CINCINNATI, Oct. 20, 2009 – The
Procter & Gamble Company released its 2009 Sustainability Report titled
“Designed to Matter.” The report outlines P&G’s progress in
improving the environmental profile of products and
operations and delivery of several new, sustainable product innovations. The report is available for viewing at http://www.pg.com/sustainability.
“A fundamental reason why P&G has been in business for 172
years is the clarity and constancy of our company’s Purpose – to touch and
improve consumers’ lives with branded products and services,” said P&G
Chief Executive and Executive Sponsor of Sustainability Bob McDonald. “To
fulfill this Purpose, we must grow responsibly and sustainably and ensure that
company employees design strategies and programs that make a meaningful
difference – both in the environmental footprint of our products and our
operations.”
In March of this year, P&G
announced significantly increased targets for its 2012 sustainability goals in
recognition of the company’s marked progress and ongoing commitment to
continuous improvement. These goals include specific,
measurable objectives for developing sustainable innovation products, improving
the environmental profile of P&G operations and facilities, and improving
lives through the company’s Live,
Learn and Thrive™, corporate social
responsibility programs.
Highlights
of the P&G 2009 Sustainability Report include:
Including 2009
FY results, P&G operations have reduced (per unit of production) water
consumption by 52 percent, energy usage by 48 percent, CO2 emissions
by 52 percent and waste disposal by 53 percent since 2002. One example cited in
the report was P&G’s Household Care plant in Brockville, Canada, where
teams reduced total site energy use by 20 percent.
Since
2007, P&G has achieved $13.1 billion in cumulative sales of products with a
significantly reduced environmental impact. This includes sales of innovative
new products like Ariel Excel Gel, a highly concentrated, low temperature
laundry detergent introduced in Western Europe. Consumers using Ariel Excel Gel
use 20 to 50 percent less energy, while manufacturing requires 40 to 50 percent
less water and 30 to 40 percent less energy.*
The
Children’s Safe Drinking Water program has delivered 930 million liters of
clean drinking water since 2007, preventing an estimated 39 million days of
disease and saving thousands of lives.
P&G
continued to expand its Corporate Cause program, Live, Learn and Thrive, aimed at helping children in need around
the world. Since 2007, the program has reached 135 million children. Programs
were led by P&G employees, with many advanced by leading P&G brands, to
help raise public awareness, engagement and philanthropic donations. Some
brands have formed key partnerships to address social issues, such as Pampers’
work with UNICEF to eradicate maternal and neonatal tetanus and the Always and
Tampax “Protecting Futures” program which helps keep girls in school in the
developing world.
“Around the
world, P&G employees have made sustainability a core part of their everyday
work, developing innovative solutions and delivering meaningful results across
the business – from manufacturing, packaging and shipping to product
formulation,” said P&G Vice President of Global Sustainability Len
Sauers.
The company
aims to further improve its operational footprint by extending its focus on
manufacturing operations to an end-to-end approach that includes manufacturing,
finished product logistics and supplier engagement, which will impact all parts
of the supply chain.
In 2009,
P&G received numerous recognitions for its sustainability work.
&G has been a member of the FTSE4Good and Dow Jones Sustainability
Index (DJSI) since their inception. In addition, P&G was added to the
Global 100 list of the world's most sustainable corporations in 2009. P&G
also was recognized in Corporate
Responsibility Officer Magazine’s 10th Annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens
List®, which ranks companies according to their environmental,
climate change, human rights, philanthropic, employee relations, financial and
governance practices. P&G was ranked 14th out of the 100 companies included
on the list. For more information on P&G’s commitment to sustainability,
visit: www.pg.com/sustainability.
P&G’s
sustainability report was prepared using the Global Reporting Initiative’s
(GRI) G3 guidelines. The GRI report is the most widely used sustainability
reporting framework that includes the principles and indicators global
organizations use to measure and report economic, environmental and social
performance.
