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From adhesives to laundry detergents to hand soaps to hair care, Henkel products are heavyweights in terms of performance. But these days, they are manufactured with less impact on the environment, thanks to ongoing efforts from employees at production sites across North America.

“Our manufacturing sites are key to Henkel’s goal to become climate positive by 2040. Our teams work tirelessly to identify new ways to conserve natural resources. Our employees want to work for a company that walks the talk on sustainability, and they are a big part of making that happen.”

Bjoern Jackisch, Henkel Adhesive Technologies Vice President of Operations & Supply Chain for the Americas region

In recognition of World Environment Day, celebrated annually on June 5, below are a handful of sustainability highlights from Henkel’s front lines.

Greenville, South Carolina

As part of Henkel’s NoWa (No Waste) initiative, the adhesives plant in Greenville, South Carolina, is saving 30,000 gallons of water and 56 tons of waste every year. Key to this success was the team’s approach using brainstorming and “waste walk” sessions eventually leading to process changes allowing for reuse of water for between-batch kettle cleans and the purges that occur when packaging begins. Additionally, the facility is transitioning to LED lighting and is using energy usage sensors, making Greenville a more energy efficient operation.

Salisbury, North Carolina

After taking a fresh look at water used in production, Henkel’s Salisbury adhesives plant updated processes to allow multiple use of caustic waste from cleanouts. Other conservation measures include eliminating flushes for compatible products, transitioning to larger mixers to reduce changeovers, and standardizing cleanouts.

Mentor, Ohio

The Mentor adhesives facility leveraged Renewable Gas Certificates (RGCs) to achieve full carbon neutrality, the first production facility in North America to reach this milestone. Organizations can purchase RGCs from renewable gas suppliers to offset the carbon emissions associated with their natural gas consumption. The Mentor team is also actively striving to implement operational efficiencies and energy-saving projects to lower the plant’s carbon footprint.

Bowling Green, Kentucky

Outside-the-box thinking helped the Bowling Green consumer brands facility achieve a 33% reduction in solid waste and significant cost savings. Previously, the plant paid to have cardboard waste recycled. Today, Bowling Green’s cardboard supplier buys back the plant’s scrap cardboard and uses it to recreate new cardboard that is resupplied to the plant.

Bay Point, California

Henkel’s Bay Point aerospace adhesive manufacturing plant significantly reduced water waste by replacing three outdated steam injection water heaters, which discharge water after one use, with efficient closed-loop systems, which recirculate water. Outside the facility, the Bay Point team replaced traditional green landscaping with drought-resistant plants and a drip irrigation system to save over 450,000 gallons of water annually and reduce maintenance costs.

Read more about Henkel North America’s efficient use of water at our North America operations facilities: Driving Sustainable Water Use in Operations

As these examples demonstrate, the teams at our production sites continue to bring Henkel’s spirit of innovation to resource conservation. Their willingness to challenge the status quo has made our site employees true pioneers in waste reduction.

Each year on World Ocean Day, observed globally on June 8, we are reminded of the urgent environmental challenges confronting our oceans – from rising sea levels projected to impact over 200 million people by 2100, to the accelerating degradation of marine ecosystems. These realities underscore the need for decisive, collaborative action to protect and restore ocean health.

“World Ocean Day highlights the importance of the ocean for life on Earth and the role each of us can play in helping create a healthy ocean,” states the World Ocean Day organization. “The ocean is our planet’s life support system – it regulates the climate, produces over half of the oxygen we breathe, powers the global economy, and as the world’s largest ecosystem, it sustains an incredible wealth of biodiversity.”

This year’s theme, Wonder: Sustaining What Sustains Us, reminds us of the critical importance of marine environments to our lives and livelihoods. With 90% of global trade transported by sea, healthy oceans are essential to global economic stability, the longevity of our coastal assets, and the resilience of our supply chains. 

This is where the opportunity lies – to lead with ocean-positive action and sustainable maritime practices.

Making a Positive Impact

At DP World, we are driving meaningful change through our Ocean Strategy, a blueprint for integrating ocean-positive practices into global trade. This initiative positions the company at the forefront of the Sustainable Blue Economy, where economic growth and environmental protection go hand in hand.

This year’s World Ocean Day aligns with the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC), bringing together leaders across sectors to accelerate progress on UN Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water. DP World is proud to support this global agenda by translating sustainability commitments into measurable action.

From piloting ocean innovations like Living Seawalls at our sites – to increasingly restoring mangrove ecosystems worldwide – we’re taking action to regenerate marine ecosystems. In 2024, we launched a $100 million Blue Bond to finance sustainable port infrastructure, waste-management solutions and marine ecosystem restoration.

