Corporate Social Performance of Indian FMCG Companies

Abstract

Effective Corporate Social Responsibilities or CSR initiatives shall be taken keeping all the 
stakeholder‘s issues in mind including the legal, ethical, commercial and other expectations 
society has for the business.  CSR initiatives in India are now taken by many companies. Espe
cially for the FMCG companies, where the major challenge is reduction of packaging materials, 
these companies are doing work in the field of Environment, Health care, Education, Commu
nity welfare, Women's empowerment and Girl Child care. Companies like Hindustan Unilever 
started work on CO2 reduction also. The websites of these companies are providing informa
tion about their CSR initiatives but are found not updated regularly. For checking their CSR 
performance, Karmayog Rating is taken. The rating gives good insight on CSR ratings of major 
FMCG companies of India. The method of calculating the rating also discussed. In appendices, 
India‘s top three major FMCGs companies overall CSR initiatives are discussed.