Valvoline releases 2017 corporate social responsibility report

Voices of Valvoline reports company recycled 5 million pounds of materials in 2017.


Valvoline Inc., a Lexington, Kentucky-based leading worldwide supplier of lubricants and automotive services, has released its 2017 corporate social responsibility report (CSR), Voices of Valvoline.

The report highlights, among other achievements, Valvoline’s recycling efforts in 2017. The company recycled 5 million pounds of materials in 2017. In addition, Valvoline sites reduced solid waste generation from 620,600 pounds to 551,800 pounds, a drop of 11 percent.

The company says the foundational pillars of CSR at Valvoline continue to center on its “People, Product and Planet” approach with a strategic focus on achieving greater impact in the areas of citizenship, sustainability, and diversity and inclusion.

“Valvoline is committed to applying the principles of sustainability to every aspect of our operations to maintain our leadership position in the marketplace and as a corporate citizen,” says Sam Mitchell, CEO of Valvoline. “Through our hands-on service, focused generosity and the continuous pursuit of innovative and sustainable solutions, we are working to build communities that have a more promising future.”           

The Voices of Valvoline reports, “Through our Waste Minimization Program, Valvoline sites create central collection areas to segregate miscellaneous waste for recycling to make the process convenient, easy and sustainable. We employ many elements of the Lean 5S program (sort, shine, straighten, standardize and sustain), and these practices have become a part of our culture.”

The report continues, “Our sites actively pursue source reduction, reuse, recycling and recovering materials. We have challenged each facility to move waste streams to recycling or to eliminate them through our source-reduction program as even the smallest of waste streams can add up to significant volumes due to facility scale.”

Voices of Valvoline features perspectives from team members to tell the 2017 CSR story and provide insights into what motivates the Valvoline team worldwide. Key highlights from the report include:

  • moving into a new sustainably designed world headquarters building that reduces overall environmental impact;
  • achieving zero landfill status at 45 percent of Valvoline’s blending and packaging facilities and 30 percent of warehouses;
  • being named one of “America’s Safest Companies” by EHS Today;
  • increasing diverse supplier spending 365 percent since 2016;
  • raising $281,000 for charitable organizations during the U.S. Employee Giving Campaign; and
  • opening two health clinics in India, serving an estimated 40,000 people.

“Our CSR progress at Valvoline is driven by the collective efforts of our team members around the world. We embrace and understand the importance of having a positive impact within the company and the communities where we live, work and play,” adds Gary Allen, vice president, environmental health and safety.

Valvoline’s CSR report can be viewed and downloaded at https://csr.valvoline.com.

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