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Clorox commits to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050

Our emissions-reduction goals follow the latest climate science to prevent the worst impacts of climate change.

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Aberdeen plant dives for zero

Aberdeen, Maryland, is the 21st Clorox facility to be certified zero-waste-to-landfill and one of seven to achieve that goal in fiscal year 2021.

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The Clorox Company Foundation: A new mission and focus

This year, with Clorox crystallizing its long-held purpose and province as a health & wellness company, the foundation adapted its mission and focus to align with that purpose.

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Kingsford plant overcomes odds, is certified zero-waste-to-landfill

The plant in rural West Virginia overcame unique challenges to become Clorox's 20th certified zero-waste facility.

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Clorox supports legal advocacy in service of racial justice

As part of our racial justice commitments, we funded three legal fellows to work on solutions for issues that disproportionately impact Black communities. Here's one of their stories.

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5 Big Things to Remember About Sustainability

Sustainability expert Solitaire Townsend shares easy ways we can all change the world for the better.

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Clorox Donates $250K to Direct Relief for Vaccines in Underserved Communities

The money will be directed to community health centers in four of our largest regions: Oakland, Atlanta, Houston, Raleigh-Durham.

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Thriving Together: Burt’s Bees 2020 Impact Report

Dig into the progress we’ve made for people and planet and our vision for 2025.

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100% Renewable Electricity in the U.S. and Canada? Check!

We've met one of the signature environmental, social, governance (ESG) goals of our IGNITE strategy four years ahead of plan.

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Keeping our environmental commitments during the pandemic production surge

The team at our Cleaning plant in Houston, Texas, has delivered on its zero-waste goals even as it produces more bleach that ever before.

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Clorox Joins U.S. Plastics Pact, Takes Meaningful Step to Achieve Important Environmental Goals

This is the latest step on our journey to change how private industry and consumers use and dispose of plastic.

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Clorox Cares for Caregivers across the United States

Since March, Clorox has donated $14.5 million in cash and product to help front-line caregivers fighting coronavirus. Find out where some of that has gone.

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Clorox Employees Rally for Remote Celebration of Earth Day’s 50th anniversary

Here’s a glimpse of some of the ways Clorox employees commemorated the day and Clorox’s enduring commitment to sustainability.

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Clorox Quilicura journeys beyond zero-waste-to-landfill

The Clorox plant in Quilicura, Chile is steadily pushing to make its operations more sustainable, building on recent achievements and earning recognition for its efforts.

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Reimagining Waste Audits to Be Simpler, Faster and More Sustainable

See how a Kingsford plant tapped technology for an in-depth waste audit, saving the time and the environmental impact of a cross-country flight.

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Glad Brand Loops into the Circular Economy

We’re embracing innovative business models in an effort to reduce waste.

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On the Front Lines of Ingredient Transparency

Clorox continues to be on the front lines of ingredient transparency — and not just because it’s required or good for business but because it's the right thing to do.

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GivingTuesday Is a GIFT that Keeps on Giving

Clorox is helping donate $10,000 to charity through its workplace giving program.

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Reducing Packaging Waste on America Recycles Day

Because Clorox believes action is needed to address the impact from plastics accumulating around the world, including in our oceans and beaches.

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Burt’s Bees (Re)Joins the Effort to Protect Half the Earth for All Life

Here are 5 takeaways from a recent Half Earth event — and how they inspire our work at Clorox.

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Clorox Atlanta Plants Have Zero Tolerance — for Waste

We kick off our IGNITE Strategy by certifying two new zero-waste-to-landfill sites.

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Supplier Diversity Delivers Impact Beyond Spend

Partnering with diverse suppliers is one way we serve the communities where we live and work.

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Building Sustainable Bridges — in Partnership

At AIM-PROGRESS, working with peer companies, discovering ruby chocolate and attending a Braves game at Wrigley Field are all in a day’s work.

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When a Perfect 10 Is Not Good Enough

The Clorox team in Latin America boldly expanded our zero-waste-to-landfill site count to minimize our environmental footprint.

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Searching for Solutions at the Ocean Plastics Leadership Summit

Three Clorox leaders joined a summit at sea to explore innovative, cross-industry solutions to a global problem.

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Clorox Joins Loop to Evolve the Circular Economy

This innovative effort offers a new way for us to reduce packaging waste in e-commerce and give consumers more of what they want.

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It’s All About the Impact

The Clorox Company Foundation celebrates 38 years of making a difference in communities where we work and live.

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Brita and National Geographic Team Up to Ask: Planet or Plastic?

Purpose-driven partnership shares stories about how bottled water impacts your environment.

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Kingsford Sizzles with Sustainable Manufacturing

This brand has been doing things the eco way for almost 100 years, and long before it was in vogue.

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Another goal in Clorox’s (eco-friendly) bag

We surpassed our product sustainability goal two years early.

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Glad Global Facilities Go Zero Waste

The Glad brand has done more than any other at Clorox to help us achieve two years early our 2020 Sustainability goal to have 10 sites certified zero-waste-to-landfill. Now, every Glad facility is zero-waste.

