Hindustan Unilever Limited filed its Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR) for the financial year ended March 31, 2026, with the stock exchanges. The report details the company's environmental performance, noting a 99% reduction in CO2 emissions per tonne of production and a 58% reduction in water usage compared to the 2008 baseline. Additionally, total waste generated per tonne of production decreased by 53% over the same period.

The filing was submitted in compliance with Regulation 34(2)(f) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. M/s. BSR & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants, provided an Independent Practitioners’ Reasonable and Limited Assurance Report for the disclosed sustainability information.

Environmental Performance

The company reported that all manufacturing sites are coal-free and operate on 100% renewable electricity. In terms of water stewardship, the Chhindwara and Hosur sites achieved Alliance for Water Stewardship Platinum certification. The Hindustan Unilever Foundation has enabled a cumulative water conservation potential of over 4.5 trillion litres since 2010.

Social Impact and Governance

Social impact initiatives, such as Project Shakti and Prabhat, continue to focus on women’s empowerment and community development. The company’s CSR-ESG Committee, reconstituted in October 2025, oversees sustainability matters. The report confirms that 97% of the supply chain for key commodities like palm oil and tea is deforestation-free.

Hindustan Unilever Limited has inaugurated the new Unilever Fragrance Hub (UFH) in Mumbai, reinforcing India's role as a key growth market and research and development centre. The facility is the third global hub for Unilever, following similar establishments in the UK and the US, and represents the latest investment under Unilever's overall €100 million programme to advance in-house, digitally enabled fragrance creation capabilities. The move is aimed at accelerating innovation and enhancing product experience across categories.

Facility Overview

Located at the IIT Bombay campus, the hub brings together consumer insight, advanced science, and artificial intelligence. The colocation at IIT Bombay creates opportunities to collaborate with academia in science, technology, and digital-first fragrance innovation. The India lab is a fully integrated facility for fragrance creation, application, and evaluation, utilising proprietary creation software, real-time evaluation data capture, and advanced compounding technologies.

Key details of the Unilever Fragrance Hub are outlined below:

Strategic Importance

Fragrance is a critical driver of product desirability and premiumisation. The Mumbai hub will harness India's expanding consumption base to design fragrances that can scale globally. The facility is designed to bring fragrance design, development, and evaluation closer to one of the world's fastest-growing consumer markets.

Vivek Sirohi, Head of Unilever Fragrance House, stated that the inauguration reflects continued investment in cutting-edge capabilities. He noted that the hub enables faster local response, deeper market understanding, and improved self-reliance in application and evaluation, allowing teams to design fragrances from the product and consumer context outward.

Vibhav Sanzgiri, Executive Director, R&D, Hindustan Unilever Limited, added that fragrance plays a critical role in elevating the consumer experience of everyday products. He emphasised that the facility enables teams to design, test, and refine fragrances end-to-end while collaborating seamlessly with other Unilever fragrance hubs globally. The new hub underscores Unilever's continued commitment to India as a priority market and a global centre of excellence.