In 2004, we established environmental goals for our global manufacturing locations in five key areas:
Our initial goals for Avon’s global manufacturing locations, set using
2004 baseline statistics, expired at the end of 2008. We have made
significant progress and set new targets for both our manufacturing and
branch locations, and have established new baseline metrics and
programs in the additional areas of environmental impact such as
airline travel and our fleet.
Looking Ahead
Avon’s performance has shown good progress in meeting four of our five
goals (recycling, energy and water use reduction, and GHG emissions).
However, waste generated per unit produced had increased 2004-2007 due
in part to the destruction of expired product inventory, which is
calculated as waste. In 2008 we reversed this trend, and waste
generated fell below the 2006 level. We continue to focus on further
improvement in all of these areas.