Ocean Stewardship in Action: Projects Across the Americas

DP World recognizes that safeguarding ocean health demands cross-sector cooperation and local engagement. Across the Americas, the company is advancing ocean conservation and water stewardship through science-based programs and community partnerships as part of its Our World, Our Future sustainability strategy. Some key programs include:

• Water Quality Monitoring in Canada: At the Port of Prince Rupert, DP World actively participates in the Marine Environmental Water Quality Program and Advisory Working Group. Together, these initiatives monitor critical indicators such as turbidity, nutrients, bacteria, metals, and hydrocarbons to assess the impact of maritime activity on water health.
• Green Marine Certifications in Canada: Late last year, we deepened our commitment to environmental stewardship by enrolling three terminals – Vancouver, Nanaimo, and Saint John – in the voluntary Green Marine environmental certification program. Green Marine addresses priority environmental issues including air emissions, greenhouse gases, spill prevention, waste management, and community relations.
• Mangrove Restoration in Ecuador: In Ecuador, DP World is restoring critical mangrove habitats, which serve as natural carbon sinks and protect coastal biodiversity. To date, the company has planted 250,000 seedlings across 105 hectares in El Morro and Isla Puná – capturing over 50,700 tons of CO₂. This effort contributes to the company’s global target of restoring at least 280 hectares of mangroves by 2030.
• Aquatic Fauna Monitoring in Brazil: At the Port of Santos, DP World leads a long-term Aquatic Fauna Monitoring Program to assess biodiversity and track the presence of invasive species and pollutants. Launched in 2023, this initiative reflects the company’s commitment to ecosystem health under its global sustainability framework, Our World, Our Future.

A Call to Collective Action

On this World Ocean Day, DP World reaffirms its commitment to protecting marine ecosystems as a foundation for sustainable global trade. Through educational programming, stakeholder collaboration, and nature-based solutions, we are investing in resilient, inclusive, and ocean-positive futures for all.

Explore how DP World is shaping a more sustainable global economy. 

Demand for improvements to the electric grid continues to increase, and utilities are looking for solutions to execute work quickly, accurately, and efficiently. In addition to employing large teams of engineering experts, utilities benefit by accessing tools that leverage digitization and automation. The end goal: capturing large amounts of data with precision and accuracy, processing the data efficiently, and generating high quality engineering products in a fraction of the time required by manual methods.

Innovations can lead to big gains for the utility and its stakeholders. For example, digital field data collection tools capture robust, error-free information in a single site visit. Likewise, tools that automate workflows and repetitive tasks generate engineering results faster and with increased quality and precision. Cloud-based technologies enable anytime, anywhere access to project data and documentation, promoting collaboration among engineers and project managers regardless of geographical location. And technical staff can be scaled up or down with ease in response to program needs. By driving efficiencies across all phases of design, modern tools help drive significant cost savings across large utility programs and accelerate the delivery of value to utility customers.

Leveraging digitization and automation in field data collection

Good design demands good data. Leidos utilizes an iOS-based field application that enables the digital capture of field data using an iPad^®. Field teams collect accurate, actionable information in a single trip to a field location. By eliminating the potential for multiple site visits and capturing more data with greater precision, Leidos’ digital process drives efficiency in field data collection which improves quality and constructability in the designs we provide to our utility customers. 

How does this work? The field app is pre-loaded with utility-specific standards and requirements, GIS data, and asset information that accelerates data collection. A quality checker module enforces instant validation of data. Once collected, data is transmitted in real time to a secure, cloud-based server, and automated processes populate hundreds of lines and fields of data in a spreadsheet in a matter of minutes, making it possible for design analysis to begin even before the field team has left the site. The digitized data is standardized for compatibility across multiple applications and is available for use by utilities for reporting, visualization, and analysis.

Automated engineering workflows

To be able to successfully support large-scale utility programs, Leidos automates repetitive and standardized tasks within the design workflow. By automating the repetitive tasks, Leidos engineers can focus their efforts on reviewing and refining design options resulting in higher quality solutions for the utility. For example, a customized design software tool walks engineers through the design process step-by-step and also provides built-in tutorials to educate the user during each design step. 

By using automated engineering workflows and tools as part of a standard utility pole replacement program, Leidos has reduced design time by an average of 25 percent. After importing, standardizing, and processing data from multiple sources, Leidos uses automated processes to model and evaluate the data and generate a digital twin of the recommended design. When the design is finalized, we again use automated processes to generate and package deliverables including construction drawings, permit drawings, clearance analyses, bill of materials, and customer specific deliverables.

Innovation in training accelerates program readiness

Behind every successful large infrastructure program are the people who make it happen. For utilities, engaging a partner that has the flexibility to rapidly deliver technical expertise when needed can help lower costs and optimize productivity. Leidos right-sizes its workforce to expand teams quickly. Innovative training tools and processes efficiently prepare new Leidos team members to fully integrate into a large program and quickly deliver value.
 
