09.02.19
Gojo, maker of Purell, has published its seventh annual sustainability report, “Changing How the World Stays Well.”
The report highlights the company’s progress throughout 2017 and 2018 against its 2020 Sustainable Value Strategies and Goals, which focus on creating social, environmental and economic value for its stakeholders, and also aligns with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The report follows the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Reporting Standards.
The company said it has achieved its goal to power Gojo’s US distribution operations by renewable energy two years ahead of schedule. In 2018, Gojo completed the installation of a 755-megawatt-hour solar array at its 1.3-million-sq.-foot distribution center in Wooster, OH. The solar array is providing energy without producing harmful air and water emissions or consuming non-renewable natural resources.
As part of the company’s efforts to improve energy efficiency, Gojo is recovering waste heat from air compressors, better insulating facilities, and, in 2017, replaced nearly 20,000 fluorescent lamps with LED bulbs, saving 1.8 million kilowatt-hours per year.
In addition, the report also covers the sustainable innovation in product development, including the launch of Purell brand Healthy Soap with Clean Release Technology, which contains no antibacterial ingredients, preservatives, parabens or phthalates and reaches into skin’s cracks and crevices two times better than regular soap to lift and wash away more than 99% of dirt and germs. Clean Release soaps are made with natural ingredients, far exceeding the 65% USDA BioPreferred Program requirements with 90% biobased content. They also rinse faster and cleaner to save an estimated six gallons per refill compared to regular soap, said the company.
The company also reformulated Gojo Multi Green into a green-certified heavy-duty hand cleaner, Gojo Multi Green Eco. The product now not only uses sustainable scrubbing particles to remove dirt but also meets the USDA BioPreferred Program and EcoLogo certification requirements, according to Gojo.
The report highlights the company’s progress throughout 2017 and 2018 against its 2020 Sustainable Value Strategies and Goals, which focus on creating social, environmental and economic value for its stakeholders, and also aligns with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The report follows the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Reporting Standards.
The company said it has achieved its goal to power Gojo’s US distribution operations by renewable energy two years ahead of schedule. In 2018, Gojo completed the installation of a 755-megawatt-hour solar array at its 1.3-million-sq.-foot distribution center in Wooster, OH. The solar array is providing energy without producing harmful air and water emissions or consuming non-renewable natural resources.
As part of the company’s efforts to improve energy efficiency, Gojo is recovering waste heat from air compressors, better insulating facilities, and, in 2017, replaced nearly 20,000 fluorescent lamps with LED bulbs, saving 1.8 million kilowatt-hours per year.
In addition, the report also covers the sustainable innovation in product development, including the launch of Purell brand Healthy Soap with Clean Release Technology, which contains no antibacterial ingredients, preservatives, parabens or phthalates and reaches into skin’s cracks and crevices two times better than regular soap to lift and wash away more than 99% of dirt and germs. Clean Release soaps are made with natural ingredients, far exceeding the 65% USDA BioPreferred Program requirements with 90% biobased content. They also rinse faster and cleaner to save an estimated six gallons per refill compared to regular soap, said the company.
The company also reformulated Gojo Multi Green into a green-certified heavy-duty hand cleaner, Gojo Multi Green Eco. The product now not only uses sustainable scrubbing particles to remove dirt but also meets the USDA BioPreferred Program and EcoLogo certification requirements, according to Gojo.
