Korea P&G Presents Carbon Neutrality Direction at WWF Panda Talk

Ye Hyun-sook, Executive Director of External Relations at Korea P&G, introducing the concept of LCA and P&G's efforts.

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Hyewon] Korea P&G announced on the 16th that it co-hosted the environmental lecture program ‘Panda Talk’ with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and presented a new paradigm of environmental sustainability aimed at creating bigger and more meaningful changes beyond waste reduction.

Korea P&G is leading efforts to raise awareness of the importance of ‘Life Cycle Assessment (LCA),’ which evaluates the environmental impact generated throughout the entire process from product manufacturing to disposal, and to open a new horizon for sustainability.

This Panda Talk was organized to increase public understanding of the relatively unfamiliar concept of LCA and to share meaningful activities that general consumers, brands, and companies can practice from the LCA perspective.

Ye Hyunsook, Executive Director of External Cooperation at Korea P&G, said, "As a global company that produces daily necessities we encounter most frequently, we take responsibility for the environmental issues we currently face and strive to achieve carbon neutrality," reflecting on Korea P&G’s mid- to long-term goals for carbon neutrality.

Korea P&G has set specific goals called ‘Ambition 2030’ across four areas: brands, supply chain, society, and employees, and proposed larger-scale solutions such as expanding renewable energy innovations and carbon capture technologies to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2040.

Executive Director Ye explained, "We review the environmental footprint from the perspective covering the entire product life cycle, from raw material procurement to manufacturing, packaging, transportation, use, and disposal, and focus on developing products that can effectively reduce it."

For example, in the case of laundry detergent, Executive Director Ye explained that the biggest environmental impact throughout the entire life cycle is not the recyclability of plastic packaging but the usage process (about 75%). They developed ‘Downy foam detergent,’ which reduces carbon emissions during manufacturing, use, and disposal. The Downy foam detergent is a formulation rather than a liquid, reducing moisture content by 90% at the manufacturing stage. It also uses 100% recyclable lightweight film and paper packaging, reducing plastic waste by up to 70% at the disposal stage.

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