5. Procter and Gamble is a well known company dealing in different types of consumer
goods. It specializes in a wide range of personal health/consumer health, and personal
care and hygiene products; these products are organized into several segments including
Beauty, Grooming; Health Care; Fabric & Home Care
; and Baby, Feminine & Family Care.
As a part of its corporate vision the company has certain goals to promote sustainable
living
A few of its other goals includes; to use 100% renewable and recycled materials for all
its products and packaging, reduce absolute gas emissions by 30%, reduce energy use
by 20% per unit production, ensure plants are powered by 30% renewable energy.
Why do you think the company is so much concerned about undertaking concrete steps
for pollution control? Explain by giving any five reasons in support of your answer.
Answers
Answer:
The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multi-national consumer goods corporation headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by British American William Procter and Irish American James Gamble. It specializes in a wide range of personal health/consumer health, and personal care and hygiene products; these products are organized into several segments including Beauty; Grooming; Health Care; Fabric & Home Care; and Baby, Feminine & Family Care. Before the sale of Pringles to the Kellogg Company, its product portfolio also included foods, snacks, and beverages.
Explanation:
How they do it: Procter & Gamble developed a lower-price diaper line with a reduced set of features for its Brazilian market in 2010. Customers who were unable to afford the company’s more expensive diapers were willing to pay for a solution that would keep babies dry overnight, given that many co-sleep with their children. The basic tier of products now exists around the world under different brand names (e.g. Simply Dry in Western Europe).