Procter
& Gamble (P&G) Philippines continues to integrate sustainable solutions
in its product manufacturing and business operations so that their trusted and
superior products are produced and delivered in more sustainable ways from
plant to shelves, and ultimately into every Filipino household.
P&G’s
purpose begins with improving people’s lives with irresistibly superior
products that are also sustainable. The Company aims to make responsible
consumption possible by developing innovations, striving for a more circular
approach in its supply chain, and providing alternative solutions for a more
sustainable future.
Here
are some of P&G’s recent solutions in product manufacturing and supply
chain to make it a more sustainable journey from plant to shelf to every
Filipino home:
FROM PLANT
Sustainable Manufacturing Practices
P&G is one of the
largest players in the consumer goods industry in the Philippines. It has
stepped up to integrate sustainable solutions in its Cabuyao plant, which
manufactures most of P&G products sold domestically. It purchases 100%
renewable electricity and is a zero-manufacturing waste-to-landfill plant. It
recycles over 300 metric tons of non-residual waste every year.
Green Facilities
P&G’s LEED-certified
Cabuyao distribution center houses energy-saving facilities
that feature the use of roof skylights, roof ventilators, and automatic exhaust
and supply fans that only run at specific times of the day to save energy
during the cooler times of the day. P&G’s offices and plants have also
started converting its use of fluorescent lights to LED light fixtures which
use less energy than other types of light bulbs. The Company is reducing
electricity consumption by utilizing motion detector devices in its lighting
fixtures in the distribution center to eliminate the possibility that the
lights will accidentally be left on in the mega-facility. These motion detector
devices detect and measure movement inside the rooms in order to switch on lights
when employees are inside and switch off lights when the rooms are empty.
Sustainable Packaging
P&G also integrates sustainable alternative solutions in its product
packaging. Safeguard multipacks eliminated its virgin plastic overwrap
packaging to 100% recycled paper carton material, saving 8,500 kilometers worth
of plastic waste every year, equivalent to one thousand times the length of the
world-famous Boracay shoreline. Herbal Essences Bio: Renew Collection also uses
25% post-consumer resin for its bottle packaging.
As they work on packaging
innovations, P&G has also improved its product bundling packaging by
converting single-use laminate-based bellybands and stickers to 100%
FSC-certified papers, resulting in 66% less in bundling material usage and a
380,000 kg reduction in plastic waste.
TO SHELVES
Recyclable and Reusable Display Shelves
To
further expand P&G’s efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle waste in its
business operations, P&G launched its employee-led Project LESS program in
2021 to provide better and more sustainable alternatives to other significant
but often overlooked retail materials such point of sales materials (POSM). The
initiative resulted in the development of “Flexi-POSMs”, which are collapsible,
reusable, and paper-based in-store displays. P&G’s flexi-POSM has a
changeable visual structure that allows P&G brands to easily redesign and
reuse the flexi-POSMs for other brand launches and initiatives.
TO EVERY FILIPINO HOME
Sustainable Delivery Solutions
P&G
launched a regional sustainability partnership with a leading e-commerce
company to recycle used cartons from its Cabuyao plant for use as last-mile
packaging in e-commerce delivery. Cartons converted into honeycomb-like protective
wraps are now being used as replacements for the previous plastic bubble wrap
paddings. The honeycomb-like protective wrap reduces usage of single-use bubble
wrap plastic while providing the same quality of packaging protection.
P&G’s
beauty brand Olay also produced a “Ship-In-Own-Container” molded carton
packaging for online purchases, eliminating the need for additional
customization and last-mile packaging materials such as bubble wrap, fillers,
and tape.
These
efforts are a testament to P&G’s commitment to find ways to design for
reduction, reusability, recyclability, and circularity in its manufacturing and
supply chain operations.
P&G
Philippines was recently recognized at the 2022 Asia CEO Awards with the
Sustainability Company of The Year’s Circle of Excellence Award. The award is
given to organizations that achieved important success in environmental
progress and demonstrated leadership and commitment to sustainability.
Visit P&G's website to learn more about its ongoing efforts to promote sustainability
in every aspect of its business.
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