Procter & Gamble Australia and New Zealand

P&G ANZ continues to Lead with Love: Stepping onto Oxford Street last week, the team at P&G ANZ were proud to 'Lead with Love' as they marched in support for the annual Sydney Mardi Gras parade for the fourth consecutive year. Alongside our float adorned with Indigenous artist Bobbi Lockyer, who designed the artwork, we had the honour of having some of the Minus 18 team join us, as we continue to support the work they do with LGBTQ+ youth across Australia. At P&G we are so proud to champion LGBTQ+ equality and, through our brands, better serve LGBTQ+ consumers around the world.

A HEALTHY SMILE FOR ALL: P&G ANZ is delighted to share that the team at Oral-B is partnering with Chemist Warehouse and the Save Our Sons Duchenne Foundation - the peak body for Duchenne muscular dystrophy for the third year running. Together, we are working towards ensuring every child has a reason to smile! Oral-B will donate 10c from every sale in Chemist Warehouse to Save Our Sons Duchenne Foundation (SOSDF) from 29th February – 28th March. This will enable ongoing research, education and practical support for families at a very vulnerable time. At Oral-B, we believe that every child deserves a healthy smile and the opportunity to thrive. We recognize the unique challenges that children with disabilities face when it comes to maintaining good oral hygiene and accessing quality dental care. That's why we are passionate about making a positive impact in their lives. 

We had the privilege of hosting Australian cricket icon and Gillette Ambassador Pat Cummins & the Gillette team down at CostCo Auburn last week for the GilletteLabs launch. Crowds of people lined up to meet & grab a selfie with Pat where they received a signed cricket ball and picked up a pack of GilletteLabs. Many thanks to Pat, Costco and the Gillette team for a very successful event.  Adrian Janjua Cory Hodges Midori Wang Alex Rod Ian Eldridge Vanessa Zhu Mathew Robinson Pat Cummins

Last week some of our passionate P&G ANZ team joined forces with Terracycle and Clean Up Australia to help remove over 60kgs of waste from Cooks River in one hour! This is just one of the ways in which we look to support our local communities and environment. Thank you to all our employees, volunteers and partners for truly being a #ForceForGood. 

We are proud to share P&G Australia’s grooming brands, Gillette and Braun, are helping to change the way we look at men’s mental health and cancer research by announcing a 3-year partnership with Movember. Adrian Janjua, Shave Care Vice President and Commercial Leader, said, "We believe in being a force for growth and a force for good in the communities where we live and work. As globally leading men's grooming brands, we can think of no better way to show our support locally here in Australia than through Movember and its community of participants and supporters." All funds raised through the partnership will go toward programs that make a difference for men, their families and their communities.

P&G ANZ launches partnership with Shift 20 Initiative Procter & Gamble Australia New Zealand is proud to launch their partnership with Shift 20 Initiative, as seen on The Project on Sunday 17th September. Two of our brands – Oral-B and Pantene – have joined forces with eight other household names in support of Australia’s ‘Unignorable Adbreak’. As part of the campaign, Oral-B and Pantene swapped out key scenes within their advertising to include someone with a disability – highlighting the gap between the number of Australians with a disability and their representation in advertising. The Shift 20 initiative aims to shift the needle on disability representation in advertising with a goal of getting to a more accurate representation of the population by 2028. In Australia today, 20% of the population has a seen or unseen disability. Only 1% of this is reflected on screen globally. At P&G, we are committed to creating a more inclusive world for everyone – both inside and outside the walls of our company, and this includes people with visible and invisible disabilities. We recognize our immense responsibility to drive change for our employees, with our brands, through our partners, and in our communities. 

R U OK? At Procter & Gamble Australia New Zealand, Mental Health and Wellbeing is always a key focus for our people, not just this week, but all year round. P&G ANZ has approximately 20 trained and certified Mental Health first aiders within our organisation, ready and willing to help when needed. This week we took the extra time to stop, have a coffee and check in with our peers. We were honoured to host and learn from Stella Ladikos – Founder of Meraki Mental Health Training who is a Mental Health and Wellbeing expert. As we take the time to nationally highlight the importance of Mental health, we encourage you to check in with your friends, family, colleagues and neighbours and ask them R u Ok?

vGrow 2.0 – Enters Final stage Procter & Gamble Australia New Zealand, has been live over the past few months with vGrow 2.0. This hugely successful innovation program saw 30+ applications from 3 different continents make submissions across 4 company led problem statements. Phase 2 was Demo Day; hosted on the 21st of August. This phase brought applicants in to pitch their solutions to our current business challenges. We had 8 successful finalists including two local Australian companies make it through to this phase of the program. With the completion of Demo Day, two of the finalists have been selected for paid pilot programs so far, with the goal of long-term partnerships following the success of these pilots. #PGANZ