November 26, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Nov. 26, 2018 – Diversey today published its Annual Sustainability Report, which includes a new “Facilitators for Life” strategy and goals aimed at creating a healthier and safer world for everyone. The new approach will help ensure Diversey addresses key environmental, social and technological opportunities, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions, engaging in ethical business practices and decreasing its packaging footprint by 2025.
To create the new sustainability strategy, Diversey reviewed its current footprint, listened to customers, engaged experts and studied frameworks such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs highlight 17 areas where organizations like Diversey will collaborate to solve global challenges.
“Although it’s been given many names since 1923, sustainability has always been at the core of Diversey,” said Daniel Daggett, Executive Director, Sustainability and CSR, Diversey. “As Facilitators for Life, we must identify ways to care for the environment as well as the people we employ, partner with and serve every day. We’ve committed to twelve new sustainability goals for Diversey and look forward to executing this strategy to drive progress in the coming years. The goals not only engage all Diversey employees, but will stimulate collaboration with our suppliers and customers to improve environmental stewardship and social responsibility.”
The new “Facilitators for Life” strategy consists of these 2025 goals:
Improve the Environment
Reduce energy intensity in operations by 10 percent
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensity in operations by 10 percent
Reduce waste to landfill in operations by 10 percent
Reduce water use intensity in operations by 10 percent
Protect and Care for People
Eliminate recordable workplace injuries of Diversey employees
Ensure an ethical supply chain by engaging all suppliers with Diversey’s Supplier Code of Conduct
Ensure ethical business practices by training all employees on Diversey’s Code of Conduct
Improve the lives of people in the communities Diversey serves through Creating Shared Value programs like Soap For Hope™
Innovate Sustainable Solutions
Quantify the sustainability value associated with Diversey products and solutions
Integrate a sustainability scorecard into the innovation process for all new technologies
Reduce Diversey’s packaging footprint and increase the recyclability of plastic packaging
Improve the safety and environmental profile of products through absolute compliance with Diversey’s Responsible Chemistry Policy
Click Here to view Diversey’s Annual Sustainability Report
About Diversey
Diversey has been, and always will be, a pioneer and facilitator for life. We constantly deliver revolutionary cleaning and hygiene technologies that provide total confidence to our customers across all of our global sectors. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, Diversey employs approximately 9,000 people globally, generating net sales of approximately $2.6 billion in 2017.
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