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.

Sustainable development is a very simple idea. It's about ensuring a better quality of life for everyone, now and for generations to come. This idea is at the heart of P&G's Purpose, which - for 171 years - has been focused on improving people's lives with branded products and services they use every day.

We fulfill P&G's Purpose by innovating. Innovation is P&G's lifeblood; we want to be the innovation leader in every business, product category and country where P&G competes. We bring tremendous innovation resources to every part of our business, and sustainability is no exception. Consumers have told us, for example, that they want to make more sustainable choices, but not at the risk of trading performance or value-especially in tough economic times. We see this as an inspiring business challenge and we believe P&G's unique approach to innovation enables us to meet consumer needs and achieve the Company's sustainability goals, year after year and over the long term.

We leverage this integrated approach to innovation by taking advantage of P&G's global scale and scope, which is unrivaled in our industry. The result is a steady stream of product, operational and organizational innovations that enable P&G to win with consumers and retail customers - while improving our sustainability profile at the same time. And, we do so consistently, reliably, successfully, and responsibly.

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