P&G sustainability
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Procter & Gamble will generate "at least $20 bil. in cumulative sales of products with reduced environmental impact over the next five years," company announces Oct. 25. "This renewed commitment and new goals are designed to ensure P&G can continue to grow reliably and responsibly, just as we've done for the past 170 years," Director of Global Sustainability Peter White says. Over the next five years, P&G also is dedicated to reducing its water consumption, energy use, CO2 emissions and disposed waste per unit of production by 10% each, with the goal of achieving a 40% reduction over the 2002-2012 period. P&G also aspires to challenge its employees to "build sustainability thinking and practices" into their work, to continue collaborating on sustainability issues with the World Health Organization and other organizations, and to advance its social responsibility programs such as the Children's Safe Drinking Water program...
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