Industry: FMCG
Reckitt Benckiser
Founder : Johann Benckiser & Isaac Reckitt
Founded : 1999
Key People : Rakesh Kapoor (CEO), Seth Cohen (CIO),
Rupert Bondy (SVP, General Counsel/Company Secretary)
Headquarter : Slough, United Kingdom
Mission
Their purpose is to make a difference by giving people
innovative solutions for healthier lives and happier homes.
They believe passionately in doing things the right way
and have a culture that pushes them to outperform, every
day
Culture :
• Freedom to succeed, opportunity to innovate and
initiative to drive themselves and RB forward
• Rewarding and respecting courage to disrupt status quo
• Employees are open and direct with each other,
creating constructive dialog
Values :
• Entrepreneurship – Display courage to disrupt status
quo
• Achievement – Hunger for performance
• Ownership – Employees of RB recognize RB as their
own company
• Responsibility - doing the right thing with complete
honesty and integrity
• Partnership -seeks like-minded partners who share the
same standard of values
Financials:
Revenue: £12.846 billion (2019)
Subsidiaries: Net Profit: £2.772 billion (2019)
•Mead Johnson Nutrition CAGR: 10%
•K-Y Lubricants
CSR:
•Schiff
•Paras Pharmaceuticals Limited
innovative solutions for healthier lives and happier homes
•SSL International
while reducing environmental impact and focus on health
•Adams Respiratory Therapeutics
& safety and human rights
Sexual Health and Rights: More than 1.2 billion people
Mergers and Acquisitions:
around the world are directly engaged in Durex brand-led
education programs.
•Mead Johnson Nutrition: $17.9 Billion on 10th February 2017
•K-Y Lubricants: global rights to the K-Y Lubricants brand from
Malnutrition and Stunting: RB launched a £5.5 million
Johnson & Johnson in 2014.
initiative in 2018, partnering with the China Children and
•Schiff: In November 2012, Schiff Nutrition for $1.4 billion.
Teenagers’ Fund (CCTF) to bring meaningful and positive
•UpSpring, Limited: 22nd February 2019, announced acquisition of
change to 10,000 pregnant women and their babies in
UpSpring Limited
poverty-stricken areas in rural China.
•SSL International: July 2010, acquisition of SSL International for
£2.5bn to increase its presence in health and personal care.
Health and Hygiene: RB’s Harpic partnered with water.org,
Products: launching a campaign ‘More than a toilet’ to raise
awareness to the fact that one in three people around the
•Health: Dettol, Durex, Strepsils, Veet, Clearasil world does not have a toilet. With this campaign, RB made
•Hygiene Home: Lysol, Harpic, Air Wick, Mortein, Vanish. a donation of $1 Million.
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Environment: To drive a change in renewable energy, RB
Competitions: has joined the RE100 initiative. RB also follows the 4R
• RB Global Challenge approach- reduce, replace, reuse, and recycle to reduce
the use of plastic packaging.
PPIs for National Finalists of RBGC
RB Global Challenge Regional Finalist:
RB Climate change pledge announced in the half year
• Ashish Kumar (Hindalco/Gemini)
report environmental commitments - 65% reduction in
• Palak Garg (Synergy Consulting)
greenhouse gaes by 2030, 100% renewable electricity
• Nisha Singh (Simapt Solutions)
powering ops by 2030, Net carbon neutral by 2040
Recent News: Campaigns

• 03 December 2019 : RB confirms £200m UK investment

commitment including new Science & Innovation Centre
• Laxman Narasimhan to succeed Rakesh Kapoor as the CEO
of Reckitt Benckiser with effect from 1st September 2019.
• 28 July 2020 Reckitt Benckiser sales soar on booming
demand for disinfectant : like-for-like net revenue growth,
a key metric for the sector, was 11.9 per cent, up from 1
per cent a year earlier and above the 10.6 per cent that
analysts had expected.
• 11 Aug 3030 : In an effort to enhance the public healthcare
system in the country, Dettol Banega Swasth India, a
flagship programme by Reckitt Benckiser, in partnership
with Wipro GE Healthcare India, on Tuesday launched a
training programme for over 770,000 frontline health
workers.

Major Trends
• Increasing demand for disinfectants
• Double digit growth in North America, Europe / ANZ
and most emerging markets
• Second quarter eCommerce growth across the whole
business was over 70% and our first half growth was
over 60%
• Hygiene and Health business units have performed
exceptionally in 2020, with sales growth of 16.1% and
18.6%, respectively. Lysol and Dettol with growth
around 70% and 60%, respectively, as consumers
look for trusted disinfectant solutions in this difficult
period.

• https://www.rb.com/media/6654/rb-hy-2020-results-
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 RB Global Challenge 2019 Winners: ISB Hyderabad

• Theme: ‘Business with Purpose’ – present a business plan based on any RB 2019 global winners ideas
brand across the health/hygiene categories that demonstrates performance,
profitability, and purpose.
• The challenge invited entries from 13 markets – Bangladesh, China, Egypt, https://rbglobalchallenge.com/india/winning-ideas-
Hong Kong, India, Lebanon, the USA, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, Saudi 2019?utm_source=website
Arabia, UAE and Sri Lanka.
• The finale was concluded in London at the RB headquarters where
Bangladesh was announced the global champion, with Nigeria at the second
Last year dates 25 Aug'19 11:59 PM IST
Idea Submission Round Ends
position.
15 Jul'19 12:00 AM IST 04 Sep'19 12:00 AM IST
Rounds Rules of Participation Registrations Begin Regional Finale Starts
Round 1 - Business Simulation Game •Form a team of 2-3 members and collectively
Step into the shoes of an RB General Manager and take the strategic select your team captain. Once selected, the 28 Jul'19 12:00 AM IST 06 Sep'19 11:59 PM IST
decisions that will help grow your business. team captain or composition cannot be Business Simulation Game Starts Regional Finale Ends
changed.
28 Jul'19 11:59 PM IST 24 Sep'19 10:00 AM IST
Round 2 - Ideation Stage •Choose a team name. This cannot be changed
Registrations Close National Finale
Now, come up with a BIG IDEA that addresses an ongoing issue in the later.
fields of Health and Hygiene in your country. Base your idea on 1. •After registration, you will get an invite for a 04 Aug'19 11:59 PM IST 04 Dec'19 10:00 AM IST
Product innovation 2. Product Extension 3. Service Innovation of RB Business Simulation Game along with a unique Business Simulation Game Ends Global Finale Starts
Brand. Your idea should also be financially viable. ID and password. You must win this game to
move to the next round. Once shortlisted, you 09 Aug'19 12:00 AM IST 05 Dec'19 07:00 PM IST
Round 3 - Business Plan Development will be invited to present your idea to a team Idea Submission Round Starts Global Finale Ends
Participants who qualifying to the national finale, will then design an of evaluators.
end-to-end business plan for their idea and present it to the RB •Winning teams will get to present their ideas
Leadership and external jury at a National/ Regional Finale(s) to a regional RB team.
•Regional winners will move on to the national
Round 4 - Global Finale round.
Gear up to face the best minds across 25 countries and prove that your •Winners of the national round will be named
idea has what it takes to win. You will get an opportunity to present your the RB Global Challenge India Champions and
idea to the RB Global Leadership. will qualify for the international finale.