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What’s in a Brand? The Clorox FY18 Annual Report Answers ‘Everything’

Value. Innovation. Leadership. These qualities applied to our diverse portfolio of leading brands are a formula for long-term growth.

Company

Evolve This: Our 103-Year Health and Wellness Journey

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

Responsibility

Forward-Looking Sustainability Goals Guide Everyday Actions

This post was written by Paula Alexander, director of Sustainable Business for Burt’s Bees and president of the Burt’s Bees Greater Good Foundation. I recently joined some of the biggest players in business, including Google, Coca-Cola, Boeing and Procter & Gamble at the Corporate Eco Forum in Chicago. On the first night of the conference, at the Sixth Annual C. K. Prahalad Awards ceremony, three industry leaders were recognized for “private sector action that exemplifies the fundamental connection between sustainability, innovation and long-term business success.” One of those leaders was Kurt Kuehn, the chief financial officer of UPS Inc.

Responsibility

Burt’s Bees Social Responsibility Report Takes Lessons from Bees

This post was written by Paula Alexander, director of Sustainable Business for Burt’s Bees and president of the Burt’s Bees Greater Good Foundation. Authenticity, transparency and sustainability are important strands of the Burt’s Bees brand DNA. We bring this to life through the “% natural” indicator on our labels and through our Sustainability Report. On June 24, Burt’s Bees released its last corporate social responsibility report. Because our official data and reporting is now covered by the award-winning Clorox integrated report, we have fewer constraints on our reporting format and can focus on our progress against goals, our strategic priorities and what’s…

Company

Report Card on Our Annual Report

Recently, we asked for feedback on our annual report from some of our stakeholders, including analysts, NGOs, bloggers, media and opinion leaders. It was an anonymous survey, unless the person choose to share their information, and here's some of what they had to say. Most rated the report -- which combines our financial and our environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance -- as "excellent,” a smaller group as “average” and one person as “poor” compared to other integrated reports. (We didn't like seeing the "poor," but some of the commentary helped us guess the thought and context behind the rating.) …

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A Win to Start the New Year

Last Tuesday was a big night for Clorox. At Corporate Secretary magazine’s 2012 Corporate Governance Awards in New York City, the company was named the winner of “most innovative CSR disclosure policy” for our work in corporate responsibility (CR) reporting. Specifically, we were recognized for our 2011 annual report, “Think Outside the Bottle,” (bleach bottle pun intended), which marked our move toward integrated reporting. Integrated reporting is an emerging trend that calls for companies to demonstrate the strategic link between financial, environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance. We’ve decided to move in this direction because ESG performance is fundamental to our business. It’s an essential…
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