P&G Philippines Bags Triple Win at the 2022 Asia CEO Awards
Procter
& Gamble (P&G) Philippines took home three recognitions at this year’s
Asia CEO Awards, a testament to the strong corporate citizenship and company culture
of one of the country’s sought-after multinationals.
The
awards body recognized P&G Philippines as the Grand Winner for the “Top
Employer of the Year” category. The Company was also cited as “Diversity
Company of the Year” and “Sustainability Company of the Year” awardee in the
Circle of Excellence in these categories.
Held
annually since 2010, the Asia CEO Awards seeks to highlight the leadership
accomplishments of notable companies and leaders that contribute to building
the nation. This year’s Asia CEO Awards received over 400 nominations from the
nation’s top organizations and industry leaders.
“P&G is
honored to be awarded by the 2022 Asia CEO Awards as the Grand Winner for the
Top Employer of the year. This is
valuable recognition of our company’s efforts to be a force for good and a
force for growth for our employees, consumers and the country. We focused on
prioritizing employee health and safety, delivering superior brand innovations
and supporting nation-building efforts amidst and despite the pandemic,” shares
Raffy Fajardo, President and General Manager of P&G
Employer of choice
Among
the few companies with a successful “promote from within” culture, P&G is
known to highly invest in their talent and leadership development. The company stands apart with its meaningful careers
leading billion-dollar global brands, providing international exposure and assignments,
and coupling these with hands-on mentorship from the best business leaders
locally, regionally, and globally.
The
company has frequently said people are its most important assets, and they
brought this to life in varying degrees, from repurposing its Cabuyao
manufacturing plant to produce medical-grade facemasks for employees and
donations to shifting its onsite multi-faceted wellness programs to cater to a virtual
set up. During the pandemic, P&G’s employee care program dubbed “Alagang P&G”
focused on ensuring employee safety, health, wellness, and connectedness
despite the organization being physically apart for over 2 years. As a result, the company’s recent
organization survey revealed that an impressive 93% of its employees were proud
to work for P&G.
P&G has also
stepped up as a Force for Good and a Force for Growth by providing job security,
safeguarding frontliners with medical PPEs, aiding covid-vulnerable communities,
building health infrastructure and continuing economic investments.
An equal and inclusive employer and workplace
P&G’s
“We See Equal” program champions equal opportunities and access for all their
employees to succeed via industry-leading policies, inclusive programs, and
equitable practices especially in traditionally male-dominated environments. As
an example, P&G designed its physical manufacturing work opportunities to
be equally accessible for men and women through automation solutions that
ensure both genders can perform the job. The use of automated cargo lifters removes
the job’s gender bias by eliminating physical requirements.
The
Company pioneered an industry-leading parental leave policy called “Share the
Care” policy that provides a minimum of 8 weeks paid parental leave for all
types of P&G parents (biological and adoptive) to allow parents to bond and
care for children new to their family.
This goes beyond the standard 7 days paid paternity leave mandated by
the government and breaks old stereotypes that the mother is the sole and
full-time caregiver for a new child.
P&G has also provided equal opportunities and inclusive work
environments for persons with disabilities (PWD) through its recently launched Limitless
program. This helps create a more
inclusive workplace and company culture where applicants and employees with
disabilities and employees with disabled dependents feel valued, included, and
can perform at their peak.
Sustainability in action
Environmental
sustainability is at the forefront of P&G's corporate citizenship priorities,
which has led to their awarding as “Sustainability Company of the Year” among
the category’s Circle of Excellence. P&G’s Ambition 2030 declaration aims
to make responsible consumption possible. The Cabuyao plant is a 100% zero
manufacturing waste to landfill operation. They purchase 100% renewable
electricity for its Cabuyao plant operations. They also track overall water
consumption and recycle wastewater in the plant.
The
company’s new sustainability initiative “Project LESS” introduces new waste
reduction solutions for in-store and online retailing. They converted single-use
Point-of-Sale Materials (POSMs) to collapsible, reusable, and paper-based POSMs.
This also converted plastic shrink-wrap packaging to FSC-certified paper stickers
and replaced plastic bubble wrap with upcycled honeycomb papers in their last-mile
e-commerce packaging. This project reduced 380,000 kilograms of single-use
plastic and approximately 20,000 kilograms of virgin material use.
As
the country’s top employer, the multinational has grown to over 2,000 employees
despite the challenges of the pandemic and is poised to continue delivering
superior branded products while contributing to nation-building in the Philippines.
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