Delivers absolute reductions in all operations footprints and
improves the lives of over 400 million children worldwide
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2012--
Today the Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) 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 published today shares 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.
To learn more about P&G’s long-term vision, goals and results, visit http://www.pg.com/en_US/downloads/sustainability/reports/PG_2012_Sustainability_Overview.pdf.
About Procter & Gamble
P&G serves approximately 4.6 billion people around the world with its
brands. The Company has one of the strongest portfolios of trusted,
quality, leadership brands, including Pampers®, Tide®, Ariel®, Always®,
Whisper®, Pantene®, Mach3®, Bounty®, Dawn®, Fairy®, Gain®, Charmin®,
Downy®, Lenor®, Iams®, Crest®, Oral-B®, Duracell®, Olay®, Head &
Shoulders®, Wella®, Gillette®, Braun®, Fusion®, Ace®, Febreze®, Ambi
Pur®, SK-II®, and Vicks®. The P&G community includes operations in
approximately 75 countries worldwide. Please visit http://www.pg.com
for the latest news and in-depth information about P&G and its brands.
Source: Procter & Gamble Company
Procter & Gamble Company
Elizabeth Ratchford, 513-439-0378
ratchford.eq@pg.com
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