Overview

The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837. The company a wide range of personal health/consumer health, and personal care and hygiene products; these products are organized into several segments including beauty; grooming; health care; fabric & home care; and baby, feminine, & family care. The company manufactures well-known household products, including Crest, Charmin, Tide, Oral-B, Bounty, Febreze, Downy, and Gain. In 2014, P&G dropped around 100 of its brands to make a concentrated effort on the remaining 65, which produced 95% of the company’s profits. In 2020, P&G announced plans for its operations to be climate neutral by 2030, extending a previous goal to reduce emissions by half over the next 10 years.