ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY HELPS PROCTER & GAMBLE SAVE OVER ONE BILLION DOLLARS

 

Procter & Gamble (P&G) has saved over one billion dollars in value since 50 of its manufacturing plants achieved zero manufacturing waste to landfill last year.

P&G’s Vice President, Global Sustainability, Dr. Len Sauers said that the savings where brought about by the P&G’s 2020 sustainability goals where all of our manufacturing waste is recycled, repurposed or converted into energy.

“This part of sustainability is important because it shows businesses the value of embracing sustainability whether environmental or social,” said Mr. Sauers.

Mr. Sauers who was on his first visit to Kenya said that Africa is P&G’s major growth engine and it was important that the company learns how to expand responsibly and still remaining profitable. He added that the company aims to maintain its global leadership and performance in the region.

P&G first announced its zero manufacturing waste to landfill site in Budapest in 2007. Since then, the Company has shared a long-term Environmental Vision, pledging to work toward zero consumer and manufacturing waste worldwide.

“Through quality assurance, packaging reduction, compaction and recycling efforts, the company now ensures that 99% of all materials entering P&G plants leave as finished product or is recycled, reused or converted to energy,” added Mr. Sauers.

To drive all sites toward zero waste, P&G has searched for innovative ways to find value in what was once seen as waste. In Mexico, paper sludge from a Charmin toilet tissue plant is turned into low-cost roof tiles used to build homes in the local community. At a U.S. Pampers site, scrap from the wipe manufacturing process is converted to upholstery filling. And, in the U.K., waste created in the production of Gillette shaving foam is composted then used to grow turf for commercial uses.

However, Sauers notes that the next challenge is the long term goal of achieving zero consumer waste since approximately 4.8 billion people around the world use P&G products every day. He said that the company continues to invest heavily on research and development to identify and enumerate the impact of its products and how innovation can help achieve zero waste.

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