The Procter & Gamble Company — Ethics Grade C

The Procter & Gamble Company receives an overall ethics grade of C (55/100) on CancelCo's corporate accountability database. Sector: Consumer Goods. Market cap: Large Cap.

Category scores

• labor: 60
• privacy: 80
• consumer: 55
• environment: 42
• humanRights: 58

Documented incidents (3)

• Deforestation in Palm Oil Supply (high, 2020) — P&G has been repeatedly cited by environmental groups for failing to eliminate deforestation from its palm oil supply chain, impacting critical habitats in Indonesia and Malaysia.
• Washing Powder Cartel Fine (medium, 2011) — The European Commission fined P&G 211.2 million EUR for participating in a cartel with Unilever and Henkel to fix the price of laundry detergents.
• Benzene Contamination Recall (high, 2021) — P&G voluntarily recalled over 30 aerosol spray products, including dry shampoos and conditioners, after detecting the carcinogen benzene in the propellant.

Documented good deeds

• Children's Safe Drinking Water — The program has provided over 20 billion liters of clean water to people in need globally using P&G's water purification packets.

Ethical alternatives

• Seventh Generation — B-Corp certified with plant-based formulas and no palm-oil linked deforestation.