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And Then There Were 10

Our plant in Conghua, China, has been certified Zero Waste to Landfill, helping us reach one of our 2020 sustainability goals two years early.

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The Heart of the Matter

For Burt’s Bees, sourcing responsibly is all about the people behind the ingredients.

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Clorox Supports #GivingTuesday

We’re giving 100 randomly selected employees a $100 charitable gift card to jumpstart a season of giving.

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Why America Recycles Day Matters

Many Americans don't recycle properly, which undermines their good intentions. Here are some tips on the right way to reduce the waste you create.

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Burt’s Bees’ Sustainability Moonshot

The brand joins E.O. Wilson in goal to conserve half the Earth for biodiversity, commits to mapping bee species worldwide.

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Clorox Canada’s Biscayne Office: The Ace of Waste

Our ninth zero-waste-to-landfill site is also our first office to receive the designation.

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Glad Amherst Journeys to Zero Waste to Landfill

The inside story of how this Glad plant got to zero.

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Burt’s Bees Releases 2018 Progress Update on 2020 Sustainability Goals

Biennial report details progress and obstacles as brand strives for continual sustainability improvements.

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Making What’s Inside — and Now What’s Outside — Count

We’ve committed to go beyond the ingredient labeling that will be required under the new California Cleaning Product Right to Know law.

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A Legacy of Corporate Community Building

40 years ago, Clorox helped establish the East Oakland Youth Development Center. We've continued to support it ever since, impacting the lives of tens of thousands of Oakland youth.

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Experiencing the Clorox Mission to Make Everyday Life Better, Every Day

A Clorox employee wins the chance to go to Peru and witness the Clorox Safe Water Project for herself.

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Burt’s Bees Invites Users to Recycle On Us™

Partnership with TerraCycle makes it easier to recycle our packaging, so more of it stays out of landfill.

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Glad R&D Cracks Formula for Zero Waste to Landfill

Our Willowbrook, Illinois, facility has been certified Zero Waste to Landfill. Clorox now has eight zero-waste sites globally.

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With an Eye on Impact, The Clorox Company Foundation Refines its Grantmaking

After a strategic review, we’ve decided to go narrow and deep with our portfolio of grantees.

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Burt’s Bees Helps Industry Group Drive Sustainability in Products, Packaging

The natural personal care brand worked with competitors, retailers and NGOs to create a common rating system for beauty and personal care products.

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Clorox Sites Celebrate Earth Month 2018

See how teams across the company supported our sustainability initiatives and eco goals.

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Clorox Seeds New Commitments in Corporate Philanthropy

The Clorox Company Foundation 2017 annual report details our community impact and a new philanthropic focus area: urban farms.

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Clorox Celebrates a World with Safe(r) Water

The manager of our Clorox Safe Water Project reflects on the progress we’ve made over five years in Northern Peru.

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Clorox Mexico Dumps Landfills for Good

Clorox is committed to certifying 10 sites as zero-waste-to-landfill by 2020. Two facilities in Mexico have just secured this recognition.

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Why Clorox Lawyers Harness the Power of Pro Bono

A commitment to pro bono makes the Clorox Legal department stronger while providing Clorox employees an opportunity to serve their community.

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For Shannon, the Natural Supply Chain Is Personal

She travels the world, building relationships and helping communities in pursuit of natural, responsible ingredients for Burt’s Bees products.

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Belle’s Commitment to Recycling

Our Kingsford plant in Belle, Missouri, finds creative ways to reuse materials and energy when making Kingsford charcoal.

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Clorox Mexico Recognized for Environmental Leadership

The Clorox plant earned "Clean Industry" certification, the highest recognition granted by PROFEPA, Mexico's environmental authority.

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Clorox Supports Hurricane Relief

The Clorox Company and employees are proud to support the communities where we live and do business in the wake of recent hurricanes. We encourage everyone to do what they can to help those in need.

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Tapping Value from Wastewater

A program to reuse industrial wastewater at Clorox plants in Chile and Colombia is the year's biggest sustainability win in Latin America.

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It’s Her Business to Know Your Beeswax

The Burt’s Bees® brand is committed to sustainable sourcing of its natural ingredients. Here, we connect with Shannon Hess, the woman in charge of that important effort.

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Paving the Way to Reduced Waste

Two Kingsford plants found innovative ways to reuse hard-to-recycle rubble and reduce the amount of waste we send to landfill.

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Clorox Seeds Growth of Urban Farms

The Clorox Company Foundation expands focus area, geographies served with a fresh approach to tackling food insecurity.

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Glad® Rogers Plant: The Hero of Zero

The Glad® plant in Rogers, Arkansas — the largest of all Clorox Company plants — isthe third Clorox facility to achieve zero waste-to-landfill status.

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Clorox Volunteers Give Philanthropy Beyond the Check

Noncash support from corporate partners like Clorox enables a nonprofit like Community Resources for Science to achieve its mission to bring scientists and everyday science into schools, writes Executive Director Teresa Barnett.

