A US$ 29 billion corporation, the Aditya Birla Group is in the League of Fortune 500. It is anchored by an extraordinary force of 130,600 employees, belonging to 40 different nationalities. In the year 2009, the Group was ranked among the top six great places for leaders in the Asia-Pacific region, in a study conducted by Hewitt Associates, RBL Group and Fortune magazine. In India, the Group has been adjudged the best employer in India and among the top 20 in Asia by the Hewitt-Economic Times and Wall Street Journal Study 2007.
Over 60 per cent of the Group's revenues flow from its overseas operations. The Group operates in 26 countries – Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Korea, Laos, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore,
Switzerland, Thailand, UAE, UK, USA and Vietnam.
Globally, the Aditya Birla Group is:
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A metals powerhouse, among the world's most cost-efficient aluminium and copper producers. Hindalco-Novelis is the largest aluminium rolling company. It is one of the three biggest producers of primary aluminium in Asia, with the largest single location copper smelter |
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No.1 in viscose staple fibre |
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The fourth-largest producer of insulators |
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The fourth-largest producer of carbon black |
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The fifth-largest producer of acrylic fibre |
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The ninth-largest cement producer |
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Among the best energy-efficient fertiliser plants |
In India:
Rock solid in fundamentals, the Aditya Birla Group nurtures a culture where success does not come in the way of the need to keep learning afresh, to keep experimenting.
Beyond Business – The Aditya Birla Group is :
Transcending business for over 50 years now, the Group has been and continues to be involved in meaningful welfare-driven initiatives that distinctly impact the quality of life of the weaker sections of society in India, South-East Asia and Egypt.
In India, the Group's social projects span 2,500 villages. It reaches out to seven million people annually through the Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development, spearheaded by Mrs. Rajashree Birla. Its focus is healthcare, education, sustainable livelihood, infrastructure and espousing social causes.
The Group runs 42 schools, which provide quality education to over 45,000 children in India's interiors. Of these, over 18,000 children receive free education. An additional 8,000 students receive merit scholarships. Likewise at its 18 hospitals in India, more than a million patients are given extremely subsidised medical care. To embed corporate social responsibility as a way of life in organisations, the Group has set up the FICCI – Aditya Birla CSR Centre for Excellence, in Delhi.
The Group transcends the conventional barriers of business and reaches out to the marginalised because of its conviction of bringing in a more equitable society.
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