2023
Citizenship
Report

Next, we look at how we can enable consumers to reduce their own footprint without making product performance tradeoffs. An example is how Cascade is helping consumers reduce water use. Consumers often believe the dishwasher uses more water than hand washing your dishes, but the opposite can be true – an ENERGY STAR® certified dishwasher uses about four gallons per cycle, while the tap in the sink can use the same amount in about two minutes. So, if you hand wash more than eight dishes, using a dishwasher can save water versus hand washing.

Finally, we are helping scale industry-wide solutions to reduce environmental impact. We are deeply engaged with external experts and are sharing our expertise to help solve problems that are too big for any one company to address.

In the area of Community Impact, we support people around the world through our brands and products that help restore normalcy in uncertain and challenging times. P&G and our brands work with many local, regional and international partners including Feeding America, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Matthew 25: Ministries and United Way to provide donations of products and other support to underserved communities and during times of disaster and conflict.

With our partners we also provide clean drinking water through the Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program to support people who lack access to clean water. The program is based on an easy-to-use water purification powder invented by P&G scientists that can clean 10 liters of water in just 30 minutes. Since 2004, this program has provided more than 21 billion liters of clean water to people in need around the world.

We serve billions of consumers all over the world. Our ability to do this most effectively is enabled by a workforce and culture that understands, respects and reflects the uniqueness of all the consumers we serve – inclusive of all genders, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, ages and abilities.

Equality and inclusion is good for business – broadening market reach and driving market growth. Simply put, it helps us win. Our efforts to attract, develop, and retain the best employees from the broadest pool of talent helps us better serve an increasingly diverse set of consumers.

Our equality and inclusion efforts, inside our Company and in our communities, are critical for our long-term success and are helping to drive balanced and sustainable growth.

Good governance is the foundation for everything that we do, and P&G is committed both to doing what is right and to being a good corporate citizen. Our corporate governance practices are designed to promote strong board and management accountability, transparency, and protection of shareholder interests.

P&G was founded on uncompromising beliefs that our products should be of the highest quality and value, and that the only way to run a business is with honest and fair dealings. These beliefs come to life today in P&G’s Purpose, Values and Principles, which set high standards that we hold ourselves and each other accountable for, creating a strong culture focused on winning the right way.

P&G’s employees, leadership team, our board and I are committed to making progress in each of our Citizenship focus areas. We consider it a fundamental part of service – to consumers, customers, employees, society and shareowners.

At the end of the day, we serve people – with a strong desire to improve their lives and the lives of their families. We stand by consumers and support them in small but meaningful ways every day – with superior-performing products of high quality at a superior value. We strive to do this in the most responsible way, consistent with P&G’s Values and Principles.

This approach, with consumers at the center, and an organization built to serve them, has served us and our many stakeholders well. It will guide our actions as we move forward. If we do this effectively, consumers will benefit, customers will grow their businesses, employees will develop and thrive, we will have a positive impact on society, and shareholders will continue to be rewarded for their investment.