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| {{short description|Indian multinational conglomerate company}}
| | #REDIRECT [[Godrej Enterprises Group]] |
| {{EngvarB|date=May 2014}}
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| {{Infobox company
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| | name = Godrej Group
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| | logo = Godrej Logo.svg
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| | logo_size = 250px
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| | type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
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| | founder = {{plainlist|
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| *[[Ardeshir Godrej]]
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| *[[Pirojsha Burjorji Godrej]]}}
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| | area_served = Worldwide
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| | key_people = [[Adi Godrej]] ([[Chairman]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.godrej.com/group-directors|title=Meet our Board of Directors | Godrej|website=www.godrej.com}}</ref>
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| | industry = [[Conglomerate (company)|Conglomerate]]
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| | products = {{plainlist|
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| *[[Aerospace]]
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| *[[Agriculture]]
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| *[[Fast-moving consumer goods|Consumer goods]]
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| *[[Home appliances]]
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| *[[Chemical]]s
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| *[[Construction]]
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| *[[Electronics]]
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| *[[Furniture]]
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| *[[Real estate]]
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| *Security solutions
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| *[[Infotech]]}}
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| | revenue = {{profit}} {{USD|4.1 billion|link=yes}} (2015)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.godrej.com/godrej/godrej/who-we-are.html |title=Godrej Group Profile |date=26 March 2013 |work=Godrej |access-date=27 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225130223/http://www.godrej.com/godrej/godrej/who-we-are.html |archive-date=25 February 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref>
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| | num_employees = 28,000 (2016)
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| | subsid = {{plainlist|
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| *[[Godrej Consumer Products Limited]]
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| *[[Godrej Infotech Ltd]]
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| *[[Godrej Industries Ltd]]
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| *[[Godrej Properties Ltd]]
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| *[[Godrej Agrovet]]
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| *[[Godrej & Boyce]]}}
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| | homepage = {{URL|www.godrej.com}}
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| | foundation = {{start date and age|1897}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.godrej.com/gstory/change/janfeb/cover.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-02-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061029185645/http://www.godrej.com/gstory/change/janfeb/cover.htm |archive-date=29 October 2006 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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| | location = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
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| }}
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| '''Godrej Group''' is an Indian [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]] headquartered in [[Mumbai]], which is managed and largely owned by the [[Godrej family]]. It was founded by [[Ardeshir Godrej]] and [[Pirojsha Burjorji Godrej]] in 1897, and operates in sectors as diverse as real estate, consumer products, industrial engineering, appliances, furniture, security and agricultural products.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.godrej.com/godrej/godrej/aboutgodrejgroup.aspx?id=1&menuid=1163 |title=The Godrej Group - Godrej |access-date=27 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125185854/http://www.godrej.com/godrej/godrej/aboutgodrejgroup.aspx?id=1&menuid=1163 |archive-date=25 January 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref> Its subsidiaries and affiliated companies include [[Godrej Industries]] and its subsidiaries [[Godrej Consumer Products]], [[Godrej Agrovet]], and [[Godrej Properties]], as well as the private holding company [[Godrej & Boyce]] Mfg. Co. Ltd.
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| ==Timeline==
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| * 1897: Godrej was established in 1897
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| * 1897: Godrej introduced the first lock with lever technology in India.
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| * 1902: Godrej makes its first Indian Safe
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| * 1918: Godrej Soaps Limited incorporated
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| * 1920: Godrej made [[soap]] using vegetable oil, which was a huge hit with the vegetarian community in India
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| * 1955: Godrej produced India's first indigenous [[typewriter]]
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| * 1961: Godrej Started Manufacturing Forklift Trucks in India
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| * 1971: Godrej Agrovet Limited began as an Animal Feeds division of Godrej Soaps
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| * 1974: Veg oils division in Wadala, Mumbai acquired
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| * 1988: [[Godrej Properties Limited]], another subsidiary, established
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| * 1989: Godrej became the first Indian company to introduce PUF ([[polyurethane]] foam) {{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}
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| * 1991: Foods business started
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| * 1994: Transelektra Domestic Products acquired
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| * 1995: Transelektra forged a strategic alliance with Sara Lee USA
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| * 1999: Transelektra renamed Godrej Sara Lee Limited and incorporated [[Godrej Infotech Ltd]].
