Sometimes, you do things because they're good for business.
And sometimes, you do things just because you should.
Like planting a million trees. We just celebrated that goal on Earth Day 2009. We also sponsored three North Pole expeditions to measure the impact of global warming. We have provided environmentally friendly cleaning supplies to be used on board Jacques Cousteau's research vessels.
The list goes on. And so does our commitment to doing what's right simply because it is.
AFor over 50 years, Shaklee Corporations has been leading the way in natural health products and sustainable business practices.
In 1915, Dr. Forrest C. Shaklee created "Vitalized Minerals," one of the first multivitamins in the world. When he founded Shaklee Corporation in 1956, he helped pioneer both the nutritional supplement industry and a distribution method that rewards word-of-mouth referrals.
When everybody else was celebrating plastic and synthetic materials, Shaklee turned to nature—finding the purest natural ingredients for vitamins and making one of the first biodegradable household cleaners ever.
Shaklee is proudly commited to the eight United Nations' Millennium Development Goals.
The goals range from halting extreme poverty and the spread of HIV/AIDS to providing universal primary education, all by 2015.
The world's countries and leading development agencies have all agreed to this blueprint to meet the needs of the poorest people. Shaklee is among them.
Because we are a company that is all about health for people and the planet, and because we offer such a unique income opportunity for people to better their lives, we believe we are uniquely qualified to help solve some of the problems that extreme poverty creates. That's why we've aligned our causes with the Millennium Development Goals. And we believe our work can help meet them by 2015.
Commitment: Shaklee commits to offsetting 100% of its greenhouse gas emissions through 2009. Shaklee uses 100% green power for its U.S. operations and makes direct emission reductions through the installation of solar energy in Millennium Development Villages in Kenya. This installation project provides a sustainable energy resource to a remote area and also supports the 2015 United Nations' Millennium Development Goals.