FY 2023 - 2024
Company awards
- Awarded for extraordinary contribution to environmental sustainability at the Global Sustainability Summit 2023.
- HUL’s Sonepat factory joins the World Economic Forum’s end-to-end Lighthouse Network for implementing IR4.0 solutions.
- HUL received the prestigious ‘IISD-CMI National Sustainability Award 2023.
- HUL won the SKOCH award in the ESG category.
- Recognised for ‘Best collaboration in plastic waste’ at the ISC-FICCI Sanitation Awards 2023.
- HUL procurement awarded for sustainability and diversity and inclusion at the 9th Procurement Excellence Summit & Awards 2024.
- Awarded No. 1 for Supply Chain Excellence in India by the Institute of Supply Chain Management.
- Recognised as India’s Top Value Creator 2023 in the FMCG category at the Dun & Bradstreet Awards 2023.
- HUL’s Prabhat initiative recognised for livelihood enhancement & nutrition at the CSR Times Awards 2023.
- HUL’s Prabhat community development initiative won the CII Award for excellence in water management.
- Prabhat was also recognised as the most innovative development sector project at the SABERA Awards.
- CII awarded our Hosur factory for excellence in energy efficiency and water management.
- Sonepat factory was awarded by CII for best environment practices, best food safety kaizen & quality systems.
- FICCI awarded our Kandla and Doom dooma factories for IR 4.0 Smart operations and Sonepat for excellence in safety.
- HUL’s Rajahmundry unit awarded by CII for efficient use of energy, safety, and optimal use of water in operations.
- HUL’s Sonepat factory won SKOCH Foundation gold category awards for achieving net zero through the use of 100% biofuel and for excellence in air pollution control.
- Our Amli factory stood out as winner of IMexl 2023 across 35+ industries.
- Our Khamgaon and Doom Dooma factories won safety and environment best practices awards respectively from the Greentech foundation.
- HUL’s Mysore factory awarded Gold by SKOCH Foundation for adoption of sustainable practices in its operations.
- Our Sumerpur factory awarded gold in Indian Green Manufacturing challenge by International Research Institute for Manufacturing.
- HUL’s Chhindwara unit awarded for excellence in water management by SKOCH Foundation.
- Our Doom Dooma factory won the sustainability award by OHSSAI Foundation.
- HUL’s Kolkata detergents factory won Gold by OHSSAI Foundation for excellence in health safety and environment.
- HUL’s Haldia factory was awarded by Kaizen- Hansai Institute, South Asia for manufacturing excellence.
- Our Gandhidham unit won three IMexl awards from Kaizen Hansei for manufacturing excellence, smart manufacturing, and safety.
- HUL’s Prabhat awarded at ICC Social Impact awards 2024 for employment enhancing vocational skills and environmental sustainability.
Brand awards
100+ brand awards received. Key awards:
- Won Gold for best advertiser on mobile at the e4M IDMA Awards.
- Dove #StopTheBeautyTest campaign won in the Personal Care category at the IBLA Awards.
- Brooke Bond Taj Mahal Tea's Megh Santoor Campaign won the Grand Prix and two silvers at the Spikes Asia Awards, Singapore. The campaign also won a Silver and a Bronze statue at the prestigious CLIO Awards in USA.
- Brooke Bond Taj Mahal Tea’s Megh Santoor campaign also won 3 golds and a silver, including a gold for the Best Media Strategy at the EMVIES.
People awards
- Chosen as the No. 1 Employer of Choice across all sectors.
- HUL named best organisation for Women 2024 by Economic Times.
- Won Gold for excellence in D&I Practices at the ET Human Capital Awards 2024.
- Anuradha Razdan recognised as the HR Leader of the Year at the ET Prime Women Leadership Awards 2023.
- Deepak Subramanian declared the IAA Marketer of the Year for FMCG Homecare at the IAA Leadership Awards 2023.
- Won Best HR Team award for leading practices in diversity and inclusion initiatives at the People First HR Excellence Awards 2023.
- Won at the HR Association of India DE&I Awards.
- HUL recognised as the learning and development team of the year at the TISS LeapVaultAwards.
- Won the Exceptional Employee Experience Awards at ET HR World Ex awards.
- Won for leading practices in ED&I and received the Best HR team award at People First Awards.
FY 2022- 2023
Company awards
- Received the Best Company award in ESG practices in the Consumer Products sector on all three facets of E, S, & G at the KPMG India ESG Excellence Awards 2023.
- Top performer in FMCG category in Dun & Bradstreet's India’s Top 500 Companies list 2022.
- Overall winner across Asia in the ‘Best Supply Chain Solution’ category at the Adam Smith Treasury Award.
- Supply Chain Company of the Year by Governing Council of the Institute of Supply Chain and Management Private Limited.
- No. 1 Employer of Choice across sectors, based on brand perception study by InsideIIM at target B-Schools in 2022.
- Doom Dooma and Sonepat factory won at the CII - National Energy Efficiency Circle Awards.
- Doom Dooma manufacturing won under the ‘Employment Enhancing Skills’ category at the Annual Greentech CSR Award 2022.
- Recognised as one of the Best Organisations for Women 2023 by Economic Times.
- Received the Certificate of Recognition at the 22nd ICSI National Awards for Excellence in Corporate Governance, for adopting and promoting exemplary corporate governance practices.
