About Godfrey Phillips India

We, at Godfrey Phillips India, with decades of active industry experience, take pride in our ability to create profit and value for the society without compromising on our core ethical systems and following adopted best practices at all times. We are a people centric, market-driven, socially responsible company, constantly evolving to find better and newer ways to provide customer satisfaction and empowering our stakeholders. With our proven ability to understand emerging trends and issues effecting people’s lives, we have been able to direct our efforts in realizing our core philosophy of “Making a better world for a better tomorrow."

Celebrating seventy five years of commitment to excellence

Over the years, Godfrey Phillips India, has amassed goodwill by conforming to ethical business practices at all times and acting as a catalyst for social change. Witness to dramatic changes in technology, commerce, and society, we have promoted innovative business models, to stay ahead of the competition. Due to this persisting endeavor to excel, innovate and win, we have grown to become one of the largest companies in its class, with sales of over 3200 crores. Over the years, we have built an extensive network of distributors and retail outlets. We already hold the faith of 500 distributors and have successfully nurtured 800,000 retail outlets, with offices in eight locations across the country.

Social Commitments

Our commitment to our people and society at large is an extension of our heritage and business principles, which are to conduct ourselves ethically at all times, contribute towards economic development, while improving the quality of life for our workforce, and thereby their families, local communities and the society.

Business Commitments

As a responsible corporate citizen, we recognize our role in enhancing the community we work, live and do business in. Besides adopting honorable business practices, we have embarked upon several initiatives that help us make the world a better place to live in. Some of these initiatives include the renowned Godfrey Phillips Bravery Awards and Amodini- Women’s Empowerment project. Through the Godfrey Phillips Bravery awards we have recognized and appreciated over 1,200 citizens for their extraordinary acts of courage, while with Amodini we have helped over 7,000 women to lead not only an independent life, but also one of dignity. Our leaf division is dedicated to observing Good Agricultural Practices, while our manufacturing facilities are committed towards effective Environment management. We envision ourselves as an environment friendly company with a focused approach towards improving emission standards, reusing treated water and conserving natural resources. Our philosophy is to work towards a greener tomorrow. Living up to this commitment means reducing our ecological footprint and adopting more efficient means of using energy.

Engine for Growth, Innovation and Value Creation

Talent is an indispensable cornerstone for every organization and we believe our people to be our most valuable assets. We have a range of innovative programs in place to nurture an environment that is dynamic and ready for any challenge. In addition, we have several in-house training programs that help build leadership qualities, and are designed to bring out the best in our people.

We are dedicated towards improving the quality of people’s lives through the implementation of innovative ideas and solutions, developing best-in-class operational competencies and committing to deliver excellence.

We have successfully branched to consumer goods and retail, offering a bouquet of goods and services under the Godfrey Phillips umbrella. The new, matured consumer class seeks goods and services that fulfill their needs and support their aspirations. Godfrey Phillips recognizes this need and has diversified into-

Chewing Masala
Tea
Retail
Confectionary

Each category is well researched and the products have been positioned in a manner to build brand value by offering our customers a unique value proposition. Godfrey Phillips India continues to broaden its horizons everyday; envisioning a major role for itself in the social and economic progress of the nation.

We, at Godfrey Phillips India understand the importance of innovation in a dynamic business environment, where technology and processes can easily become redundant. TPM processes like Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5S, and Haichi ban have been successfully incorporated in our value system to improve the quality and efficiency of our work place. This perseverance towards quality has infused our sales, marketing, and distribution channels with new life and led to the creation of a motivated, dynamic, work force geared to take on any kind of challenge.

Our Belief System

Godfrey Phillips India has a well placed belief system that helps it sail through adversity with grace and fortitude. At this juncture, we are perfectly placed to leverage our vast experience to help build societies and drive home maximum stakeholder satisfaction.

Who We Are

The success of Godfrey Phillips India is the result of the Company’s commitment to innovations, enhanced operational efficiencies and adoption of internationally acclaimed business processes. Driven to excel, innovate and win, we intend to emerge as one of the most respected Company in the tobacco industry.

As the second largest player in the Indian cigarette industry, our annual turnover exceeds INR 3200 crores (approx. USD 700 million). We own some of the most popular cigarette brands in the country like Four Square, Red and White, Jaisalmer, Cavanders and Tipper. Over the years we have also set our own benchmarks in innovation with revolutionary brands like Stellar, the first slim cigarette and I-gen, the first euro norm cigarette in India.

Our products are distributed over an extensive India wide network of more than 500 distributors and 800,000 retail outlets. With the Corporate Office in Delhi, the Company has offices all across India in over 8 locations.

Godfrey Phillips India has two major stakeholders, one of India's leading industrial houses - the K. K. Modi Group and one of the world's largest tobacco companies, Philip Morris. The Company also enjoys a strong backing of over 12,000 shareholders.