Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine April 2017 | Page 24

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Hindustan Unilever ( HUL )

India ’ s largest FMCG company , Hindustand Unilever has been in the country for almost a century and claims to have contact with two thirds of the country ’ s population of 1.25 billion . Employing over 18,000 people in India , the company ’ s brand portfolio covers a diverse range of brands , from drinks , packaged foods , and cosmetics , to an assortment of toiletries . The company undertakes a number of social activities across the country and is perhaps most notable for its support of India ’ s first transgender music band , through its Brooke Bond Red Label tea brand .

Coal India Limited ( CIL )

Coal India Limited ( CIL ) started around 40 years ago when assorted privatelyowned mines were nationalised . With a presence in 82 mining areas CIL , consists of seven fully-owned coal producing subsidiaries supported by its own mining planning and consultancy company . Effectively owning a monopoly in a subcontinent rich in the resource , CIL produces around 84 percent of the country ’ s coal . Alongside its mines , CIL ’ s management expertise is deployed across a number of other industry segments including workshops and hospitals . The company owns 26 technical and management training institutes and over 100 vocational training centres .

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