WORLD WATER DAY 2022: MARY KAY RECOMMITS TO RESPONSIBLE, SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT

KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 (Bernama) -- This World Water Day, Mary Kay Inc recommits to responsible and sustainable water management to ensure the ongoing availability of water as an essential resource to meet the needs of the environment and communities globally.

Water is at the heart of Mary Kay’s sustainability strategy and crucial to its manufacturing processes. Implementing good water stewardship principles is critical for Mary Kay to reach its sustainability goals, striving to ensure water use for human and economic needs does not disrupt sustainable water cycles or cause ongoing harm to nature and biodiversity.

Recent water efforts at Mary Kay facilities include: Water use at U.S. Mary Kay-owned facilities decreased 36 per cent from 2012-2017.

At Mary Kay’s manufacturing facility in Hangzhou, China, significant strides toward water conservation include reduced potable water use by 34 per cent, which saves approximately 913,480 gallons of potable water per year; reverse osmosis (RO) reject water reuse; and, wastewater treatment upgrade.

“As a global sustainability advocate, Mary Kay is dedicated to playing an important role in collective efforts to cause no harm to the environment and to ensure communities and economies prosper,” said Deborah Gibbins, Chief Operating Officer at Mary Kay Inc in a statement.

“Mary Kay will continue to build upon its progress and work toward its commitment of reducing water utilisation in our manufacturing processes by 30 per cent by the year 2030 versus a 2020 baseline per kilogram bulk produced.

“Achieving Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) Core Certification for Mary Kay manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and China will help move us closer to our goals.”

For more information, visit marykayglobal.com.

-- BERNAMA