GOJO 2016-2017 Sustainability Report | Partnering to Advance Sustainability

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GOJO SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

Partnering to Advance Sustainability

G4-DMA, Indicator

Stakeholder Collaboration—one of our Sustainable Ways Of Working (SWOW^SM) principles—helps GOJO to expand our resources and knowledge, learn about new opportunities and create new sources of social, environmental and economic value for our business and our stakeholders. GOJO builds relationships where we can establish common ground based on mutual interests. In sustainability, no one has all the answers because the space is always evolving. Partnerships help to strengthen both our internal competencies and our industry leadership position. You can view some of our key partnerships here.

Antonio Quiñones-Rivera, Ph.D.,
GOJO Product Safety
& Sustainability Manager

Antonio Quiñones-Rivera, Ph.D., GOJO Product Safety and Sustainability Manager, explains “These are true partnerships, sometimes we lead and sometimes others lead, but, in both cases, we always learn. For example, through our participation with the Chemical Footprint Project, we worked together with leaders of Clean Production Action to define the approach for identifying and measuring chemicals of high concern. They taught us about the process of chemical footprint assessment and we shared our knowledge about certain chemistries in order to derive the best tool for good analysis.”

Marty O’Toole, GOJO Industrial and Government Vice President & General Manager, explains, “At times, we find that organizations we partner with grapple with the same challenges that we face. We found one way we can help overcome these obstacles is by sharing our thinking and helping the right conversations to take place and by offering different ways to approach the issue.”

Nicole Koharik,
Corporate Communications Director,
& Dan Flowers,
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank CEO

GOJO and Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank Partner to Deliver Daily Essentials to Local Families in Need
Goldie and Jerry Lippman’s compassion extended beyond our employee base and into the local community. With this legacy seamlessly embedded within GOJO today, we actively support the health and well-being of others within the communities where we operate. One longstanding example that began with Jerry is our collaborative relationship with the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank.

Since 2008, GOJO and the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank have worked together to help improve the lives of families in need in Northeast Ohio through The Essentials Program, a collaborative effort to deliver soap to the people of the community.

“We work together to collect and package surplus soap for distribution within our charitable network. This innovative collaboration reduces waste, meets a critical public health need and improves the quality of life for people struggling with poverty in our community,” says Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank CEO Dan Flowers.

“We work together to collect and package surplus soap for distribution within our charitable network. This innovative collaboration reduces waste, meets a critical public health need and improves the quality of life for people struggling with poverty in our community.”
— DAN FLOWERS
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank CEO

In 2016, community demand and production to deliver the soap to families in need both reached record levels, which translated into more people having access to products that help improve quality of life. Additionally, the low cost associated with these Essentials products allowed clients to use more of their budgets on food for their families. The Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank is a vital resource for thousands of families in Northeast Ohio, and we are proud to stand beside them to help our community.

Dr. Steve Schein
Corporate Sustainability Strategist

GOJO Gains Insight from Industry Experts
As a part of our ongoing drive to incorporate Sustainable Ways of Working (SWOW^SM) into everything we do, GOJO sought out the expertise of Sustainability Consultant, Steve Schein. Schein is a sustainability expert, author and consultant who is partnering with the GOJO SWOW^SM Engagement Team, as they work to engage employees in our sustainability initiatives at GOJO.

“The most impressive thing to me is that GOJO is a private company, yet they’re still going above and beyond what a company like this is expected to do in terms of sustainability,” said Schein. Steve worked with Roberto Bellino, GOJO Sustainability Analyst, and Brittany Darrow, GOJO Healthcare Marketing Associate, to lead sustainability workshops, figure out new ways to incorporate sustainability into our daily work, and develop ideas to create new skills that GOJO team members can learn to further embed SWOW^SM into our culture.

Working with Steve has helped us gain new perspectives about making sustainability a part of everything we do at GOJO. From incorporating sustainability objectives into our sales and product development processes, to working with external partners on opportunities to advance social sustainability, he has facilitated many conversations that have sparked ideas to help us on our way to achieving our 2020 goals.

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