Procter & Gamble
At P&G, sustainability means making every day better for people and the planet through how we innovate and how we act.
Helping PDP Engage Brands to Revalue Plastic
The Plastic Disclosure Project sees an influential need for companies to start disclosing their plastic footprint in order to create a benchmark for reduction by increasing recycling and adding value back into plastic use. ... View More
After Years of Pressure, Wilmar International Commits to Ending Deforestation Practices
Wilmar International, the world's largest palm oil trader, today announced a No Deforestation Policy in response to pressure from Greenpeace, NGOs and consumers around the world. ... View More
8 Major Consumer Brands and WWF Form Alliance to Promote Plant-Based Plastics
Coca-Cola, Danone, Ford, Heinz, Nestlé, Nike, P&G, Unilever and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have formed a new organization to support the responsible development of plastics made from plant material and promote a more sustainable future for the bi... View More
P&G Utilizes More Than 99% of Materials Entering Its Plants
Over the past fiscal year, more than 99.35 percent of all materials entering Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) plants were used in products and through recycling, reuse, and conversion of waste to energy, according to the company’s 2013 Sustainabi... View More
Unilever Pledges 100% Traceable Palm Oil by End of 2014
In a major move towards sustainability for one of the world’s largest purchasers of palm oil, Unilever on Tuesday announced that all of the palm oil it buys globally will be traceable to known sources by the end of 2014.The company says it purchase... View More
P&G’s New Plastic Mold Process Could Save $1 Billion Annually
Procter & Gamble has developed a new process to mold plastic that it claims is thinner, cheaper and more environmentally friendly than the current industry standard and could save the company $1 billion a year by using less plastic and different ... View More
Greenpeace Linking Host of Household Brands to Destruction of Sumatran Tiger Habitat
Greenpeace International tonight launched a report calling out a host of consumer products companies — including Colgate Palmolive, Mondelez International (formerly Kraft), Nestlé Oil, Procter & Gamble, Reckitt Benckiser and a host of other co... View More
Disney, Yahoo!, Google Top List of 100 Companies 'Most Loved' by Consumers
Global opinion research consultancy APCO Insight last week revealed its list of the 100 Most Loved Companies, based on findings generated by its Emotional LinkingSM model, which measures consumers’ emotional attachment to brands. The Walt Disney Co... View More
IKEA and Kingfisher Pledge Ambitious 'Net Positive' Agendas, But Can They Work?
In a world in which natural resources have become scarcer, can these companies truly contribute to the planet more than what they can, and will, take from it? ... View More
Johnson & Johnson, P&G to Halt Use of Microbeads in Beauty Products
Johnson & Johnson has started to phase out the use of polyethylene microbeads in beauty products, and is working on an eco-friendly alternative, after activists from environmental group the 5 Gyres Institute found large amounts of the beads in th... View More
Fields Not Factories: Sustainability-Driven Innovation at Seventh Generation
What does it take to grow and profit in the immensely competitive household and personal products industry dominated by giants Unilever and Procter & Gamble? And how can sustainability be the lever that provides revenue growth and product differe... View More
P&G Achieves Zero Waste at 45 Manufacturing Sites Worldwide
On Tuesday, Procter & Gamble (P&G) announced that it recycles, repurposes or converts 100 percent of the waste at 45 manufacturing sites around the world and claims less than one percent of raw materials currently leave its plants as waste. ... View More
P&G “Everyday Acts” Campaign: Just Another Recycled Branding Blitz?
The new Proctor & Gamble (P&G) “Everyday Acts” campaign appears to resonate with the $84 billion company’s customers. ... View More
Novo Nordisk Ranked World’s Most Sustainable Corporation
Danish pharmaceutical firm Novo Nordisk was named the most sustainable corporation in the world by Corporate Knights, the Toronto-based media company focused on “clean capitalism.”Corporate Knights’ 2012 Global 100 list includes companies from ... View More
Book Review - Greener Products: The Making and Marketing of Sustainable Brands
Creating a sustainable society will depend in large part on reducing the environmental impacts of making, distributing and using products and of disposing of them at the end of their useful life. Every product company that hopes to have a role in ou... View More
P&G, NRDC and FSC: The Debate Over Sustainable Tissue Continues
Earlier this year, P&G outlined a comprehensive framework for its leading brands to increase their positive impacts on society and the environment. But forest-conservation NGOs say they need less talk, more action when it comes to P&G's tissu... View More
