Mr. Uchita de Zoysa of D&D Strategic Solutions and Centre for Environment and Development was invited by Prof. Dr. Marina Franke - Manager Global Sustainability of Procter & Gamble Service GmbH to visit their main office in Sulzbacher Strasse 40, D - 65823 Schwalbach am Taunus, Germany recently. The meetings were a planned as a step towards establishing stronger stakeholder relations for global sustainability programmes.
The three day discussions commenced with P&G External Relations team which handles Corporate Social Responsibility, Public Relations and Global Sustainability. It was revealed that P&G supports the UN Millennium Development Goals of safe drinking water and sanitation, reductions in child and mother mortality and morbidity, and quality of life for slum dwellers and women and girls in the developing world. Meetings were also held with P&G researchers gathered from across the world for their sustainability innovations exhibition. The P&G researchers explained their contributions to society and the environment through new innovations such as PUR for purification of drinking water for developing countries, eco-friendly diapers that considers the full life-cycle effect, and tide cold water washing powder for washing machines that helps reduce energy consumption, amongst several other sustainable innovations.
One of the main discussions was on establishing a “Global Stakeholder Dialogue on Sustainable Consumption and Production”. The preliminary model for stakeholder networking that was formulated by Uchita was highly commended by Prof. Franke and extended her fullest support to generate global industry sector support. It was concluded to pursue formulating a series of case studies on best practices to promote sustainable consumption and production. Uchita will soon release the book “Asian Case Studies on Sustainable Consumption” which is part of the “Asian Review on Sustainable Consumption” released recently in Stockholm. Prof. Franke also presented Uchita with her book on “Integrated Waste Management: a Life Cycle Inventory”.
The three day discussions commenced with P&G External Relations team which handles Corporate Social Responsibility, Public Relations and Global Sustainability. It was revealed that P&G supports the UN Millennium Development Goals of safe drinking water and sanitation, reductions in child and mother mortality and morbidity, and quality of life for slum dwellers and women and girls in the developing world. Meetings were also held with P&G researchers gathered from across the world for their sustainability innovations exhibition. The P&G researchers explained their contributions to society and the environment through new innovations such as PUR for purification of drinking water for developing countries, eco-friendly diapers that considers the full life-cycle effect, and tide cold water washing powder for washing machines that helps reduce energy consumption, amongst several other sustainable innovations.
One of the main discussions was on establishing a “Global Stakeholder Dialogue on Sustainable Consumption and Production”. The preliminary model for stakeholder networking that was formulated by Uchita was highly commended by Prof. Franke and extended her fullest support to generate global industry sector support. It was concluded to pursue formulating a series of case studies on best practices to promote sustainable consumption and production. Uchita will soon release the book “Asian Case Studies on Sustainable Consumption” which is part of the “Asian Review on Sustainable Consumption” released recently in Stockholm. Prof. Franke also presented Uchita with her book on “Integrated Waste Management: a Life Cycle Inventory”.
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