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  • And The Winner Is
    April 12, 2013 - 2:01pm
    Reaching consumers, solving shopper marketing challenges, and helping solve the clean water crisis. We’re thrilled to have received recognition in recent weeks for our work in each of these areas, as well as recognition for Olay and Global Business Services. CSDW Earns ‘Patent for Humanity’ AwardEarlier this week, the U.S. Department of Commerce recognized P&G’s Children’s Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) program as one of the winners of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO)more...
  • Summit on the Summit 2013: Raising Awareness About the Global Clean Water Crisis
    January 3, 2013 - 12:13pm
    Summit On The Summit today officially kicked off its ambitious expedition to Mt. Kilimanjaro in an effort to drive awareness and change to the global clean water crisis. Cultural influencers Justin Chatwin, Mark Foster, Beau Garrett, Chase Jarvis and Bryn Mooser join Grammy-nominated singer and philanthropist Kenna on the second ascent of Africa’s tallest peak.more...
  • Summit on the Summit 2013: Raising Awareness About the Clean Water Crisis
    December 19, 2012 - 1:33pm
    Today, we announced that P&G is once again participating in “Summit on the Summit” to hike Mount Kilimanjaro in January 2013 in an effort to raise awareness of the global clean water crisis. more...
  • New Plant Means Clean Drinking Water For Those In Need
    November 29, 2012 - 11:02am
    Today, we celebrated the opening of our P&G Purifier of Water manufacturing plant in Singapore. The new plant is expected to manufacture more than 200 million P&G Purifier of Water sachets a year by 2020, making more than two billion litres of clean drinking water accessible to children and families around the world through P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water program. This is equivalent to preventing 80 million days of diarrhoea and saving more than 10,000 lives every year.more...
  • P&G Children's Safe Drinking Water Program Wins Economist Innovation Award
    November 19, 2012 - 9:41am
    Calling it an innovation “beyond inspiration,” a panel of global judges named P&G’s Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program one of the world’s most impactful developments, presenting it with the 2012 Economist Social Innovation Award.more...
  • William Procter’s Pilgrimage to Cincinnati
    November 7, 2012 - 10:14am
    Stories handed down the Long Blue Line—whether heartwarming or heartbreaking—give us great glimpses into the past that shine a light on our roots and inspire us to work harder to improve everyday life today, and tomorrow.The account of founder William Procter’s journey with his wife Martha from England to Cincinnati is, as his grandson describes it in his memoirs, “a pathetic story of two young people starting out in the new world.”more...
  • President Clinton Announces Partnership Between Smokey Robinson, P&G To Provide Clean Drinking Water Through Global Smoke Alarm
    September 24, 2012 - 6:13am
    For the past seven years, we have made some of our boldest and most exciting sustainability commitments at the Clinton Global Initiative. This is a place for us to join with world leaders, governments and other companies committed to investing in the future of the world we all share.more...
  • Lusiya’s Story: ‘So Happy’ To Receive Clean Water
    September 17, 2012 - 8:13am
    Meet Lusiya. Every day, she collects water from a local well for her nine children. The well is open to the air – and the cow and goat droppings surrounding it. In her rural village, this is the only option if she needs water for cooking, cleaning and drinking. more...
  • Water Drop: An Update On P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program Efforts
    August 27, 2012 - 1:04pm
    From Malawi and Kenya to college campuses in the United States, the P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program (CSDW) continues to spread the word about the importance of clean drinking water and implement programs that make clean drinking water a reality in areas where contaminated water sources are common. more...
  • P&G Uses Magical Moments to Celebrate 25 Years in Colombia
    June 7, 2012 - 2:02pm
    Earlier this month, more than 800 guests including customers, government, media members, celebrities, beauty bloggers, employees, Olympic Athletes and their moms and others participated in the P&G experience, joined by P&G Chairman, President and CEO Bob McDonald. The event celebrated P&G’s 25-year anniversary in Colombia and marked the official launch of the P&G brand in that country. more...