Outreach

Clorox knows that it can’t do it alone and actively seeks partners and other affiliations to help us become a more sustainable company.

Clorox also cares. In addition to our work to make Clorox a more sustainable company, we strive to make a positive eco impact beyond Clorox. This includes donating nearly a million dollars each year to environmental causes, and working on a number of fronts to be a constructive force in moving our industry to a more sustainable future.

Causes, Donations, Partnerships and Affiliations

The Clorox Company donates nearly $1 million annually to environmental causes. We also work with a number of organizations to further environmental sustainability initiatives within our company, industries and communities. Click below to see a few of the ways we’re making a difference through our donations and partnerships.

Clorox Environmental Donations

Contributing to the Environment

Clorox Bleach donates products and funds to Save The Frogs and Save The California Oaks conservation efforts.
Glad donates trash bags and funds to Keep America Beautiful and their Great America Clean Up annual event, and donates trash bags to the Ocean Conservancy’s annual International Coastal Cleanup effort.
Brita’s Filter For Good program (with Nalgene, Inc.) partners with the Surfrider Foundation to fund efforts to maintain and enhance the water quality of our nation’s watersheds.
Hidden Valley Ranch Salad Dressing provides funds to schools and communities for creating community gardens.
Green Works sponsors an annual Green Heroes Grant Program to recognize and reward individuals and organizations who are spearheading eco-friendly community projects.
Burt’s Bees contributes to Habitat For Humanity, the Conservation Alliance, The Conservation Fund, and the Triangle Land Conservancy.
The Clorox Foundation and Clorox’s Eco Office also contribute to other environmental causes, including Keep America Beautiful, the San Francisco Save The Bay, Oakland Urban Releaf, and California Regional Parks Foundation environmental restoration efforts, and the Earth Team and Tahoe-Baikal Institute environmental education programs.

Partnerships and Affiliations

Working Together

Clorox works with a number of organizations to further environmental sustainability initiatives within our company, industries and communities.

As a member of U.S. EPA's Climate Leaders, Clorox announced its commitment to reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions by 10 percent by 2013.

Clorox is a founding member of this program which was established in 1995 to promote the development of corporate recycling programs.

Clorox has been recognized by the EPA’s Design for the Environment (DfE) program as a Safer Detergent Stewardship partner.
Clorox is an active member of this organization whose mission is to develop sustainable packaging for consumer goods.
Clorox is a founding member and steering committee participant of this organization whose mission is to develop transparent methodologies, tools and strategies to drive a new generation of products and supply networks that address environmental, social and economic imperatives.
Clorox is an active member of SDA's Sustainability and Ingredient Communication Task Forces and was the first major consumer packaged goods company in North America to launch a product ingredient communications web site.
Clorox is a member of the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship.
Clorox is a part of the Grocery Manufacturer's of America (GMA) Staff Working Group on Sustainability.

Active member of the Alliance for Consumer Education.
Active member of the Consumer Specialty Products Association's Product Care program, which is a national, voluntary, industry-sponsored program that drives environmental stewardship as a core value.
Active member of Wal-Mart's Sustainable Value Network: Packaging and Chemical-Intensive Products.
Long-standing member of the Chlorine Institute and its Sustainable Technology Issues Team.
Member of the Chamber of the Chemical and Petrol Industry - Argentina Responsible Care program: an industry performance initiative promoting continuous improvement in environmental, health and safety performance.
Active member of the Grocery Manufacturers Association/Food Processors Association's Sustainability Leadership group that provides a forum for consumer packaged goods companies to address sustainability issues.
Active member of Kentucky's and West Virginia's Chamber of Commerce environmental committees.
Environmental Stewardship partner with Keep America Beautiful (KAB). KAB’s mission is to find solutions that prevent litter, reduce waste and beautify communities.
Glad^® brand participates in the American Society for Testing and Materials committee on plastics and its subcommittee on environmentally degradable plastics.
Member of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, a nonprofit, worldwide professional society whose mission is to support the development of principles and practices for protection, enhancement and management of sustainable environmental quality and ecosystem integrity.
Green Works^® is a proud supporter of the Sierra Club's efforts to preserve and protect the planet.
One of the founding members of the American Chemistry Society’s Green Chemistry Institute Formulator's Roundtable.
Membership with the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IOPP) where we work in a sub-group to specifically look at sustainable packaging ideas.
Member of GreenBiz executive network.
Member for Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) organization.
Member of Corporate Eco Forum.
Report annually to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).
Chair the National Association of Manufacturer’s Environmental Committee.
Participate in Green Chemistry and Commerce Council.
Participate in GreenBlue’ Clean Ingredients Steering Committee.
Burt’s Bees led industry initiatives to establish a robust Natural Products Association natural standard for personal care products. Green Works subsequently did the same for cleaning products.
Burt’s Bees has ongoing partnerships with a select group of like-minded organizations with which they work to make a difference in communities. Some of these organizations are:
- AmeriCares
- The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
- Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics (CCIC)
- The Conservation Alliance
- Habitat for Humanity
- Institute of Packaging Professionals
- The National Arbor Day Foundation
- Natural Products Association
- The Nature Conservancy
- NC Green Power
- Net Impact
- North Carolina Sustainable Business Council
- Piedmont Biofuels
- Renewable Choice Energy
- Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC)
- U.S. Green Building Council
- EPA’s Climate Leaders Program

Retail Customers

Clorox works with its retail partners in order to make our joint supply chain more eco-efficient, and in order to bring more sustainable products to today's consumers. Part of this commitment is our active participation as a founding member of The Sustainability Consortium—an industry-wide effort of manufacturers, retailers, academic experts, and NGOs that is working to standardize and make more transparent the way companies and products measure and communicate their environmental impact.

External Speaking Events

Since 2008, Clorox has shared its sustainability story and learnings at over 25 conferences and forums. We also appreciate the opportunity to learn from and share practices with other companies, NGOs and sustainability experts who have much to teach us.

External Reporting

Clorox is committed to the principle of transparency and publicizes its sustainability activities on our Clorox web site, in our Annual Report, and soon in a separate Corporate Responsibility Report.

We also report our environmental activities to a number of organizations, including the Carbon Disclosure Project, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Leaders Program. We also report to major investor research firms requesting our sustainability information, and welcome and cooperate with external rating organizations like Climate Counts, Newsweek, and the Good Guide.