Watsons Philippines has released its Sustainability Report Philippines 2021, Doing Good For The Community and Planet. This report shows Watsons’ strong commitment to sustainability and supports its proposition of Look Good DO GOOD Feel Great.
Watsons has approached sustainability in different ways, such as:
- Holding informative and educational webinars with key opinion leaders (KOLs) and influencers to spread the word about the importance of living more sustainably and creating a stronger presence
- Putting up a permanent store corner for Sustainable Choices in every Watsons branch
- Holding a Supplier’s Day event where the retailer shared its vision with supplier partners and asked them to provide new product developments that would meet strict sustainability criteria.
- Partnering with Plastic Bank, a social enterprise that collects and recycles plastic bottles while providing livelihood to registered collectors.
- Reducing the environmental footprint of its store operations and managing its carbon emissions
- Making sure its workforce is healthy and resilient
Watsons released its sustainability report as part of taking responsibility to help lead the way to a sustainable future and give the public a clear focus on its priorities which are covered under the 4 Pillars of Community, People, Customers, and the Planet.
Here is a quick look at how Watsons did in 2021 as far as sustainability efforts are concerned. 100% of Watsons stores have been using LED lights and appliances with inverter technology and has more than 1,200 products under the Sustainable Choices category on the shelves. These Sustainable Choices products are free from harmful ingredients (Clean Beauty), made of responsibly sourced palm oil and other ingredients (Better Ingredients), use FSC or recycled paper, recycled plastic, or have no plastic at all (Better Packaging), and promote the concept of refill.
In its report, Watsons laid out its 2030 sustainability goals and forecasts anchored on the 4 Pillars and is hoping to achieve the following by on or before 2030:
- Community Pillar – Sponsored 3,300 cleft and/or palate surgeries to help improve children’s lives and provided free medicines to 20,000 people.
- People Pillar – Health & Wellbeing Certification GOLD Investors in People by 2025.
- Customers Pillar – Around this time, Watsons expects 15% of its sales to come from the Sustainable Choices selection and to collect 65,000 kg of trash.
- Planet Pillar – Reducing electricity intensity by 10% in 2030 vs 2015, recovering and recycling 40 million plastic bottles, and reducing by 50% scopes 1&2 GHG emissions in 2030 vs 2018.
You may read the full Sustainability Report Philippines 2021, Doing Good For The Community and Planet here.