P&G is the largest consumer packaged goods company in the world, announced new goals last week for sourcing fiber for the pulp it uses to manufacture some of its products. By 2015, 100 percent of the virgin wood fiber used in its tissue/towel and absorbent feminine hygiene products will be third party certified. Preference for certification will be given to the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), and at least 40 percent of the pulp used in P&G’s tissue-towel products will be FSC certified. Our size presents us with the responsibility to operate sustainably, and it also offers the opportunity to create scalable and sustainable innovations that grow our business. Our program is inspired by our long-term environmental vision, which includes:
Powering our plants with 100 percent renewable energy
Using 100 percent renewable or recycled materials in all products and packaging
Having zero consumer or manufacturing waste going to landfills
Designing products that delight consumers while maximizing the conservation of resources
“Our History and how it began”
What began as a small family-run candle and soap business grew through innovation, creative marketing and partnerships to become the largest consumer goods company in the world.
P&G WAS FOUNDED IN 1837 BY TWO MEN WHO MET BY CHANCE.
William Procter, emigrating from England, established himself as a candle maker in Cincinnati, which was a busy center of commerce and industry in the early nineteenth century. And James Gamble, arriving from Ireland, apprenticed himself to a soap maker. The two might never have met had they not married sisters Olivia and Elizabeth Norris, whose father convinced his new sons-in-law to become business partners.
As a result, in 1837, a bold new enterprise was born: Procter & Gamble.
William Procter was born in 1801 in England. As a boy, he worked as general store apprentice, learning to “dip candles” – a skill that would later