Delivers absolute reductions in all operations footprints and improves the lives of over 400 million children worldwide
Procter &
Gamble Company, the makers of Pampers, Always, Gillette and Duracell released
its 14th annual Sustainability Report, demonstrating its commitment
to making everyday life better for people around the world through an
integrated approach to environmental and social responsibility. The report
includes the Company’s sustainability results from the past Fiscal Year,
announcing absolute reductions in its energy, waste, water and CO2
manufacturing footprints over the past five years.
“P&G's
commitment to environmental and social sustainability is unwavering,” said
P&G Chairman, President and CEO Bob McDonald. “From our founding, we have
invested in the communities where we sell our products, and we have embraced
the responsibility of ethical and sustainable operations. To grow and thrive
for another 175 years requires us to accelerate our sustainable innovation and
resource efficiency so that we have less environmental impact and, at the same
time, continue to invest in our communities to help create the conditions for
future growth.”
The report
shared specific progress in P&G’s sustainability focus areas of Products,
Operations, and Social Responsibility. Highlights from this year’s report
include:
Launching Pilot
in the Philippines to Address Global Issue of Waste
·
After
conducting a comprehensive study in the Philippines, with the cooperation of
government stakeholders, P&G designed an integrated, profitable and
replicable waste management business model that extracts value from materials
that would otherwise be thrown away. In partnership with the Asian Development
Bank, P&G is working to pilot this self-sustaining model in the Philippines
beginning in 2013.
Eliminating
Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus in Six Countries
·
The
Pampers “One Pack = One Vaccine” partnership with UNICEF has been providing
vaccines against Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus (MNT) for more than five years.
The disease takes the life of a baby every nine minutes, but is easily
preventable by a vaccine. With help from Pampers, six African countries have
been validated by the World Health Organization as having eliminated MNT —
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Senegal and Uganda.
Committing to
Sustainable Forestry
·
As
a member of the Consumer Goods Forum, P&G joined other member companies in
a pledge to help achieve Zero Net Deforestation by 2020. To act on this
commitment, P&G is announcing two new goals. First, all virgin wood fiber
in its tissue/towel and absorbent hygiene products will be third party
certified by 2015. Second, all paper packaging will contain either recycled or
third-party certified virgin content by 2020. In combination with P&G’s
existing goal to ensure sustainable sourcing of palm oil by 2015, these goals
demonstrate P&G’s commitment to working towards zero net deforestation by
2020.
Decreasing Days
of Illness and Absenteeism through Handwashing Education
·
As
part of Safeguard’s work to promote handwashing, P&G joined up with Save
the Children to develop workshops in schools across Mexico. After working with
more than 13,000 children in southeastern Mexico, data showed that diarrheal
illness rates decreased by 50% and related school absences were down 11%.
P&G’s
environmental results demonstrate progress toward its long-term environmental
vision, which was announced in September 2010. The vision includes powering
plants with 100% renewable energy, using 100% renewable or recycled materials
for products and packaging, sending zero manufacturing or consumer waste to
landfills and designing products that improve lives while conserving resources.
“We are pleased
to share meaningful progress toward our long-term vision, and will continue to
embrace environmental challenges as opportunities to innovate,” said Len
Sauers, Global Vice President of Sustainability at P&G. “The issues we all
face require collaboration and collective responsibility to address, and we are
committed to working together to find solutions that ensure our improvements
are delivered in an economically sustainable way.”
In
addition to marking P&G’s 14th Annual Sustainability Report, this is also
the 14th consecutive year the Company has been included on the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index. P&G is also among the Corporate Knights “Global 100
Most Sustainable Corporations in the World” and is 5th on Gartner’s “Top 25”
list of Global Supply Chain Leaders.
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