in this video i have discussed with hindustan uniliver ccompany.

HUL was established in 1931 as Hindustan Vanaspati Manufacturing Co. Following a merger of constituent groups in 1956, it was renamed Hindustan Lever Limited. The company was renamed again in June 2007 as Hindustan Unilever Limited.

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is India's leading consumer goods company. It is a subsidiary of Unilever, a British-Dutch multinational company. HUL has a vast portfolio of products across various categories, including home care, personal care, food and beverages, and water purifiers.

Some of the popular brands owned by Hindustan Unilever include:

Dove: Known for its range of personal care products like soaps, shampoos, and lotions.

Surf Excel: A well-known laundry detergent brand.

Lux: Famous for its soap bars and body wash products.

Fair & Lovely: A skincare brand that offers fairness creams and other beauty products.

Knorr: Offers a variety of food products like soups, noodles, and seasonings.

Brooke Bond: Known for its tea products, including Taj Mahal Tea and Red Label Tea.

Ponds: Offers a range of skincare products such as creams, lotions, and face washes.

Lifebuoy: A famous brand of soaps and hand sanitisers known for their germ-killing properties.

Hindustan Unilever has a significant presence in India and is known for its strong distribution network, extensive brand portfolio, and commitment to sustainability and social responsibility. The company focuses on delivering quality products to consumers and has a strong market position in various consumer goods industry segments.

CONTROVERSIES-

Mercury Pollution -

In 2001 a thermometer factory in Kodaikanal run by Hindustan Unilever dumped glass contaminated with mercury in C. Raj Kumar and sold it on to scrap merchants unable to deal with it appropriately.[Protests by local NGOs and Greenpeace led to the factory shutting in March 2001. After a protest by activists led by Deepak Malghan of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Hindustan Unilever admitted before the court to being guilty in the case in 2010.

Skin lightening creams-

Hindustan Unilever's "Glow & Lovely" is the leading skin-lightening cream for women in India. The company had to cease television advertisements for the product in 2007. Advertisements depicted depressed, dark-complexioned women, who had been ignored by employers and men, suddenly finding new boyfriends and glamorous careers after the cream had lightened their skin. In 2008, Hindustan Unilever made former Miss World Priyanka Chopra a brand ambassador for Pond'sand she then appeared in a mini-series of television commercials for another skin-lightening product, 'White Beauty', alongside Saif Ali Khan and Neha Dhupia; these advertisements, showing Priyanka's face with a clearly darker complexion against the visibly fairer Neha Dhupia, were widely criticised for perpetuating racism and lowering the self-esteem of women and girls throughout India who were misled by HUL to believe that they needed to be white to be beautiful. The company rebranded the cream from Fair and Lovely to Glow and Lovely, removing the word Fair from the brand