High-quality interactive training videos immerse new engineers in a variety of areas including distribution basics, framing, transformers, and program-specific standards, requirements, and design software, all while providing background and context about the utility customer and the goals of their program. Additional clarity on technical methods and requirements, workflow, and level of effort is provided by pairing a new engineer with an experienced engineer to work through design challenges. This strategy has enabled Leidos to reduce the time required to onboard high performing team members by approximately 50 percent. 

The end goal of any innovative, automated process or tool is to create efficiencies that reduce labor hours for repetitive and easily automated tasks, and ultimately reduce the total cost of ownership for a utility. By applying sophisticated approaches to automation, Leidos is helping utilities meet their immediate needs while also improving the accuracy, safety, and reliability of the electric grid.

At Marathon Petroleum, we use proactive measures to protect diverse plant and animal species and to preserve their natural habitats in areas where we operate. Our Operational Excellence Management System (OEMS) provides the procedural framework to account for the potential effects of our activities on ecosystems and prepare necessary mitigation procedures. Our formal Commitment to Biodiversity outlines our approach and practices. Governed by executive leadership and adopted companywide, it emphasizes that we seek first to avoid, then minimize or offset, impacts to biodiversity. We are mindful that operating within communities is a privilege, and we collaborate with tribal and local stakeholders, business partners, and applicable state and federal regulatory agencies, including but not limited to the U.S. EPA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 

Protecting Biodiversity throughout the Asset Life Cycle 

Our policies and practices for siting, constructing, operating, maintaining and decommissioning assets are designed to protect the environmental quality of the habitats in and adjacent to our operational areas. These policies and practices are aligned with the International Finance Corporation’s Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability.¹ Throughout the asset life cycle, we seek first to avoid ecologically sensitive areas. When land disturbance is unavoidable, we use a variety of recognized best management practices and techniques to mitigate our impacts during the asset’s life cycle. In situations where complete restoration presents challenges, we offset impacts to sensitive areas in several ways, including purchasing through the funding of approved conservation mitigation banks or using other mechanisms to provide ongoing protection to similar ecologically sensitive properties. 

At each stage of the asset life cycle we: 

• Identify and engage impacted stakeholders to solicit feedback, which becomes part of our decision-making process.
• Conduct location-specific risk assessments as appropriate, including desk and field studies, to evaluate nature dependencies and impact to biodiversity, natural resources and land use.
• Determine mitigation and enhancement initiatives within the project by working with stakeholders, local biologists and other environmental specialists.
• Implement biodiversity management and mitigation plans and assess potential outcomes to drive toward achievement of the intended objectives. 

Read more in our most recent Sustainability Report. 

¹ International Finance Corporation’s Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability include: Performance Standard 1 − Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts; Performance Standard 3 − Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention; Performance Standard 4 − Community Health, Safety, and Security and Performance; Performance Standard 6 − Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources.

International Olympic Committee news

The Dakar 2026 Learning Academy, a new flagship legacy initiative designed to recruit and train over 400 young professionals in Games delivery, was officially launched on Wednesday. The inauguration ceremony was held as part of the seventh visit of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Dakar 2026 Coordination Commission (CoCom) to Senegal. The training programme marks a key step in building local expertise ahead of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) and ensuring a strong human legacy from the first Olympic sports event on African soil.

As part of the structured programme, participants receive 10 days of training delivered by the IOC, followed by five days of soft-skills development. Through interactive sessions and practical exercises, they gain essential knowledge in Games planning, sports and event operations, and functional area responsibilities. This equips them with the skills to support the Dakar 2026 Organising Committee (YOGOC), while helping to build long-term event delivery capacity across Senegal and the continent. Once their training is complete, participants will join the YOGOC, applying their skills directly to the coordination and delivery of the Youth Olympic Games.

In total, more than 400 young professionals will be trained through nine cohorts between now and September 2026. Over half of the Dakar 2026 workforce is expected to be composed of Learning Academy alumni, demonstrating the central role this initiative is playing in delivering the Games. The first cohort of 41 young professionals began their training in late April. They were selected from a pool of 1,800 applicants through a rigorous recruitment process.

During their visit, the Coordination Commission members observed the first cohort in training at the Learning Academy, where the participants’ enthusiasm and engagement were clearly on display. The delegation later joined the uplifting launch ceremony, which was marked by heartfelt messages, infectious enthusiasm and a strong sense of purpose from the participants. The initiative reflects the Organising Committee’s strong focus on people management and long-term legacy. It also supports broader efforts to embed youth empowerment at the heart of Dakar 2026.