Brand awards
200+ brand awards received. Key awards:
- Dove Stop the Beauty Test 2.0 campaign won gold at FOMA for best cause campaign.
- Lakmé and HUL’s Premium Beauty Business Unit won at the FE FutureTech Awards 2022.
- Vim’s ‘Nazariya Badlo, Dekho Bartano Se Aage’ campaign won the ‘Un-stereotype’ award at Kantar’s Creative Effectiveness Awards 2022.
- Eight of our brands featured in the Kantar Brandz 2022 India’s Most Valuable Brands list.
- Best Client Insight Team of the year by the Market Research Society of India, won six more awards across different categories.
People awards
- Sanjiv Mehta named CEO of the Year by Business Standard.
- Sanjiv Mehta received the ICAI Hall of Fame award.
- Sanjiv Mehta received the SKOCH Lifetime Achievement award.
- Sanjiv Mehta acknowledged as an individual changemaker for creating social impact by SABERA.
- Ritesh Tiwari named CA CFO-For Large Corporates – Manufacturing.& Infrastructure at ICAI Awards 2023.
- Ritesh Tiwari awarded CFO of the Year at CII CFO Excellence Awards.
- Deepak Subramanian won Marketer of the Year under ‘Home Care’ categories at the IAA Leadership Awards 2022.
- Madhusudhan Rao won Marketer of the Year under ‘Personal Care’ categories at the IAA Leadership Awards 2022.
- Anuradha Razdan was recognised with Distinguished Alumni Awards by XLRI.
FY 2021 - 2022
Company awards
- Outstanding Company of the Year by CNBC-TV18 at the 17th India Business Leader Awards (IBLA)
- FICCI CSR Award 2019-20 under Fight Against COVID-19 category
- No. 1 Employer across sectors as per InsideIIM's 2021 brand perception study
- Winner of All India Management Association's 8th Business Responsibility Summit & Project Excellence Contest & Awards in the COVID-19 category
- Sustainable Factory of the Year Award for HUL’s Pondicherry Home and Personal Care Factory at the 12th edition of Frost & Sullivan and TERI's Sustainability 4.0 Awards 2021
- HUL’s factory in Dapada recognised by World Economic Forum as Advanced 4th Industrial lighthouse
- Brand of the Year at The Impact Influencer Awards 2021
- Champion in leading practices in Diversity & Inclusion at the People-first HR Excellence Awards 2021
- New Code of Work Award 2021 by People Strong
- Our community initiative, Prabhat won a Silver by Integrated Health & Wellbeing Council for COVID-19 relief work
- Winner of the 2021 Swasthya & Kalyan category award by SABERA
- Client of the Year at the Effie Awards 2021
- Media client of the year at the EMVIES 2022
Brand awards
80+ Awards received. Key awards:
- Lifebuoy's Hackwashing campaign won a Cannes Bronze Lion Award
- Nature Protect awarded the Best Healthcare Brand by The Economic Times
- Dove's #StopTheBeautyTest campaign won a Silver Cannes Lion Award
- Boost Stamina Metre campaign won EMVIES Gold for Best Media Innovation
- Domex won EMVIES Silver for Best Response to COVID-19
- Surf excel won a Big Bang Gold for Colours of Togetherness campaign
- Lifebuoy won Media Abby Gold for world’s largest COVID-19 campaign
- Sunlight won a Gold at the Festival of Media Awards for Bringing Colours Back in West Bengal Campaign
- Active Wheel Ghar Se Career campaign won three Silver and one Bronze at EMVIES
- Brooke Bond Red Label won E4M influencer Gold for its Far But Together campaign
People awards
- Our CEO and Managing Director, Sanjiv Mehta was conferred with the Business Today MindRush 2021 Award for Best CEO – Medium Company
- Our Executive Director, Human Resources, Anuradha Razdan, was awarded the CHRO of the Year Award at the People First HR Excellence Awards 2021
- Our CEO & MD, Sanjiv Mehta won the Exchange4Media Group's (Business World) Impact Person of the Year Award 2022
- Priya Nair, our Executive Director, Beauty & Personal Care (Till March 31, 2022) featured in Fortune India’s Most Powerful Women in Business 2021 list
FY 2020 - 2021
- Best Governed Company Award by the Asian Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability at the 7th Asia Business Responsibility eSummit & Awards Ceremony
- Grant Thorton SABERA* 2020 ‘Responsible Business of the Year’ Award
*Social and Business Enterprise Responsible Awards - ‘The Shower' a film by HUL on water conservation won the 67th National Film Awards in the 'Non-Feature Films' category
- ‘Waste No More Digital Curriculum’ partnering Xynteo won the FICCI Smart Urban Innovation Award in the Smart Education category
- Wockhardt Foundation’s CSR Shining Star Award for work on COVID-19
- Bronze award at IPRCCA 2020 for Best Public Awareness Campaign During a Pandemic
- HUL's Sanjiv Mehta received the prestigious Pralhad P Chhabria Memorial Global Award for his Outstanding Contribution to the FMCG Industry
- Sanjiv Mehta awarded the prestigious AIMA – JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award 2020
- Sanjiv Mehta conferred with the esteemed Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal for Industrial and Social Peace by XLRI
- Our Executive Director, Human Resources, Anuradha Razdan acknowledged as one of India's Most Powerful Women by Business Today for successfully driving the diversity agenda
- Silver award at IPRCCA 2020 for the Best Use of PR for #HULStandsWithTheNation COVID campaign
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