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HUL tops sustainability rankings as India Inc deepens ESG focus
Business Standard
|February 19, 2026
Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has topped the Perpetual Capital Hurun India Impact 50 — 2026 list with 53.9 points (on the scale of 0-100), reflecting a strong performance across key sustainable development goals (SDGs), including climate, water, circularity, gender and biodiversity.
Missing the top score by a whisker, HCL Technologies ranked second at 53.8 points, employing 67,217 women, the highest in India’s tech sector, while cutting emissions and expanding energy-efficient digital solutions. Aditya Birla group’s Grasim Industries ranked third with 52.6 points, followed by Tata Motors (51.8) and Dabur India (50.3), completing the top five list.
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