Godrej Quotes

#1. I feel the Godrej brand has generally come to signify trust to most consumers. 400 million Indians use one or the other Godrej product on a daily basis, and they have come to accept it. We will, thus, continue positioning Godrej strongly on the trust platform.

Adi Godrej

#2. Godrej is committed towards improving quality of life in society.

Jamshyd Godrej

#3. We find it much better not to try and take the Godrej brand across, but use very strong brands we have acquired in different geographies and push them.

Adi Godrej

#4. The Godrej group is expanding rapidly. However, we are not diversifying much.

Adi Godrej

#5. When we acquire businesses in the developing world, we estimate if the growth opportunities are strong.

Adi Godrej

#6. Clubbing energy efficiency with renewable energy will give us the much-needed window to incubate the renewable energy sector, particularly large solar, without having to increase the price of electricity.

Jamshyd Godrej

#7. We started the 10/10 objective in 2011, and that time, our turnover was about Rs. 15,000 crore. We would like to have a turnover of Rs. 1,50,000 crore by 2021. This will be through high growth in domestic and international operations as well as through acquisitions.

Adi Godrej

#8. Corporate governance should be done more through principles than rules.

Adi Godrej

#9. In a company, you buy thousands of things. Every item you buy has its own footprint.

Jamshyd Godrej

#10. If global oil prices or commodity prices are high, then it is bound to create inflation. So, we should not be too worried if the inflation is created by global commodity prices. When they come down, inflation will automatically come down.

Adi Godrej

#11. We were licencees of Sara Lee Corp's air freshener brand Ambi Pur, which they sold to Procter and Gamble. So we handed it over to Procter and Gamble. Now we will introduce our own brand of air freshener.

Adi Godrej

#12. The government shouldn't step in at the first stage and create land banks. Industry should buy the land as much as they can, and if they get stuck, then the government should step in.

Jamshyd Godrej

#13. It's a mistake to believe technology rests outside India. We compete very successfully.

Adi Godrej

#14. When you are growing at a rapid rate, there is bound to be some inflation. I think a 5% rate of inflation is something that we should take in our stride.

Adi Godrej

#15. We continue to look at accretive and synergistic acquisitions both in the domestic as well as international markets. Our emphasis, thus, will be on strategic acquisitions, and we will not be doing it just for the sake of making our name bigger.

Adi Godrej

#16. We have a company, Geometric Software, which is into engineering services software. We have a company called Nature's Basket, which is into gourmet retailing. Both are specialized companies.

Adi Godrej

#17. You can't have a regime which continuously subsidizes things; as inflation rises, you keep prices of certain things unchanged.

Adi Godrej

#18. We own only a small percentage in Omnivore, but we manage it. It is basically a venture capital fund to help newer enterprises and provide them with the funding they require in their early stages of development.

Adi Godrej

#19. Infrastructure projects create a lot of demand for material, services and manpower. It is a chain reaction; if the infrastructure growth slows down, it will hit overall demand. The supply side has to keep increasing to sustain growth.

Jamshyd Godrej

#20. Government should concentrate on building up infrastructure and skill development. Simplification of taxation is another important area.

Jamshyd Godrej

#21. A good monetary policy follows inflationary expectations and not historical numbers.

Adi Godrej

#22. From our group, we've had joint ventures with a lot of international companies: Procter & Gamble, General Electric, Sara Lee, currently with Hershey's and Tyson. We've learned a lot of the best practices.

Adi Godrej

#23. We have very strong succession plans across all group companies. But we do not comment on it. The retirement age is 60 years, but it does not apply to family professionals who work in the business.

Adi Godrej

#24. The links have to be between universities, R&D institutes, and industry. If these linkages are in place, it will result in products that are useful for society. The government has to leverage the money it spends on R&D to help develop new products useful for industry.

Jamshyd Godrej

#25. I'm not too involved in day-to-day matters. I only supervise at the board level.

Adi Godrej

#26. How do you actually green the supply chain is a challenge. The easier part is to do what we do; the difficult part is to get all your clients to long process will take time.

Jamshyd Godrej

#27. Politicians and bureaucrats must learn to stay away from the day-by-day functioning of business.

Adi Godrej

#28. Sometimes, we use the term 'growth' as a number and sometimes as an abstraction, but the underlying implication is always that, if the country grows at a certain rate, at the end there will be a pot of gold for everyone.

Jamshyd Godrej

#29. Our expectation is that by 2050, which is a long time away, India will be the largest economy in the world, overtaking both the U.S. and China.

Adi Godrej

#30. As a group, we want to follow good and green strategy. Setting targets is one element of that. The second part is to design products which meet environmental goals.

Jamshyd Godrej

#31. Our CII building in Hyderabad has zero discharge of water. Every drop of water is treated and reused.

Jamshyd Godrej

#32. We have to develop the whole system of early stage investors and a tax system around it. For every Google that has come on the scene, there are hundred entrepreneurs who never did.

Jamshyd Godrej

#33. Economic growth can enable development if it is supplemented by public policies that encourage circulation of wealth, especially into crucial areas such as public healthcare and education.

Jamshyd Godrej

#34. There are too many politicians in the world and too few statesmen.

Adi Godrej

#35. We are not into financial services, and we are not interested also because we find we are better in branded marketing enterprises.

Adi Godrej

#36. Industry looks at research and development for energy efficiency, lowering material costs, so on and so forth.

Jamshyd Godrej

#37. There must be an opportunity that matches with our strategy. Just because we have a gap, we don't want to go and acquire anything and everything. What we acquire should fit in with our strategy, human resources and market expectations.

Adi Godrej

#38. People should be encouraged by things like awards given for corporate governance practices.

Adi Godrej

#39. In 2008, when the global financial crisis struck, it was a bad year for a lot of developing countries, and it manifested itself in consumer confidence.

Adi Godrej

#40. I don't think manufacturing should be looked at independently. It is part of the economy. So, when the economy does well, and when there is investment, the sector does well.

Jamshyd Godrej

#41. Besides infrastructure, there is a huge opportunity in housing and urbanisation of cities - not only building new ones, but also renewing the infrastructure of old cities to make them more livable. This provides tremendous scope for large investments to fuel growth.

Jamshyd Godrej

#42. While academic abilities remain integral, it is the work ethics that form the soul of the business.

Jamshyd Godrej

#43. The government is a very large constructor. They have schools, colleges, hospitals and courts, offices. We are trying to influence the public works department to adopt green buildings.

Jamshyd Godrej

#44. Every year, millions of vaccines get wasted due to inadequate storage facilities. India is a focus for us, as this is a very big challenge for the country as well as other countries across the globe.

Jamshyd Godrej

#45. Our acquisition strategy is very clear: 3x3. Three continents - Asia, Africa and South America, and in three categories where we have strong positions - personal wash, household care and hair care.

Adi Godrej

#46. Typically, market-driven growth spawns urbanisation and leads to migration. Urban centres expand into humongous entities that thrive on an unending supply of energy.

Jamshyd Godrej

#47. Our experience is that most entrepreneurs are able to attract debt, even for risky and early stage investments. There are investors who provide debt, but very few who fund through equity.

Jamshyd Godrej

#48. When there is a situation where one does not see demand for a year or two, then capex is suspended. It will reverse only when the situation improves.

Jamshyd Godrej