10.26.16
GOJO Industries, which is the company that manufactures and markets Purell, has published its fifth annual Sustainability Report, "What Matters Most."
The report highlights the company's sustainability progress throughout 2015 and into early 2016.
Marcella Kanfer Rolnick, vice chair, GOJO, says "Through leading and learning, our team lives out our commitment to sustainability and strives to continuously collaborate and strengthen our understanding of our stakeholders' desires and goals."
The report includes the following goals and accomplishments:
Nicole Koharik, GOJO corporate communications director adds, "Our sustainability goals have evolved from reducing our own operational impacts to understanding our stakeholders' priorities and creating social, environmental and economic value throughout our entire value chain. At GOJO, we focus on collaboration, engagement and looking for new ways to deliver what matters most."
The report highlights the company's sustainability progress throughout 2015 and into early 2016.
Marcella Kanfer Rolnick, vice chair, GOJO, says "Through leading and learning, our team lives out our commitment to sustainability and strives to continuously collaborate and strengthen our understanding of our stakeholders' desires and goals."
The report includes the following goals and accomplishments:
- Innovate to Create Sustainable Value – GOJO will reduce its Chemical Footprint by 50 percent; establish and maintain an industry-leading sustainable chemistry policy; double global sales from products with third-party certifications; and reduce packaging material by 15 percent.
- Elevate Public Health and Well-Being – The company's long-term social sustainability goal is to bring well-being to one billion people every day. GOJO will work towards achieving this goal while striving to be the most recognized advocate for well-being through hygiene in our industry.
- Steward a Thriving Environment – GOJO will recover and either reuse or recycle 50 percent of dispenser materials from the value chain; migrate 90 percent of GOJO Strategic, Preferred and Collaborative suppliers to meet GOJO Sustainable Value Responsible Sourcing Criteria; and power its distribution operations by renewable energy.
- Foster a Culture of Sustainable Value – Continue to inspire team members to act in ways that deliver Sustainable Value through Sustainable Ways of Working (SWOW℠) with positive impact for GOJO, its team members and the communities in which we live and work. All of GOJO core processes will be infused with SWOW, which brings sustainability strategies to everything we do, and all GOJO team members will be engaged in SWOW.
Nicole Koharik, GOJO corporate communications director adds, "Our sustainability goals have evolved from reducing our own operational impacts to understanding our stakeholders' priorities and creating social, environmental and economic value throughout our entire value chain. At GOJO, we focus on collaboration, engagement and looking for new ways to deliver what matters most."