UPL Limited (UPL.NS)

Overall impact
D (38)

Commentary

UPL Limited is a below-average overall performer. With a 'D' rating of 37.8 for overall impact (bottom 25% of all companies), UPL Limited ranks 21st out of 30 industry peers, behind Syngenta, CVR Partners, PI Industries and 17 others, and ahead of DuPont, QL Resources, CNC Exotic Mushrooms and 6 others. On top material causes for UPL Limited's industry (Food), UPL Limited performs poorly in Healthy Oceans (1.6 score), Child and Maternal Health (4.5), Quality Primary Education (33.4) and 10 other causes where it received a 'D' or 'F' score. UPL Limited did not receive an 'A' rating on any cause.
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Company
Employees
12,000
Sector
Consumer Staples
Industry
Food Products
Sub-industry
Agricultural Products & Services
SASB industry
Agricultural Products
Headquarters
India
Share classes
UPL.NS
Description
UPL Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of sustainable agriculture products and solutions in India, Europe, North America, Latin America, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Crop Protection, Seeds Business, and Non-Agro. The Crop Protection segment provides herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, acaricides, seed treatment products, adjuvants, bio-solutions, public health products, fumigants, and post-harvest solutions, as well as ProNutiva, a solution for crop protection. The segment also operates nurture.farm, a Nurture AgTech platform, that provides booking options for farmers in accessing mechanized spraying, harvesting, farm advisory, and soil testing services digitally via a mobile application; and nurture.farm retail, a platform that serves as an agricultural input e-commerce marketplace. The Seeds Business segment offers various hybrid seeds of grain, forage sorghum, corn, canola, sunflower, and vegetables under Advanta, Alta, Pacific Seeds, and Empyr brands. The Non-Agro segment provides phosphorus derivatives, sulphur derivatives, bitterant, phosgene derivatives, chlorination, cyanation chemistry, phosphodiesterase inhibiting bronchodilator, and CNS stimulant products for pharma, agchem, paints, flame retardants, mining, chemical intermediate markets. It also offers Decco FullCover, an electrostatic application system that allows minimal fruit coating volumes; DeccoNaturCover, a formula, which features natural extracts to prevent fruit dehydration and preserve its natural appearance; DeccoArcAqua, a technology, that enables ozone release in water-based solutions; and Zeba, a solution n for soil and water management. The company was formerly known as United Phosphorus Limited and changed its name to UPL Limited in October 2013. UPL Limited was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.
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