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Recognition and Commitments

P&G believes in doing what’s right and being a good Diversity & Inclusion corporate citizen. Here are some highlights of external • CEO David Taylor joined other CEOs and companies to recognitions and commitments where we believe advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace with P&G’s voice can make a difference. CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion and Catalyst CEO Champions for Change. LEADERSHIP • P&G spent more than $2 billion with minority- and • Chief Executive Magazine’s 40 Best Companies for Leaders women-owned businesses for the 10th consecutive year. • Top 10, NAFE’s Top Company for Female Executives Since 2005, P&G has been a member of the Billion Dollar Roundtable, a forum of companies spending more than INNOVATION $1 billion annually with diverse suppliers. • Recent innovations earned P&G seven of the top 25 places on the IRI New Product Pacesetters Report for the most • DiversityInc’s Top 50 Companies for Diversity successful non-food product launches of 2016: Fusion • Working Mother Media’s 100 Best Companies ProShield (#2), PODS plus (#4), Pro-Health and Best Companies for Multicultural Women Advanced (#5), Tampax Pocket Pearl (#9), Fresher Collection (#10), Tide Simply Clean & Sensitive (#16) and Gender Equality Pro-V Stylers (#23). This underscores our commitment • P&G’s brands — , , SK-II, , and others — to creating innovative, irresistibly superior products. continued to deliver campaigns that break down stereotypes • At P&G, we believe creativity is a force for business, and start conversations that motivate change. for change and for good in the world. The Cannes Lions • We are partnering with organizations that share our International Festival of Creativity is one of the world’s commitment to addressing gender bias such as the premier events to inspire and recognize creativity in Association of National Advertisers, CARE, Global Citizen, branded communications. This year P&G and our agencies Save the Children, Sesame Workshop, UN Women, were awarded 26 Lions for campaigns that raised the bar Women in the World and World Vision. on creativity and built the business. Some of the highest- • P&G’s #WeSeeEqual video was viewed millions of times awarded campaigns like Gillette Handle with Care, Ariel in more than 180 countries and was named one of Dads #Sharetheload, SK-II Marriage Market Takeover the most inclusive ads of 2017 by The Association and Touch of Care spoke out about societal issues of National Advertisers. in an effort to create far-reaching positive change. Environmental Sustainability CITIZENSHIP • We were included on Corporate Responsibility Magazine’s Ethics & Corporate Responsibility 100 Best Corporate Citizens List, the MSCI Sustainability • Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies Index, and the FTSE4Good Index. • Forbes’ America’s Most Reputable Companies • P&G joined as a founding member of the Climate • Barron’s Most Respected Companies Leadership Council. • Supply Chain Master — Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 • Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index — • We received a Climate Leadership Award for Organizational score of perfect 100 for 4th consecutive year Leadership from the U.S. EPA.

Community Impact • We delivered our 12 billionth liter of clean water with P&G’s Children’s Safe Drinking Water program. • P&G washed more than 3,100 loads of laundry for U.S. families with our Tide Loads of Hope program. • We responded to more than 20 natural disasters ® globally with donations of P&G products, financial aid The paper utilized in the printing of this annual report is certified to the FSC Standards, which promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable and volunteer time. management of the world’s forests.

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