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CSR Activities of HUL

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CSR activities of HUL

Industry Sector: FMCG


Products/Services: Food brands; Homecare Brands; Personal Brands; and Water
Purifier Brand
CSR Activities: Trust/Foundation of CSR – Hindustan Uniliver Vitality Foundation
CSR Areas:
1. Community Welfare;
2. Disaster Relief;
3.Education;
4. Employee Welfare;
5. Environment;
6. Healthcare;
7. Poverty Eradication;
8. Rural Development; and . Vocational Training.

Some of the major CSR activities of HUL are as follows


1. Greening Barrens (Water Conservation & Harvesting)

It has 2 main objectives:

a) To reduce water consumption in its own operations and generate sub-soil water
tables at its own sites through the principles of 5R – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover
& Renew.
b) Help adjacent villages to implement appropriate models of watershed
development.

2. Shakti – Changing Lives in Rural India


Shakti is HUL’s rural initiative, which targets small villages with population of less
than 2000. It seeks to empower under privileged rural women by providing income-
generating opportunities, health & hygiene education through Shakti Vani program
and creating access to relevant information through the Shakti Community Portal.

3. Health & Hygiene Education

Lifebuoy Swastya Chetna is a rural health and hygiene initiative, started in 2002, was
initiated in media dark villages in UP, MP. Bihar, WB, Maharashtra aand Orissa for
spreading awareness about washing hands with Lifebuoy soap.

4. Economic Empowerment of Women

The Fair & Lovely Foundation is HUL’s initiative which aims at economic
empowerment of women across India. It aims to achieve this through providing
information, resources, inputs and support in the areas of education, career and
enterprise.

5. Special Education & Rehabilitation

Under the Happy Home initiative, HUL supports special education and rehabilitation
of children with challenges.
a) Asha Daan: Initiated in 1976, HUL supported Mother Teresa and Missionaries in
Charity to set up a home in Mumbai for abandoned, challenged children and the
destitute.
b) Ankur: In 1993, HUL’s Doom Dooma Plantation Division set up Ankur for special
education of challenged children aged between 5 and 15 years. Ankur provides
educational. Vocational and recreational activities to over 35 children with range of
challenges like hearing or sight impairment, polio, cerebral palsy and several learning
difficulties.
c) Kappagam: Encouraged by Ankur’s success Kappagam (Shelter), the second center
for special education of challenged children, was set up in 1998 on HUL Plantations
in South India. It has 17 children.. The focus is same as that of Ankur.
d) Anbagam: This is another day care center (Center of Love), which was started in
2003 in south India plantations. It takes care of 11 children. Besides medical care and
meals, they too are being taught skills such that they can become self-reliant and
pursue elementary studies.

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