Reckitt Benckiser Meets 2010 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goal

2008-10-23 | 03:02

Bills itself as the only consumer goods company that is carbon neutral.

Last year, Reckitt Benckiser achieved a 30% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from manufacturing energy use per unit since 2000 (a 21% reduction in terms of actual GHG emissions) which already meets the company’s 2010 targets for greenhouse gas emissions reductions.

The company's sustainability report shows that Reckitt Benckiser has already gone beyond several of its 2010 targets for reduction of its environmental footprint, including C reduction)

• Manufacturing water use has decreased by 12% per unit of production (2010 target 10% reduction) since 2000
• Since 2000, the Company has reduced hazardous waste from its global manufacturing facilities by 48% per unit of production and 41% in absolute terms
• In 2007 Reckitt Benckiser’s global factories re-used or recycled off-site 68% of their total waste (going beyond the Company’s 2010 target of 65%) and 55% of their hazardous waste (going beyond the Company’s 2010 target of 33%).

“We set ourselves some of the industry’s most stretching targets. We are ahead of schedule in many areas," said Bart Becht, CEO Reckitt Benckiser. "We go after our environmental goals with the same passion and innovation for which we are already well known in other areas of our performance.”