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Company Profile
Larsen & Toubro is a US$14.3 billion technology, engineering, construction and
manufacturing and financial services conglomerate. It addresses critical needs in key
sectors including infrastructure, construction, hydrocarbon, power, defence and
aerospace. Its footprint extends across seven countries in addition to India.
A strong, customer-focused approach, conformance to global HSE standards and the
constant quest for top-class quality have enabled the Company to sustain leadership in
its major lines of business for over 75 years.
L&T was rated 58
th
Most Innovative Company by
Forbes International
, and 4
th
in the
global list of ‘green companies’ in the industrial sector by
Newsweek
. It was voted
among the most admired companies in the country by
Fortune India
, and rated 8
th
Most
Powerful Brand in India by Brand Finance. It won The Economic Times Corporate Citizen
of the Year Award - 2013, instituted by one of the world’s most widely sold business
newspapers -
The Economic Times.
A survey by a leading HR consultancy affirmed its
reputation as a people-focused company, leading to the award for the ‘Most Attractive
Employer’ in the industrial sector.
History
The evolution of L&T into a major engineering and construction organisation is among
the more remarkable success stories in Indian industry. It was founded in Mumbai (then
Bombay) in 1938 by two Danish engineers, Henning Holck-Larsen and Soren Kristian
Toubro. Beginning with the import of machinery from Europe, L&T took on engineering
and construction assignments of increasing sophistication. Today, the company sets
engineering benchmarks in terms of scale and complexity.
Corporate Sustainability
L&T was the first company in India in the engineering & construction space to publicly
disclose its sustainability performance. The Company’s annual Sustainability Reports
highlight achievements and objectives across the traditional three ‘Ps’ of Planet, People
and Profits. All our Reports are rated A+ by Global Reporting Initiatives, indicating the
highest level of disclosure. The recognition that the Company has secured from forums