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| * 2001: Godrej Consumer Products was formed as a result of the demerger of Godrej Soaps Limited. Godrej Soaps renamed Godrej Industries Limited
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| * 2002: Godrej Tea Limited set up
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| * 2003: Entered the BPO solutions and services space with Godrej Global Solutions Limited
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| * 2004: Godrej HiCare Limited set up to provide a Safe Healthy Environment to customers by providing professional pest management services
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| * 2006: Foods business was merged with Godrej Tea and Godrej Tea renamed Godrej Beverages & Foods Limited
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| * 2007: Godrej Beverages & Foods Limited formed a JV with The Hershey Company of North America and the company was renamed Godrej Hershey Foods & Beverages Limited
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| * 2008: Godrej relaunched itself with new colourful logo and a fresh identity music
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| * 2010: Godrej launched GoJiyo a free, browser based 3D virtual world<ref>Godrej, ''online publication", 18 March 2010''
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| {{cite web |url=http://www.godrej.com/godrej/Godrej/Pdf/GojiyoFinalRelease.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-11-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711104601/http://www.godrej.com/godrej/Godrej/Pdf/GojiyoFinalRelease.pdf |archive-date=11 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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| * 2011: Godrej & Boyce shuts down its [[typewriter]] manufacturing plant, the last in the world.<ref>Godrej, ''online publication", May 7 2011''
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| {{cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/20110516-godrej-to-shut-typewriter-unit-production-with-diminishing-demand-745985-2011-05-07 |title=Godrej and Boyce to shut typewriter production |access-date=2021-02-21 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125152027/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/20110516-godrej-to-shut-typewriter-unit-production-with-diminishing-demand-745985-2011-05-07 |archive-date=25 Jan 2021 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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| * 2014: Godrej kick-starts Masterbrand 2.0 – bigger & brighter; Launches FreeG; India's first non-web based mobile browsing experience, 18 November 2014 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.godrej.com/godrej/godrej/Pdf/Masterbrand-Nov.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-07-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705085554/http://www.godrej.com/godrej/godrej/Pdf/Masterbrand-Nov.pdf |archive-date=5 July 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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| * 2020: The Godrej Group enters into financial services business with Godrej Housing Finance (GHF) to provide affordable Home loans <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/godrej-enters-financial-services-via-launch-of-godrej-housing-finance/2125750/|title=Godrej enters financial services via launch of Godrej Housing Finance|date=11 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.godrejhf.com/|title=Home Loans, Balance Transfer - Godrej Housing Finance|website=www.godrejhf.com}}</ref>
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| == Social responsibility ==
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| Godrej has a philanthropic arm that has built schools, dispensaries and a residential complex for their employees. Trusts established by Godrej continue to invest in education, healthcare and upliftment of the underprivileged. Godrej is a supporter of the [[WWF-India|World Wildlife Fund in India]], it has developed a green business campus in the Vikhroli township of Mumbai, which includes 200 acres mangrove forest and a school for the children of company employees.
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| Twenty-five percent of the shares of the Godrej holding company are held in trusts that include the Pirojsha Godrej Foundation, the Soonabai Pirojsha Godrej Foundation<sup>[[Adi Godrej|[6]]]</sup> and the Godrej Memorial Trust. Through these trusts the Group supports healthcare, education and environmental sustainability initiatives such as The Mangroves,<sup>[[Adi Godrej|[7]]]</sup> [[Teach for India]], [[World Wide Fund for Nature|WWF]], [[Smile Train]] and the Godrej Memorial Hospital among others.
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| == Operations ==
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| The Godrej group can be broadly divided into two major holding companies, working independently:
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| # [[Godrej Industries Ltd]]
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| # [[Godrej & Boyce]]
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist}}
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| ==External links==
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| *{{official website|http://www.godrej.com/}}
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| {{Godrej Group}}
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| [[Category:Godrej Group| ]]
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| [[Category:Manufacturing companies of India]]
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| [[Category:Companies based in Mumbai]]
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| [[Category:Conglomerate companies established in 1897]]
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| [[Category:Indian brands]]
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| [[Category:Indian companies established in 1897]]
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