2022 ESG Highlights
Environmental
Committing to Net Zero impact of our operations by 2030 and creating shared value throughout the product life cycle
SUSTAINABLE
OPERATIONS
100% of large manufacturing sites achieved 10-year commitment to be Zero Waste to Landfill.
~25% GHG emissions reduction in our plants and operations (scopes 1 and 2) compared to 2021.
100% of our electricity consumption by U.S. plants expected to be covered by the activation of two off-site virtual power purchase agreements.
SUSTAINABLE
PRODUCTS
We continue to leverage our global product architectures to improve consumer-relevant attributes, including performance, usable capacity, energy and water efficiency and to reduce our scope 3, category 11 emissions.
One example is the launch of our global architecture in Horizontal Axis washing machines in both India and Argentina. Not only have we delivered more efficient washing machines in general, in India we also released the Xpert Care system with ozone air technology which sanitizes and removes odor without water or detergents.
Social
Investing in resources to help care for our employees, consumers and communities
SUPPORTING
OUR EMPLOYEES
1,300 U.S.-based people leaders engaged in Unconscious Bias and Empathy training.
Launched Empower, a women’s leadership program in Latin America and Asia.
Began the formal rollout of our global and holistic well-being strategy, Be*Well.
SUPPORTING OUR
COMMUNITIES
$2 Million
3,200 products
donated to Habitat for Humanity®.
143 out of 250 climate-resilient and energy-efficient builds in progress through Habitat’s BuildBetter with Whirlpool initiative.
$4.5 Million donated to United Way® for education, income, health and basic needs services from employees and Whirlpool Foundation match.
Governance
Holding ourselves accountable and maintaining robust policies, procedures and systems to ensure we live by our values
DOING THE
RIGHT THING
Over 50% of independent directors are gender or racially/ethnically diverse
~200 top global suppliers participated in EcoVadis survey in the inaugural year
AWARDS
- #1 Household Goods and Apparel, America’s Most JUST Companies, JUST Capital and CNBC
- #3 Newsweek’s List of America’s 500 Most Responsible Companies
- #5 Best-Managed Companies of 2022, Wall Street Journal and Drucker Institute
- Dow Jones Sustainability Index for North America and World, S&P Global Industry Mover Award
- World’s Most Admired Companies, FORTUNE magazine
- ‘World’s Best Employers’, Forbes
