| Economic |
| Total revenues in 2008 (billions) |
$10.7 |
| Total number of Representatives worldwide |
5.8 million |
| Countries with sales operations |
66 |
| Additional countries with distribution operations |
48 |
| Customers served per year |
More than 300 million |
Transactions completed per year
|
Nearly 1 billion |
| Associates |
| Total number of associates |
42,000 |
| Number of employee networks |
5 |
| Females as a percentage of total US senior leaders |
49% |
| Females as a percentage of total US managers |
57% |
| Females as a percentage of total US workforce |
72% |
| Minorities as a percentage of total US managers |
28% |
| Minorities as a percentage of total US workforce |
36% |
| Females as a percentage of total worldwide management |
55% |
| Females as a percentage of total worldwide workforce |
63% |
| Environment (* designates statistic for global manufacturing operations) |
| Total energy use in 2008 (MM BTUs)* |
1,015,314 |
| Energy consumption index in 2008 (MM BTUs/MM units)* |
397.66 |
| Reduction in energy consumption per unit from 2002 to 2008* |
30% |
| Total GHG emissions in 2008 (tonnes CO2e)* |
100,224 |
| Reduction in GHG emissions per unit produced from 2002 to 2008* |
31% |
| Total water use in 2008 (thousands of gallons)* |
485,939 |
| Water consumption index in 2008 (gallons/thousand units produced)* |
190.32 |
| Reduction in water consumption per unit produced from 2002 to 2008* |
24% |
| Total waste produced in 2008 (thousands of lbs) |
108,844 |
| Waste production index in 2008 (lbs/thousand units produced)* |
42.63 |
| Reduction in waste per thousand units produced from 2004 through 2008* |
11.24% |
| Percentage of materials recycled in 2008* |
65% |
| Percent increase in recycling efficiency from 2004 through 2008 |
25% |
| Percentage of US orders placed online |
70% |
| Number of US orders processed online |
Nearly 7.7 million |
| Regulatory violations in 2008 |
1 |
| Monetary value of regulatory penalties in 2008 |
$0 |
| Governance |
| Percentage of directors who are independent |
90% |
| Percentage of directors who are female |
45% |
| Number of standing board committees |
4 |
| Percentage of board committees comprising solely independent directors |
100% |
| Philanthropy |
| Funds raised worldwide through 2008 |
$660 million |
| Grants awarded by the Avon Foundation in 2008 |
$48,649,118 |
| Funds raised to combat breast cancer through 2008 |
$585 million |
| Grants awarded to combat breast cancer in 2008 |
$43,140,795 |
| Funds raised to combat domestic violence through 2008 |
$14 million |
| Grants awarded to combat domestic violence in 2008 |
$4,800,260 |
| Funds raised to provide disaster relief through 2008 |
$17.5 million |
| Product Responsibility |
| Number of professionals participating in the product-safety review process |
70 |
| Number of products created in Avon’s laboratories annually |
Nearly 1,000 |
| Workplace Safety and Health |
| Overall total recordable case (TRC) rate in 2008 |
1.2 |
| TRC rate at manufacturing facilities in 2008 |
1.1 |
| TRC rate at distribution centers in 2008 |
1.2 |
| Approximate number of managers and supervisors receiving safety leadership training to date |
700 |