill
Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India. These initiatives aim to
address the nationwide shortage of employable workforce. There are 113
livelihood and out reach centers offering over 20 courses where 21,337
beneficiaries have been enrolled.
As of December 2016, 17,402 people have been successfully certified and
12,395 have already been linked to employment opportunities. A total of 75% of
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Diverse projects to enhance livelihoods
There are a number of projects under the enhancing livelihoods pillar of Prabhat
as below:
Livelihoods for Self Reliance programme: This unique initiative was launched in
September 2016 in partnership with the Society for Technology and Action for
Rural Advancement (TARA) at Sumerpur. As a part of this initiative, high-
performing Prabhat beneficiaries from the first phase of the programme were
trained to become instructors to conduct vocational training in their villages. In
addition to the livelihood initiatives, a renewable energy project was also
launched in the same project area. In this initiative solar pico-grids were
launched to promote access to clean energy lighting solutions to local
households and in areas which suffer frequent power outages.
Corporate School on Wheels: HUL in collaboration with Mann Deshi Foundation
has launched a bus that goes from village to village to train people in financial
literacy, business development, and agricultural practices. The bus is fully
customised to offer practical sessions with labs for courses like tailoring,
computers and beauty. Post the training, beneficiaries are linked to micro finance
options to enable them to start their own enterprise or grow their existing
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After a successful roll out in Chiplun in Maharashtra in 2015-16, we have
expanded the programme with the addition of two mobile training buses for the
communities around our factories in Nasik and Silvassa.
Suhana Safar Programme: Launched in October 2016 around the Hassangarh
depot in Haryana, it aims to make a positive impact on our extended supply chain
and communities. Suhana Safar is a holistic intervention covering the logistics
eco-system comprising of truck drivers, helpers, security guards, depot staff,
female cleaners and contractual staff like loaders. The programme is in
collaboration with HUL’s key logistics partners and implemented by Prabhat’s
project partner TARA.

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Hindustan Unilever Foundation
According to estimates, by 2030 the supply of water in India will be half its
demand. To understand and partake in meeting this challenge, we set up
Hindustan Unilever Foundation (HUF) in 2010, a not-for-profit company that
acts as a vehicle to anchor water management related community
development and sustainability initiatives of Hindustan Unilever Limited. HUF
operates the ‘Water for Public Good’ programme in 57 districts across India in
partnership with 20 NGOs and multiple co-funding agencies. The Foundation
supports programs focussed on water conservation, community-based
governance of water resources and efficient use of water in agriculture. HUF
also supports several knowledge initiatives in this area.
Impact
HUF’s cumulative and collective impact until March 2017 includes:
 Water conservation: More than 450 billion litres of potential created
 Crop Yield: Additional agriculture and biomass production of over 6,50,000
tonnes generated
 Livelihoods: More than 5,000,000 person days of employment created
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Sources
 Charting Our Water Future, 2030 Water Resources Group
 Report of the Working Group on Water Database Development and
Management. Planning Commission, September 2011