Kenvue Inc. (NYSE: KVUE), maker of iconic brands such as Neutrogena®, Listerine®, Aveeno®, and Tylenol®, today released its second Healthy Lives Mission Report. The report shares how Kenvue has helped advance the well-being of both people and planet in 2024, with progress noted across three pillars: Healthy People, Healthy Planet, and Healthy Practice.
“Having some of the most recognizable consumer brands in the world gives us a tremendous opportunity to create a positive impact for the millions of people we touch every day,” said Thibaut Mongon, Chief Executive Officer, Kenvue. “Whether improving our packaging to be more sustainable, advancing the decarbonization of our operations, or giving back to our communities, our sustainability strategy is helping meet customer and consumer expectations, and deliver everyday care for generations to come.”
Since becoming an independent company in 2023, Kenvue has invested in research and development, hired experts in areas like packaging, embedded sustainability into key functions and designed a sustainability strategy purposefully built to meet critical commitments and deliver superior consumer experiences and products.
Highlights from the report include:
Healthy People:
● Nicorette® QuickMist became the first nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in the U.K. to be licensed to help vapers quit, with this vaping cessation indication now included across the whole Nicorette® range in the U.K.
● Helped train health care professionals (HCPs) in Malaysia on the use of NRT solutions like Nicorette® and worked with the Health Minister of Malaysia to launch its Cik Era (Miss Era) AI chatbot on the JomQuit (Come On, Quit) website, which offers smokers personalized support and advice on quitting smoking.
● Trained more than 7,000 Walgreen’s pharmacists and 12,000 beauty consultants since 2020 through a collaboration between Neutrogena® and the Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) on the importance of recommending sunscreen to consumers.
● Addressed women’s health by destigmatizing conversations about menstruation in India led by Stayfree®, and menopause in the U.S with the launch of Versalie™, a digital platform dedicated to menopause and women’s hormonal wellness.
● Launched health initiative in India to help reduce diarrhoea-related mortality and improve healthcare outcomes with an aim to reach approximately 5 million children under the age of five over the next two years.
● Kenvue donated more than $56 million to support communities in need.
Healthy Planet:
● Reduced Scope 1 and 2 emissions1,2,3 by 37% from a 2020 base year, toward a 42% reduction goal by 20304 .
● Expanded the use of renewable electricity5 to 72% across global operations, with Latin America maintaining 100% renewable electricity5 since 2023.
● Transitioned 69% of packaging6 across portfolios to be recyclable7 or refillable8 , with a goal of 100% by 20254 .
Reduced the use of virgin plastic9 in packaging6 by more than 21.4% from a 2020 base year, with goals of 25% by 20254 and 50% by 20304 .
● Several Kenvue brands have contributed to this progress with redesigned packaging:
o Zyrtec® switched from plastic blister packs to paper, saving more than 1,520,000 pounds of plastic annually.
o Johnson’s® Baby in Latin America launched shampoo and bath products in refillable, recycle-ready pouches.
o Dabao® in China made their plastic bottles lighter, saving over 264,000 pounds of plastic.
Healthy Practice:
• Integrated sustainability into research and development with the launch of the Sustainable Innovation Profiler, a patent-pending tool designed to measure a product’s environmental performance and enable developers to make real-time choices to design solutions that benefit both people and the planet. This tool is now embedded in Kenvue’s product development process across R&D. The tool, already operational, helped inform design solutions to improve the packaging performance for several products including:
• OGX® Argan Oil Shampoo and Conditioner bottles: Redesigned to address consumer feedback, including improved “squeezability”, a reduced product environmental impact and total carbon footprint, and improved green chemistry and packaging with a fully recyclable, 100% Post-Consumer Recycled High-Density Polyethylene (PCR HDPE) bottle.
• Nicorette® Icy Mint Lozenge: Revamped its primary packaging, reducing plastic waste by 85% and reducing the product’s total carbon footprint by 17%, compared to the previous version.
To read Kenvue’s 2024 Healthy Lives Mission Report, visit kenvue.com/hlmreport