4/10/2026

Citizenship in Real Life: Introducing Stories on the Move

How P&G colleagues in Europe are advancing sustainability, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and strengthening communities.

Across the world, P&G colleagues are advancing sustainability, strengthening community partnerships, and finding smarter ways to operate. Too often, however, that work stays within a team, a function, or a plant and rarely travels further. Stories on the Move is our way of changing that as we spotlight inspiring colleagues across Europe and bring their impact to a broader audience.

In each episode, we step into an electric van and follow one passionate P&G colleague to the places where our citizenship commitments come to life. We visit a manufacturing plant reducing its Scope 1 & 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. We meet a recycling partner advancing circularity alongside us. We highlight a retailer collaboration reducing our carbon footprint. And we spend time with a community partner distributing P&G products for those in need.

The conversations are real, unscripted in tone, and rooted in the people, places and partnerships behind our progress.

The van is our red thread. It connects functions, partners, and parts of the value chain. More importantly, it reminds us that giving back to the community and embedding sustainability into how we design superior products and services is something we do every day, together.

Episode 1: Inside P&G's Climate Strategy: GHG Reduction and the Road Ahead

Decarbonization, renewable electricity, and progress toward Net Zero 2040

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What does it take to cut greenhouse gas emissions and sustain that progress over time?

In our first episode of Stories on the Move, Corporate Communications Director Inge De Backer sits down with Bram Keteleer, P&G's Global Climate Leader, to explore how P&G is advancing its climate strategy and reducing emissions.

Bram walks us through the building blocks of P&G's decarbonization approach. This includes reducing direct emissions from our manufacturing operations (Scope 1) by transitioning away from fossil fuels and investing in less-carbon-intensive technologies. At the same time, P&G is sourcing renewable electricity to tackle our indirect (Scope 2) footprint.

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At the Mechelen plant in Belgium, this approach has already delivered measurable results. Since 2010, the site has reached a 69% reduction in GHG emissions through a combination of activities. Recently those included switching from steam to hot water for certain processes, upgrading utility equipment, and incorporating digitization and sensors throughout the plant.

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It is the kind of practical, scalable, and results-driven progress that demonstrates P&G's Net Zero 2040 ambition is not just a target on paper; it is built site by site, step by step, and always together.

Citizenship in Real Life: Introducing Stories on the Move

How P&G colleagues in Europe are advancing sustainability, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and strengthening communities.

Episode 1: Inside P&G's Climate Strategy: GHG Reduction and the Road Ahead

What does it take to cut greenhouse gas emissions and sustain that progress over time?

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