The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) today announced that it has been
awarded the "Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for Designing
Greener Chemicals" for 2009 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) on behalf of the White House. The award, administered each year,
recognizes individuals, companies and technologies that incorporate the
ideals of sustainable chemistry into their formulation, manufacture, and
end use. P&G Chemicals and Cook Composites and Polymers (CCP) jointly
received the award based on the Chempol(R) MPS technology, which was
collaboratively developed and commercialized by the partnering
organizations.
Chempol® MPS is an innovative, Sefose(R)-based alkyd resin technology
that enables formulation of paints and coatings with less than half the
Volatile Organic Compounds, or VOC's, of traditional, solvent-borne
alkyd coatings. Sefose® technology from P&G is prepared from natural,
renewable feedstocks in a patented, solventless process. Chempol® MPS
alkyd resins are specially-formulated to perform like traditional,
petroleum-based alkyd resins while delivering both an improved
environmental profile and an enhanced consumer usage experience.
"P&G Chemicals is honored to receive this prestigious environmental
award," says Camille Z. Chammas, general manager, P&G Chemicals. "The
Sefose® and Chempol® MPS technologies are great examples of two things
that P&G does best: innovation in sustainable chemistry by harnessing
the creativity of our people, and long-term partnerships with
best-in-class organizations. We are excited to jointly commercialize
this technology, which will be a win for paint manufacturers, our
environment and the consumers that use the resulting products."
The Sefose® technology is a key example of P&G's ongoing commitment to
sustainability and the resulting innovation to help deliver against our
Company goals and principles. P&G established its five sustainability
strategies in 2007 with specific, measurable goals in key areas. In
November 2008, P&G released its tenth annual sustainability report which
highlighted the company's approach and progress toward meeting these
goals. In March of 2009, the Company announced significantly increased
targets for its 2012 sustainability goals. The updates reflect the
company's continued commitment and progress in improving the
environmental profile of P&G's products and operations and bettering
lives of children in need through its Live, Learn and Thrive™ corporate
social responsibility programs.
"Innovation is our lifeblood, and P&G's long-term, disciplined approach
to sustainable innovation remains a core priority for our Company," said
Bruce Brown, P&G's chief technical officer (CTO). "Our Sefose®
technology and the collaborative innovation behind Chempol(R) MPS are
excellent examples of how our Connect + Develop(SM) capability should
work, helping to enable the delivery of breakthrough and sustainable
products to the marketplace that improve the lives of the world's
consumers."
The distinction will be announced today at the 13th Annual Green
Chemistry & Engineering Conference, a gathering for scientists,
engineers and corporate leaders engaged in the business of
sustainability. Len Sauers, P&G's vice president, global sustainability,
is one of the featured keynote speakers at the conference organized by
the American Chemical Society (ACS) Green Chemistry Institute®.
About Procter & Gamble
Three billion times a day, P&G brands touch the lives of people around
the world. The company has one of the strongest portfolios of trusted,
quality, leadership brands, including Pampers®, Tide®, Ariel®, Always®,
Whisper®, Pantene®, Mach3®, Bounty®, Dawn®, Gain®, Pringles®, Charmin®,
Downy®, Lenor®, Iams®, Crest®, Oral-B®, Actonel®, Duracell®, Olay®, Head
& Shoulders®, Wella®, Gillette®, Braun® and Fusion®. The P&G community
includes approximately 138,000 employees working in over 80 countries
worldwide. Please visit http://www.pg.com
for the latest news and in-depth information about P&G and its brands.
About Procter & Gamble Chemicals
P&G Chemicals, a business unit of The Procter & Gamble Company, is a
global marketer of fatty alcohols, methyl esters, fatty acids,
glycerine, tertiary amines, Sefose(R), and Food Ingredients and has been
in the chemical business for over 170 years. P&G Chemicals has sales
offices in Cincinnati, Ohio; London, England; Geneva, Switzerland;
Singapore, Beijing and Guangzhou, China.
About Cook Composites and Polymers (CCP)
Quality products and superior customer service have made Cook Composites
and Polymers (CCP) an international leader in the production and
distribution of polyester gel coats and resins. CCP is the world's
largest producer of polyester gel coats and the second largest producer
of coatings resins. In addition, the CCP distributor network is North
America's largest for composites and cast polymers. Headquartered in
Kansas City, Mo., CCP has manufacturing facilities throughout the United
States, Canada and Mexico. CCP affiliate companies include TOTAL, Cray
Valley, Sartomer, Reacciones Quimicas, Peninsula Polymers and Progress
Plastiques among others.
