2019 Sustainability Report
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) connects businesses and investors on the financial impacts of sustainability. Our 2019 Sustainability Report marks the first time that Whirlpool has reported to the SASB framework against the Consumer Goods Sector—Appliances Manufacturing Standards.
| SASB—Sustainability Accounting Standards Board | |||||
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| Consumer Goods Sector—Appliance Manufacturing | |||||
| Sustainability Disclosure Topics & Accounting Metrics: | |||||
| Topic | Accounting Metric | Category | Unit of Measure | Code | Response |
| Product Safety | Number of (1) recalls issued and (2) total units recalled | Quantitative | Number | CG-AM-250a.1 | 2 voluntary recalls issued in 2019, with a total of 565k units that were subject to these recalls. No involuntary recalls were issued. |
| Discussion of progress to identify and manage safety risks associated with the use of its products | Discussion and Analysis | n/a | CG-AM-250a.2 | Product Safety and Quality | |
| Total amount of monetary losses as a result of legal proceedings associated with product safety | Quantitative | Reporting currency | CG-AM-250a.3 | $5.6M | |
| Product Life Cycle Environmental Impacts | Percentage of eligible products by revenue certified to the Energy Star program | Quantitative | Percentage (%) by revenue | CG-AM-410a.1 | 44% (United States only) (Excludes licensed products and products without an Energy Star label) |
| Percentage of eligible products by revenue certified to an Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) sustainability standard | Quantitative | Percentage (%) by revenue | CG-AM-410a.2 | 0% in 2019, due to competing retailer sustainability labels and lack of usage in market. | |
| Description of efforts to manage products’ end-of-life impacts | Discussion and Analysis | n/a | CG-AM-410a.3 | Product Life Cycle and End of Life | |
| — | Annual production | Quantitative | Number of units | CG-AM-000.A | 67,405 (in thousands) |