Awards & recognition

These are some highlights of recognition we have received from external bodies on our social, economic and environmental performance during 2009 and 2010.

  •  Awarded top Indian company in the 'FMCG' sector for the third consecutive year at Dun & Bradstreet-Rolta Corporate Awards, 2009

  • HUL ranked fourth in the ‘Top Companies for Leaders, 2009' (Asia Pacific region) and 10th place in the global rankings in a survey carried out by Hewitt Associates

  • HUL received the Award for Excellence in HR in 2010 from Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). This is a rigorous fact-based assessment which is conducted by a team of external assessors. HUL has won this award for the third consecutive year.

  • Awarded Customer and Brand Loyalty Award by Business India & Business Standard in 2009

  • Awarded for Best Corporate Social Responsibility Practice at the Social & Corporate Governance Awards 08-09 by BSE, Nasscom Foundation and Times Foundation

  • Awarded in the Category 'FMCG Manufacturing Supply Chain Excellence' at the Third Express, Logistics & Supply Chain Awards by APL Logistics, Indiatimes, Mindscape, Business India Group in 2009

  • Our Orai unit received the Gold Excellence award and the Khalilabad unit received the Silver Excellence award in the environment category by Greentech Foundation in 2009

  • HUL's Goa factory won a Gold Trophy at the Greentech Awards in 2009 the manufacturing sector category for their outstanding work in Safety Management

  • Project Shakti won the Silver Trophy at the EMPI-Indian Express Indian Innovation Awards, 2009

  • Kwality Wall's Swirl's awarded 'The Franchisor of the year' for the Ice-cream parlour category by Franchise India in 2009

  • HUL brands have topped Brand Equity's ‘India’s Most Trusted Brands Survey’ rankings for 2010. Six HUL brands (Lux, Lifebuoy, Clinic Plus, Pond's, Fair & Lovely and Pepsodent) feature in the top 10 and eight in the top 20. All together there are 17 HUL brands among the ‘100 most trusted brands’ in the 2010 survey. Additionally, five HUL brands (Fair & Lovely, Lifebuoy, Lux, Pepsodent and Pond’s) featured in the list of ten Hall of Fame brands. This recognition was accorded to brands which consistently ranked high in the survey over the last 10 years since its inception. In 2009, three HUL brands featured in the top ten, and seven in the top twenty.

  • Received CNBC AWAAZ Consumer Awards in six categories for 2010:

    - Green Company of the Year

    - Value for Money Brand of the Year

    - Ad Effectiveness Award

    - Marketer of the Year award across all categories

    - Most Preferred Personal Care Company in FMCG category
      (for the third consecutive year)

    - Most Preferred Home care Company in FMCG category
      (for the third consecutive year)

  • HUL was felicitated for receiving the highest number of patents in the year 2009 at Annual Intellectual Property Awards 2010. The award was instituted by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIIP) and Intellectual Property India (IPI) in New Delhi.