Mary Kay's Environmental Policy
Mary Kay's mission is to enrich women's lives. As a global corporation, we understand that our influence is far reaching. By promoting and implementing sustainable operations, we have a positive impact on the quality of life of our employees, the Mary Kay Independent Sales Force, consumers and future generations. We commit ourselves to a positive legacy of environmental sustainability through pollution prevention, resource conservation, regulatory compliance, and continual improvement.
To achieve our goals:
- We will educate employees and the Mary Kay Independent Sales Force on the benefits and impact of environmental sustainability and their individual opportunity to contribute to environmental excellence.
- We will strive to apply the best principles and practices of preventing pollution, halting pollution at the source whenever and wherever possible; recycling and conserving natural resources.
- We will comply with all applicable environmental and other legal requirements governing our operations, products, and services.
- We will review our environmental performance objectives on an annual basis and continuously improve our environmental performance.
- We will share information regarding our environmental sustainability initiatives with our employees, the Mary Kay Independent Sales Force, our community and consumers.
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Pink Doing Green®
Knowing our actions today will affect the quality of life
for future generations, Mary Kay® continuously seeks opportunities
to improve our environmental performance. The Company also is striving to
find ways to be even more sustainable and green.
Read Mary Kay® Environmental Policy.
Be a part of our latest effort to make a difference.
As part of our ongoing commitment to Pink Doing Green®, Mary Kay Inc. will plant one tree in the United States, in partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation and the U.S. Forest Service, for every 10 flip-top caps and/or color refill cases received. To date we have turned thousands of pieces of plastic into trees. You can participate by sending your empty Mary Kay® flip top caps and color refill cases to:
Mary Kay Inc.
Caps and Cases Program
Attn: Carlos Troncoso
1330 Regal Row
Dallas, TX 75247
- Planting Trees Around the World – Mary Kay Inc. planted 200,000 trees
in the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana with the U.S. Forest Service and
the Arbor Day Foundation. Mary Kay China annually plants trees in Shanghai,
Hangzhou and Ningxia. In addition, employees from Mary Kay Mexico and Mary Kay
Malaysia are involved with tree-planting programs.
- Recycling Products – For years, Mary Kay® has produced refillable
compacts. With the launch of a new compact, Mary Kay® began
recycling previously used and unwanted compacts. More than 300,000 have
been recycled.
- Recycling Waste – The Mary Kay® global manufacturing facility
recycles approximately
13 tons of alcohol waste each year, reducing our annual
hazardous waste disposal by at least 25 percent. A plastic recycling
program has reduced landfill waste by 15 percent.
- Recycling on a Corporate Level – Since 1989, Mary Kay® has
been among the first companies to have an extensive recycling program that
now includes product line packaging, paper, plastic, corrugated cardboard,
ink cartridges, old cell phones and aluminum.
- Using Renewable Materials – Many Mary Kay® distribution centers
ship orders using packing materials made from renewable corn and potato
starch (biopeanuts), which are 100 percent biodegradable.
- Product Packaging – Many Mary Kay® product carton inserts are
made with a minimum of 20 percent recycled content.
- Energy Conservation – We have reduced energy consumption at our
global corporate facilities by 12.8 percent with a decline of almost 6.5
million kwh – enough energy to power more than 1,000 average homes for one year.
- Global Recognition – In 1993, Mary Kay® received the first
Fashion and Environmental Award from the United Nations Environment Program. The Company also has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Keep America Beautiful and the American Lung Association. In 2007,
Mary Kay China was awarded the Model Unit of Environment Protection by the
Environment Protection Bureau of the Hangzhou Economic and Development Area.
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