78 • The Procter & Gamble Company Recognition and Commitments P&G’s dedication to superiority allows us to serve the world’s consumers better and create shareholder value in the process. These recognitions and commitments demonstrate our impact as a force for good and a force for growth. BRANDS AND INNOVATION • The P&G LifeLab at CES showcased our ability to create The conversation continues with The Look, a film that personalized, connected, innovative product experiences explores bias experienced by many Black men in America. with SK-II, Gillette, Oral-B, Airia, P&G Ventures and EC30. We also released Out of the Shadows, a film highlighting We received awards from USA Today, Engadget and others. our internal journey for LGBT+ inclusion. This is a • P&G continues to develop products that appeal to continuation of the story first shared inThe Words Matter. environmentally concerned shoppers, such as Always/ • P&G spent more than $2 billion with minority- and Tampax Pure & Clean, Home Made Simple, Dawn and women-owned businesses for the 12th consecutive year. Cascade Pure Essentials, Tide Eco-Box, and Herbal Since 2005, P&G has been a member of the Billion Dollar Essences botanical shampoos and conditioners. Roundtable, a forum of companies spending more • We expanded our presence in the direct-to-consumer than $1 billion annually with diverse suppliers. segment through a partnership with M13 and the • We were included on the lists of Forbes’ America’s Best acquisition of First Aid Beauty, Snowberry, Walker & Employers for Diversity, DiversityInc’s Top 50 Companies Company and This Is L. for Diversity, NAFE’s Top Companies for Executive Women • Recent innovations earned P&G three of the top 25 places and Working Mother Media’s 100 Best Companies and on the IRI New Product Pacesetters Report for the most Best Companies for Multicultural Women, and scored successful non-food product launches of 2018: Tide Ultra a perfect 100 on Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Oxi (#1), Tide PODS Plus Downy (#4), and Olay Whips (#16). Equality Index for the 6th consecutive year. • At the 66th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, P&G and our agencies were awarded 16 Lions. Gender Equality While there, we announced creative partnerships with • P&G’s interactive exhibit, Women at Work: Myth vs. Reality, John Legend, Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global, and traveled the world, appearing at events and conferences others that reimagine creativity to reinvent advertising championing equality. at a time when change is needed. • P&G has prioritized women’s economic empowerment, spending more than $1.1 billion with women-owned CITIZENSHIP businesses globally, and partnering with WEConnect Ethics & Corporate Responsibility International, the Women’s Business Enterprise National • Drucker Institute’s Management Top 250 Most Effectively Council and UN Women in 14 countries to provide training Managed Companies in America for women entrepreneurs. • Forbes and Just Capital’s Just 100 America’s Best • We joined forces with the Association of National Corporate Citizens Advertisers’ (ANA) #SeeHer initiative to reflect accurate • Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies portrayals of women and girls in advertising and media, • Forbes’ World’s Most Reputable Companies and co-hosted the inaugural #SheIsEqual Summit with • Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 — Supply Chain Master ANA and Global Citizen. • Forbes’ America’s Best Employers Environmental Sustainability Community Impact • We made progress against our Ambition 2030 goals which • Through our P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program, aim to enable and inspire positive impact while creating we achieved our 2020 goal of delivering 15 billion liters of value for consumers and P&G. These goals focus on where clean water to those in need. We are now accelerating we can make the biggest difference — our brands, supply our efforts to provide clean water to more people by chain, society and employees. delivering 25 billion liters worldwide by 2025. • We are a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic • P&G gave support after more than 20 disasters globally Waste, partnering with companies around the world to this year by providing essential products from our trusted help end plastic waste in our environment. brands, mobile free laundry services and financial support • Over 90% of P&G’s production facilities now send zero to leading global disaster relief organizations. manufacturing waste to landfills, bringing us closer to • In the U.S., Tide Loads of Hope washed more than 5,000 achieving our commitment to send zero manufacturing loads of laundry this year for those impacted by disaster. waste to landfill from global manufacturing sites by 2020. Diversity & Inclusion The paper utilized in the printing of this annual report is certified to the FSC® Standards, which • Our short film calling attention to racial bias,The Talk, promotes environmentally appropriate, socially won numerous awards including a Primetime Emmy. beneficial and economically viable management of the world’s forests. Design: Madison Design.