Progress to Date

Energy Use

The Clorox Company is committed to minimize energy use from each and every one of our facilities worldwide. To do so, we are making the necessary capital investments on more energy-efficient equipment and employing manufacturing practices that improve the efficiency of our processes. We know that reducing energy both reduces our costs and is better for the environment.

Goal

The Clorox Company made a public pledge to reduce its energy use by 10 percent per case of product sold from 2007 to 2013.

Progress to Date

Our total global energy usage as measured by natural gas, propane, and electricity at our facilities is listed below:

	2007	2008	2009
Energy Consumption (‘000 of MWh)	818	823	787

Clorox’s Total Consumption of Purchased Energy in MWh:

Purchased Energy in MWh
Calendar Year	United States	International	Worldwide
2005	425,617	127,084	552,701
2006	422,855	130,954	553,809
2007	438,573	132,332	570,905
2008	433,360	136,795	570,155
2009	404,944	135,116	538,060

Breakdown of Total Fuel Consumption (2009):

Purchased Fuel in MWh
Fuel Type	United States	International	Worldwide
Natural Gas	160,129	27,363	187,492
Fuel Oil	24,207	1,595	25,802
Propane	7,039	696	7,735
Kerosene	20,066	8,014	28,080

Major Accomplishments

We are proud of what we have been able to accomplish in this area but we know it is only a start. We have contracted with an outside bill pay agency that pays all of our energy bills. With this service we have access to a web based data base where facility managers can track and minimize energy usage. We have completed lighting retrofits to high efficiency T5/T8 florescent bulbs with motion sensors in 22 of our facilities so far. We have begun a program to complete energy audits at our facilities in order to show us where the other opportunities for energy reduction are.