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Art and Activism Unite in The Good of the Hive

Artist-activist Matthew Willey discusses his The Good of the Hive project and how working with Burt's Bees employees inspired him to be more bold.

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The Environmental Impact of Package Design

Redesigned packaging for Burt's Bees Facial Towelettes delivers an environmental win.

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EPA Names Clorox Partner of the Year

Clorox is an Environmental Protection Agency Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award winner for a second year running.

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Diving for Zero in Costa Rica

The plant takes stock of its waste situation, finds ways to improve recycling and sustainability performance.

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Clorox Sites Celebrate Earth Month

Fourteen Clorox sites and more than 800 employees worldwide rallied around the Earth Month theme, “Journey to Zero Waste.”…

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Clorox Peru Aids Flood Victims

Clorox Peru responds to devastating floods.

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Fairfield Plant Goes Solar

The California facility ups its commitment to renewable energy in time for Earth Month.

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Reducing Waste, Creating Jobs in Durham

Burt’s Bees has teamed with nonprofit Life Experiences to meet an important sustainability goal.

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Science, Science Everywhere in Atlanta

Clorox employees, supported by the Clorox Southeast Science Education Team, came out in force to support the 2017 Atlanta Science Festival.

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Summer Shade Woodpile Cover Aims for Environmental Trifecta

A massive fabric superstructure over the woodpile storage at this Kingsford plant will minimize exposure to natural elements. This should reduce energy use, help us reuse water and minimize potential emissions.

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Why Clorox Is Committed to Safe Water

March 22 is World Water Day and a great opportunity to focus on one of the world’s greatest public health threats — contaminated water.

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‘Hidden Figures’ of Clorox Inspire STEM’s Next Generation

Clorox scientists. They pursued careers in professions not typically held by women or minorities. Today, they work behind the scenes to make sure Clorox products are safe and effective.

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A Fresh View of our Palm Oil Derivative Journey

More than a year ago, we set out to better understand how we source our palm oil derivative ingredients. To explore our journey so far, we talked to Natalie Massey, a supply chain associate in our Global Strategic Sourcing division and one of the newest members of our Eco Team.

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Clorox Company Foundation Builds Stronger Communities

The Clorox Company Foundation annual report documents our efforts to build healthy and vibrant communities.

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Mejorando el acceso a agua segura en Perú

Para aquellos que tenemos fácil acceso a agua limpia y segura, podemos fácilmente olvidarlo. Pero para las 783 millones de personas alrededor del mundo que no tienen acceso a agua limpia y segura – esto es 1 de cada 9 personas – la preocupación es un hecho en sus vidas.

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Clorox 360-Degree Video Tells Safe Water Story

For the 783 million people around the world who lack access to clean and safe water, worrying about and collecting healthy water is a major fact of life. To draw attention to this global public health issue, Clorox partnered with AOL's HuffPost RYOT to create a 360-degree video.

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Charcoal Plant Manufactures an Island

The Kingsford® charcoal facility in Belle, Missouri, has planted an island. The island, a floating wetland of organic and manmade materials, helps filter water in the plant's recycling ponds. It’s one of the novel ways we at the Belle plant are working to reduce our environmental impact and be a good neighbor to the surrounding community.

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How You Can Help Oakland Fire Victims and Their Families

We’re deeply saddened by the loss of life in the Dec. 2 warehouse fire in our hometown of Oakland, California. Clorox has joined with the San Francisco Bay Area community to support those affected by this tragedy. You can help, too, by supporting donation efforts such as the YouCaring Fund and nonprofits providing relief, including the American Red Cross. The Clorox Company Foundation is donating $30,000 to the American Red Cross in recognition of its efforts following the Oakland fire and ongoing relief work in the community. The Foundation also is matching eligible employee contributions made through our employee giving program.

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Burt’s Bees Brand Releases Update on Sustainability Progress

We’re excited to release our 2020 Sustainability Goals Update — now live on burtsbees.com.

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Improving Mental Health Treatment of Foster Youth

A Clorox-sponsored lawyer fights for foster youth.

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Burt’s Bees Adds Recycled Content to Lip Balm Tubes

Burt's Bees lip balm tubes now contain recycled plastic.

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Bringing STEM to the Classes

A Clorox employee brings STEM enrichment to Atlanta-area youth.

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Fighting Domestic Violence

Clorox lawyers prepped a domestic violence case for appeal.

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Evolve This: Our 103-Year Health and Wellness Journey

We've released our FY16 annual report. Read about our evolution.

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Committed to Responsible Palm Oil Sourcing

As we continue on our sustainability journey, our commitment means taking a closer look at our upstream supply chain — including how we source ingredients.

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A Brita XPRIZE to Change the World

The Clorox Company is an XPRIZE Visioneer.

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Capturing the Sun

Achieving business results while conserving resources.

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Meet the Burt’s Bees Natural Launchpad Winners

And the winners are ...

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Clorox Joins The Forest Trust to Enhance Palm Oil Sourcing Efforts

Transforming our palm oil supply chain.

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Houston Plant Gives in Times of Need

The Clorox Company, proud supporter of the American Red Cross.
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