OAKLAND,
Calif., Oct. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) was named a winner of the
Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2023 Green Chemistry Awards
for its efforts to design products that reduce the generation and
use of hazardous substances. The company was distinctly recognized
in the "Designing Greener Chemicals" category for its development
and launch of Clorox EcoClean™ Disinfecting Cleaner, which is made
with a plant-based active ingredient that kills 99.9% of
illness-causing germs in two minutes or less when used as
directed.
The Clorox Company was named a winner of
the EPA's 2023 Green Chemistry Challenge Award.
Ingredient advocacy is a critical element of Clorox's
environmental, social, and governance goals, which are embedded in
the company's corporate IGNITE strategy. The Clorox EcoClean™
product line, sold via the Clorox Professional business unit,
includes All-Purpose Cleaner and Glass Cleaner in addition to
Disinfecting Cleaner. Clorox EcoClean™ helps the company deliver on
its promise to enhance the sustainability of its products via the
use of plant-based ingredient alternatives, and to reduce virgin
plastic in its supply chain by using a minimum of 25% post-recycled
plastic in packaging.
"We all share a responsibility to help prevent pollution by
advancing green innovation and the design of eco-friendly chemicals
and materials," said Michelle
Claudnic, senior director, Research and Development for
Clorox Professional. "We are honored to be awarded the EPA Green
Chemistry Challenge Award as we continue delivering on our
commitment to environmental sustainability and responsible business
practices. Clorox Professional is proud to offer a new choice for
cleaning professionals seeking eco-conscious cleaners and
disinfectants to keep facilities clean and healthy."
This recognition builds upon Clorox's longstanding product
stewardship efforts, including becoming the first major consumer
packaged goods company to voluntarily disclose ingredients in U.S.
retail and professional cleaning, disinfecting and laundry products
over a decade ago. Clorox was also recently named an EPA 2023 Safer
Choice Partner of the Year for its outstanding achievement in the
manufacturing of products with ingredients that are safer for
families, pets, workplaces, communities, and the environment.
About The Clorox Company
The Clorox Company (NYSE:
CLX) champions people to be well and thrive every single day. Its
trusted brands, which include Brita®, Burt's Bees®, Clorox®, Fresh
Step®, Glad®, Hidden Valley®, Kingsford®, Liquid-Plumr®, Pine-Sol®
and Natural Vitality®, can be found in about nine of 10 U.S. homes
and internationally with brands such as Ayudin®, Clorinda®, Chux®
and Poett®. Headquartered in Oakland,
California, since 1913, Clorox was one of the first U.S.
companies to integrate ESG into its business reporting. Visit
thecloroxcompany.com to learn more.
About EPA's Green Chemistry Challenge Awards
Since the
inception of the awards more than a quarter century ago, EPA and
the American Chemical Society, which co-sponsor the awards, have
received more than 1,800 nominations and presented awards to 133
technologies that decrease hazardous chemicals and resources,
reduce costs, protect public health, and spur economic growth.
Winning technologies are responsible for annually reducing the use
or generation of hundreds of millions of pounds of hazardous
chemicals, saving billions of gallons of water, and eliminating
billions of pounds of carbon dioxide equivalents.
CLX-C
View original content to download
multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/clorox-wins-2023-epa-award-for-advancing-green-chemistry-301964958.html
SOURCE The Clorox Company