ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Tupperware
Brands Corporation (NYSE: TUP), the leading global marketer of
premium, innovative products across multiple brands and categories,
today released its 2016-2017 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Report. The seventh report for Tupperware details its latest
efforts to make a lasting effect on the lives of women globally,
and to reduce environmental impact through award-winning product
design. It also demonstrates the Company's commitment to extend and
elevate its purpose of inspiring women to cultivate the confidence
they need to enrich their lives, nourish their families, and fuel
communities around the world.
"At Tupperware Brands, we recognize our responsibility as a
global leader to play an active role in the lives of our 3 million
Sales Force and nearly 12,300 corporate Associates across the
globe. Therefore, we consistently evaluate how best we can make a
societal and environmental impact through our design, production
and distribution," said Tricia
Stitzel, President and Chief Executive Officer of Tupperware
Brands. "As we look ahead, Tupperware will continue to maximize
shareholder value and consumer interest by delivering more
opportunities for women, reducing waste and pollution, enhancing
our position as a responsible corporate citizen and elevating our
purpose of cultivating confidence."
Tupperware's report, entitled Cultivating Confidence, divides
the company's efforts into three strategic pillars: Changing
Lives, Living Smart and Acting Responsibly. Within each
pillar, the Company reports on progress and impact made in the past
two years and the potential opportunities for growth.
Changing Lives: This area of focus describes
Tupperware's ability and findings around cultivating confidence in
women around the globe, the Company's commitment to providing
inclusive access to meaningful work and its ability to help
communities thrive. Key highlights include:
- Tupperware's research around the impact of confidence with
McDonough School of Business at
Georgetown University, which included
pivotal findings on confidence's ability to boost business and make
people more productive and how to develop it in the workplace.
- The introduction of Tupperware's third Global Links Scholar,
Dr. Rumpa Chakraborty, who joined
the program from Shri Shikshayatan College in Calcutta, India.
- The unveiling of the Cultivating Confidence Conversation panel
series, which invites top thought leaders to reflect and discuss
the best ways to break down barriers to women's confidence.
Living Smart: The second pillar in the report
details how Tupperware helps consumers live smart by delivering
high-quality, innovative products designed to reduce environmental
impact and minimize waste. Key highlights include:
- In 2016, Tupperware refreshed its lifecycle analysis (LCA); the
analysis indicated that, over 30 years of once per week washing, a
representative Tupperware product has 3.7 times less Global Warming
Potential than another comparable plastic product in the
market.
- As a company known for product innovation, Tupperware invested
an average of $17.7 million per year
in research and development over the past three years. In 2017,
Tupperware products won 11 design awards, covering 8 new
products.
- Tupperware launched into space as part of NASA's SpaceX CSR-14
mission, advancing research on how astronauts can grow vegetables
in space to provide a fresh element to their diet.
Acting Responsibly: Tupperware continually focuses
on doing business in an ethical and responsible manner. This
section outlines how it creates positive and productive employment,
takes a precautionary outlook to climate change and minimizes
consumption and waste.
- Installed a new solar energy unit in Brazil and reused or recycled 90% of waste
within the supply chain.
- In 2017, it invested $1.3 million
(USD) in specific environmental improvements in manufacturing
facilities, bringing total investment to $3.2 million (USD) over the past three
years.
- Invested in a new photovoltaic array with 62 panels to power
newly-constructed locker room facilities for Associates at the
factory in Rio de Janeiro in
Brazil.
This report has been prepared using disclosures from the Global
Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards 2016 and includes a full GRI
Content Index identifying the general and specific disclosures
applied. The approach applied the reporting principles for defining
report content and for report quality as defined in GRI Standard
101: Foundation 2016. All information and data in this report
relates to the period January 1, 2016
to December 31, 2017 and prior years
where relevant, unless otherwise stated. Tupperware reports on
global operations, disclosing performance data from owned and
operated operations around the world. The data in this report has
not been externally assured, but it has been subject to rigorous
internal reviews by Tupperware's finance, compliance and legal
departments.
The full report is available at
https://www.tupperwarebrands.com/csr/sustainability/social-impact-reports.
About Tupperware Brands:
Tupperware Brands
Corporation, through an independent sales force of 3.0 million, is
the leading global marketer of innovative, premium products across
multiple brands utilizing social selling. Product brands and
categories include design-centric preparation, storage and serving
solutions for the kitchen and home through the Tupperware brand and
beauty and personal care products through the Avroy Shlain, Fuller
Cosmetics, NaturCare, Nutrimetics, and Nuvo brands.
Media Contact:
Elinor
Steele
Elinorsteele@tupperware.com
407-826-8448
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