HOW P & G PROTECTS THE PLANET
EVERY BUSINESS SHOULD be humbled by the limitless effort that Procter & Gamble pours into improving the quality of this world . P & G has published details of the green work it does in a yearly Sustainability Report since 1999 , with the name changing in 2016 to the Citizenship Report ( now covering the topics of Ethics & Corporate Responsibility , Community Impact , Diversity & Inclusion , Gender Equality , and of course Environmental Sustainability ). This most recent report outlines the company ’ s greatest valuable accomplishments . With regard to the environment specifically , the innovations have been astonishing .
For example , 65 percent of the USDA-certified ingredients contained in Tide purclean come from plants and other renewables , and the product is guaranteed to clean as well as the original – even in cold water . It ’ s also manufactured at a site which only uses renewable wind electricity , and boasts zero manufacturing waste-to-landfill .
Another of P & G ’ s biggest brands , Charmin , sources all of its tissue from responsible forests , with Forest Stewardship Council and Rainforest Alliance Certified labels proudly emblazoned across the brand ’ s products . Waste from the production of Oral B , Head & Shoulders , and Always is repurposed globally , and Fairy dishwashing tablets will soon become phosphate-free , removing enough phosphate to cover 270,000 soccer fields .
It is these kinds of achievements which enabled P & G to reach one of its long-term goals early – to reduce energy usage by 20 percent per unit of production by 2020 . Last year , it managed this four years ahead of schedule .
Earlier this year , the company made a new announcement which affected one of its most famous brands , and shone the spotlight on a sustainability issue not often discussed : beach plastic . Litter on beaches has been a problem for as long as packaging has existed , and in January this year , Procter & Gamble announced that Head & Shoulders had created the world ’ s first recyclable shampoo bottle made with PCR ( postconsumer recycled ) beach plastic .
This innovation has been made in partnership with TerraCycle and SUEZ , and the limited edition bottles containing up to 25 percent PCR
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