Founding Edition 2026 · Pillar leaderboard
Workplaces with the strongest trust and belonging in India
Do employees expect to be treated fairly, and do they choose to stay? This pillar carries 18% of the composite score. The table lists the 26 organisations with the highest Trust & Belonging scores among the 250 in India's Most Loved 250 Workplaces 2026.
| Rank | Organisation | Score | Band | Pillar score | Pillar rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Hindustan Unilever | 90 | A1 | 100 | 1 |
| 7 | ITC Limited | 88 | A2 | 98 | 2 |
| 43 | Amazon India | 88 | A2 | 97 | 3 |
| 2 | HDFC Bank | 91 | A1 | 94 | 4 |
| 4 | Larsen & Toubro | 89 | A2 | 94 | 4 |
| 13 | Procter & Gamble India | 88 | A2 | 93 | 6 |
| 18 | Bajaj Finserv | 83 | A2 | 93 | 6 |
| 19 | McKinsey & Company India | 88 | A2 | 93 | 6 |
| 36 | Reliance Industries | 80 | A3 | 93 | 6 |
| 5 | Mahindra & Mahindra | 89 | A2 | 92 | 10 |
| 20 | Titan Company | 82 | A2 | 92 | 10 |
| 21 | Boston Consulting Group India | 87 | A2 | 92 | 10 |
| 28 | Asian Paints | 82 | A2 | 92 | 10 |
| 6 | Kotak Mahindra Bank | 88 | A2 | 91 | 14 |
| 9 | ICICI Bank | 87 | A2 | 90 | 15 |
| 23 | Bain & Company India | 85 | A2 | 90 | 15 |
| 1 | Tata Consultancy Services | 96 | A1 | 89 | 17 |
| 10 | Bajaj Auto | 86 | A2 | 89 | 17 |
| 34 | Dabur India | 80 | A3 | 89 | 17 |
| 61 | Sun Pharmaceuticals | 83 | A2 | 89 | 17 |
| 40 | Godrej Consumer Products | 79 | A3 | 88 | 21 |
| 42 | Tata Consumer Products | 79 | A3 | 88 | 21 |
| 11 | Infosys | 93 | A1 | 87 | 23 |
| 31 | Nestle India | 82 | A2 | 87 | 23 |
| 8 | Apollo Hospitals Enterprise | 87 | A2 | 86 | 25 |
| 25 | Axis Bank | 83 | A2 | 86 | 25 |
Equal scores share a pillar position. Scores are positions on the index scale in this edition, not percentages of employees satisfied.
Questions about this list
Which workplace scores highest on Trust & Belonging?
Hindustan Unilever has the highest score on this pillar, 100 out of 100, in India's Most Loved 250 Workplaces 2026.
What does the Trust & Belonging pillar measure?
Do employees expect to be treated fairly, and do they choose to stay? It carries 18% of the composite WCRC Equity Index.
Why can the list run past 25?
Organisations with equal scores share a position, so every organisation tied at the cut-off is included.
How is the pillar score produced?
By secondary research only: published employee-sentiment evidence, a public disclosure audit, WCRC analyst evaluation and third-party validation, scored on the five-pillar WCRC Equity Index. WCRC did not survey employees for the ranking.
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