IOC President-elect Kirsty Coventry congratulated the trainees and praised the impact of the initiative and the spirit of the first cohort.

“Next year, when we host the Youth Olympic Games, you are going to show the world what it is to be African, to feel African and to have that experience. You are ambassadors for the young generation of what the sporting movement can be, and the legacy the Youth Olympic Games can leave behind.”
– Kirsty Coventry, IOC President-elect

Humphrey Kayange, Chair of the Dakar 2026 Coordination Commission, said: “On behalf of the entire Commission, we’re truly excited and looking forward to engaging with you. We’re confident in your ability to deliver. Together, we will bring these Games to life and celebrate the Youth Olympic Games in a uniquely African way. I wish you all the best as you begin working across different functional areas in the coming weeks. We’re looking forward to your success and the success of the Games.”

Earlier during the CoCom meeting, Ibrahima Wade, General Coordinator of the YOGOC, emphasised the Academy’s role in preparing the next generation of event professionals: “At the Dakar 2026 Learning Academy, participants will receive appropriate support through tailored training modules and an environment where sport and Olympism will contribute to their professional development, based around the values of friendship, excellence and respect. These young recruits will go on to play an active role in delivering the first Youth Olympic Games in Africa.”

The Learning Academy is part of a broader suite of legacy initiatives led by the Organising Committee to ensure that Dakar 2026 leaves a lasting impact on young people across Senegal and the African continent. The YOG Dakar 2026 will take place for two weeks from 31 October, bringing together the world’s best young athletes up to the age of 17. The Games will be held across three host sites (Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly).

Originally published in GoDaddy’s 2024 Sustainability Report

Community Engagement

At GoDaddy, we’re dedicated to building and promoting a culture that celebrates community.

We strive to create a more successful workplace and a stronger, more connected global landscape throughout our industry. We take a human- centered approach to empower our employees and the communities in which we operate, including entrepreneurs we serve. Fostering meaningful connections and making a positive impact are key parts of our ethos.

Employee Volunteerism & Giving

GoDaddy’s Corporate Sustainability and ESG Team facilitates employee volunteerism as well as our corporate philanthropy and an employee donation match program to ensure our employees can get involved with and support community efforts and local nonprofit organizations.

All GoDaddy employees are eligible annually for 20 hours of paid time off to volunteer. We also offer each GoDaddy employee up to $1,500 annually as a one-to-one match on donations to eligible nonprofit organizations and/or $35 for every hour the employee volunteers with the organization. It’s our way of supporting the causes that matter most to our people and encouraging community engagement and thoughtful leadership across our teams. Some of our 2024 highlights include:

• $1.6 Million: Nearly $1.6 million donated through employees, volunteer rewards, corporate funds, and matching donations.
• 700: Donated to almost 700 nonprofits.
• 3,700: Nearly 3,700 hours volunteered.

INVESTING IN AN OPEN-SOURCE ECOSYSTEM

In December 2024, GoDaddy reinforced its commitment to open- source software innovation with a $520,000 donation to The WordPress Community Collective. This initiative supports the WordPress community by funding contributors who help sustain and grow the open-source ecosystem. GoDaddy’s investment reflects its belief in our customers’ right to access open-source tools that fuel creativity, empower digital entrepreneurs, and foster an inclusive web. Additionally, GoDaddy continues to enhance its Managed WordPress Hosting platform, giving developers greater control and performance to bring their ideas to life.

BRINGING TECHWOMEN TO GODADDY

In 2024, GoDaddy welcomed five inspiring women through the TechWomen program, a U.S. State Department initiative connecting technical women from Africa, Central and South Asia, the Middle East, and Europe with U.S. host companies each year. Over several weeks, these participants gained insights into U.S. tech operations while receiving mentorship from our team. As a we work to make opportunity more inclusive for all, GoDaddy is proud to participate in the U.S. State Department program to empower women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

To learn more, read our 2024 Sustainability Report.

About This Report

This GoDaddy 2024 Sustainability Report details our progress toward our corporate sustainability goals, strategies, and initiatives in support of our overarching corporate mission and values. Unless otherwise noted, this report reflects our corporate sustainability performance across our global operations covering the fiscal year period from January 1 to December 31, 2024. To demonstrate our commitment to transparent communication regarding our sustainability progress, we routinely share updates through our website and our annual Sustainability Report. We welcome your questions, comments, and feedback on this report by contacting ESG@GoDaddy.com.

This report references the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, includes select Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) metrics for the Internet Media and Services sector, and the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). We also disclose our contributions and progress toward priority UN SDGs. For additional information on how we align with these frameworks and key indicators demonstrating our sustainability performance, please refer to the Frameworks & Metrics section.