Executive Summary P&G
Designed to Grow... Sustainably
2007 Global Sustainability Report
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CEO Statement
October 2007 marks the 170th year P&G has been in business. We’ve sustained our Company’s growth over such a long period of time by staying focused on P&G’s Purpose: improving consumers’ lives in small but meaningful ways every day.
Our commitment to Sustainable Development, which we define as “ensuring a better quality of life for everyone, now and for generations to come,” is an important part of how we fulfill P&G’s Purpose. We have a long heritage as a Sustainability leader, and we remain committed to improving consumers’ lives through P&G brands and by contributing to the sustainability of our planet and the communities in which we live and work.
Over the past decade, we’ve made significant progress. We’re helping to save energy and reduce greenhouse emissions through products such as Tide Cold Water and Ariel CoolClean that reduce energy use through cold-water washing. We’re helping children in need through our Live, Learn and Thrive corporate cause. And we’re providing clean, safe drinking water in developing countries and in times of natural disaster.
Now, as we look toward the next 170 years and more, we are designing Sustainability even more deeply into the way P&G does business: through our Purpose, products, operations and relationships.
• We are embedding Sustainability in our Company Purpose, which makes it explicit that we are focused on improving consumers’ lives “now and for generations to come.” In a Purpose-driven company like P&G, this addition is enormously important. It will provide inspiration and guide choices and actions throughout our Company. • We are designing Sustainability even more deeply into our products, packaging and operations. Our focus is on providing products and services that don’t require consumers to make choices between Sustainability and their needs for performance and value. • We are
2007 Global Sustainability Report
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CEO Statement
October 2007 marks the 170th year P&G has been in business. We’ve sustained our Company’s growth over such a long period of time by staying focused on P&G’s Purpose: improving consumers’ lives in small but meaningful ways every day.
Our commitment to Sustainable Development, which we define as “ensuring a better quality of life for everyone, now and for generations to come,” is an important part of how we fulfill P&G’s Purpose. We have a long heritage as a Sustainability leader, and we remain committed to improving consumers’ lives through P&G brands and by contributing to the sustainability of our planet and the communities in which we live and work.
Over the past decade, we’ve made significant progress. We’re helping to save energy and reduce greenhouse emissions through products such as Tide Cold Water and Ariel CoolClean that reduce energy use through cold-water washing. We’re helping children in need through our Live, Learn and Thrive corporate cause. And we’re providing clean, safe drinking water in developing countries and in times of natural disaster.
Now, as we look toward the next 170 years and more, we are designing Sustainability even more deeply into the way P&G does business: through our Purpose, products, operations and relationships.
• We are embedding Sustainability in our Company Purpose, which makes it explicit that we are focused on improving consumers’ lives “now and for generations to come.” In a Purpose-driven company like P&G, this addition is enormously important. It will provide inspiration and guide choices and actions throughout our Company. • We are designing Sustainability even more deeply into our products, packaging and operations. Our focus is on providing products and services that don’t require consumers to make choices between Sustainability and their needs for performance and value. • We are