Our Purpose
A message from Ed Lonergan, President & Chief Executive Officer
Diversey’s portfolio approach toward sustainability ROI
Introduction
Fuel cell installation extends Diversey’s Climate Savers commitment to cut GHGs
European Charter invites all employees to deliver on sustainability promises
Diversey continues commitment to building standards and certification
U.K. manufacturing facility earns two best factory awards
IT innovation recognized by InformationWeek 
Plant upgrades expand our capacity to serve Central American customers
Reusing filtration water
Manufacturing environmental performance improvements
Key Performance Measures
Introduction
Climate Change Summit highlights customers’ leadership in sustainability
Water savings help major global breweries operate more sustainably
Pollution control technology saves water, cut use of dangerous chemicals...
Integrated bottom line approach helps customers develop sustainability...
New program saves labor, energy and chemicals in cleaning industrial food...
McDonald’s awards “Best of Green” to Diversey product line
Infection control webinar addresses critical role of hospital cleaning programs...
Green Hotelier of the Year Award honors and promotes sustainability...
New baseball stadium features green-certified Diversey products
Diversey products help shape facility management firm’s sustainability offering
TASKI floor care machines combine performance, efficiency and safety
Introduction
Partnerships and passion bring Global Children’s Initiative to life
Diversey, shareholders pledge more than half the cost of new YMCA...
Interns put creativity to work
U.K. employees raise £17,000 in one day
Soap project in impoverished area of Turkey wins social responsibility award
Habitat becomes a helpful habit
United Way sees growth
Employees take action against cancer
Awards program spotlights volunteerism
Introduction
Target Zero program posts steady improvements in employee safety
Workforce planning supports long-term business success
Wellness committee encourages healthy lifestyles for employees, families...
Government of Spain honors Diversey workplace policies
Introduction
Regional, global collaborations drive water stewardship programs
Awards program aims at spurring sustainability innovation in tourism...
Diversey, 12 others form sustainability innovators working group
Webinar delivers perspective on green building trends
Diversey-sponsored sessions at Global Food Safety Conference help...
Diversey joins GHG protocol testing of new global standard for product...
Certifications and Affiliations
Introduction
New statement of values defines Diversey enterprise
The Diversey Way
Global council charged with harnessing the power of diversity and inclusion
Committed to good business governance
Sustainability Advocacy Council helps drive sustainability performance
Diversey’s commitment to the highest ethical standards
Company Overview
Key Financial Data
Global Reporting Initiative
Corporate Information
Operational improvements that benefit the environment sometimes emerge from new technologies—and perhaps just as often they emerge from new thinking about old processes. That was the case with changing an existing practice at one of our manufacturing facilities that will save millions of gallons of water.
Many of Diversey’s cleaning and hygiene solutions call for reverse osmosis water—standard municipal water put through a special filtration system to remove certain minerals and heavy metals that are safe for human consumption but could alter the composition of our products when mixed with other raw materials. During the reverse osmosis process, about one-third of the water required by the reverse osmosis process is used to flush the collected minerals and metals from the membrane filters. As we looked for opportunities to reduce our manufacturing water consumption, our Sturtevant, Wisconsin manufacturing plant identified that a large portion of the site’s net water use was associated with the reverse osmosis flush water. The opportunity to reduce the site’s water consumption by reducing or reusing the reverse osmosis flush process was then validated through an AquaCheckSM audit, and the site started evaluating and testing options to reuse the reverse osmosis flush water in place of fresh municipal water.
The new solution is a simple system to capture and store the flush water until it can be used for cleaning or maintenance activities, such as rinsing tanks, cleaning plant machinery and lubricating packaging conveyors. Additional municipal water is available for cleaning operations, but the stored water is used first.
The newly implemented operation has helped the plant reduce its overall water consumption, and is on track to save more than 2 million gallons of water annually. It also was the basis for a global project to evaluate where reverse osmosis processes are used in the company, minimize our requirements for pre-treated water, and optimize reverse osmosis flush water reuse to the extent feasible.
