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2019 Amway Corporate Social Responsibility C R E AT I N G S O C I A L G O O D
“With Amway’s long history and At Amway, we believe in going
expertise in health and nutrition, beyond the traditional ways of
we have the ability to create a doing business.
healthier world. It’s our absolute
Our goal is to combine our products, resources and operations
responsibility to provide nutrients with our values to benefit people and the world.
that help children thrive,
communities flourish and people
around the world live happier,
healthier, more fulfilling lives.”
– Milind Pant, Amway CEO
0 6 | E M P OW E R 1 4 | E N GAG E 20 | ENVIRONMENT
Healthier lives Opportunities A more
for success sustainable world
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Strong global partnerships extend
our reach.
Amway is a global
leader in areas that
can benefit the world
and we’re sharing
our expertise with
global organizations
like the United Nations
to do our part to
help people and
the planet.
Amway Corporate
Social Responsibility
C R E AT I N G S O C I A L G O O D.
We are incredibly proud of what we accomplished in 2019.
Our Amway Business Owners (ABOs), affiliates, and employees fulfilled
our corporate social responsibility (CSR) philosophy and helped people
live better, healthier lives.
For more information about
the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals, visit:
https://www.un.org/development/
desa/disabilities/envision2030.html
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Results:
The Power of 5 at work.
This global program is an outreach extension of our nutrition expertise and
an opportunity for people to get involved.
100% OF ALL 1 DA I LY 1 5 V I TA M I N S
D O N AT I O N S DOSE OF AND NUTRIENTS
are used to provide NUTRILITE™ are included in each
NutriliteTM Little BitsTM LIT TLE BITS™ sachet of NutriliteTM
micronutrient powder Little BitsTM, which follows
mixed with food helps
to malnourished the recommendation of the
malnourished children get
children through World Health Organization.
the vitamins and nutrients
global humanitarian
they need to develop a healthy
partnerships.
brain and body.
2 5 + H U M A N I TA R I A N 5 YEARS OLD!
A N D G OV E R N M E N T The Power of 5
O R GA N I Z AT I O N S Campaign celebrated
partner with Amway to our fifth birthday in
distribute NutriliteTM 2019 and is looking
E M P OW E R Little BitsTM and track the forward to many more.
growth of children in
our Power of 5 programs.
Fighting childhood Helping malnourished
children in: 1 . 2 M I L L I O N B OX E S
malnutrition with the Brazil India of NutriliteTM Little BitsTM –
each with a 30-day supply –
China Indonesia
Power of 5 Campaign. Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Mexico
Panama
can be packaged each year
at Amway Headquarters in
Ada, Michigan.
Guatemala South Africa
From anywhere in the world, you can help Haiti Vietnam
malnourished children get the nutrients Honduras Zambia
and vitamins needed for healthy growth
and development, thanks to the
Power of 5 Campaign.
To learn more and donate:
powerof5.amwayglobal.com/donate-to-fight-against-childhood-malnutrition/
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W H AT D O ES I T M E A N Introducing Opportunity International Health care professionals agree
TO T U R N 5 ? As we begin our sixth year of the Dr. Blanca Lidia Bonilla, coordinator of the health
Power of 5 Campaign, we will be unit of Horcones, works in the health establishment
supported by a new global partner, in the municipality of Yamaranguila, Honduras.
For all children, age 5 is a turning Opportunity International, She tells us there are many cases of children with
point. If they can reach this opportunity.org. malnutrition due to the local prevalence of a lack
of food, poor preparation of food, and more. She
milestone in good health, they’re added that Nutrilite™ Little Bits™ has everything
They will:
more likely to have a healthy, necessary to help growth and development
• Join us in the fight against childhood malnutrition because it is a complete vitamin supplement
successful future. and it has good acceptance by the mothers.
• Oversee global fundraising
In fact, this is such an important milestone,
• Facilitate our distribution programs in countries The children who have been provided with the
that one of the Sustainable Development goals
around the world supplement show significant improvements.
adopted by the United Nations is to reduce
During appointments, she said, mothers tell
under-5 mortality to at least as low as 25 • Help the campaign expand so we can do more her they are happy because they notice a good
per 1,000 live births in every country. to help malnourished children and their families change when they weigh their children and can
According to the World Health Organization, Opportunity International serves 10 million see improvement in their children’s appetite.
more than half of under-5 child deaths are due hardworking families in 23 countries. To date, In partnership with CARE.
to diseases that are preventable and treatable they have created or sustained more than 20 million
through simple, affordable interventions. jobs by giving entrepreneurs the tools they need
For the Power of 5, this is great news. to thrive. We are enthusiastic about how the
Power of 5 will grow with their help.
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ABOUT CHILDHOOD Overcoming nature’s challenges Healthy growth School performance improvements
MALNUTRITION In 2019, Zambia experienced its worst drought Juan Daniel, from Caserío Santa Rosa, Guatemala, At the Thembifundo Day Care, an early childhood
in 40 years. To make matters worse, the cost of participates in a Power of 5 program at the education center in rural Mpumalanga, Zambia,
basic food staples has doubled in a single year’s APEVIHS nutrition clinic. When he first arrived, the 86 children in Grade R (the year before primary
According to the World Health time. While more and more Zambians struggle he was suffering from acute malnutrition. His school) were struggling. Teachers became
Organization, children deprived with food insecurity, the Family Preservation parents were given bags of groceries to improve concerned that most of the children would not
and Empowerment Program from the Alliance for his health, as well as his family’s. Nutrilite™ progress to the next grade. Our on-the-ground
of adequate nutrition during the Children Everywhere is providing food, Nutrilite™ Little Bits™ were also provided for Juan Daniel. partner, Acorn Foundation offered help including
first 1,000 days of life often have Little Bits™, and job skills training as part of the He is now in nutritional recovery and has a better Nutrilite™ Little Bits™ and training for parents
Power of 5 Campaign. More than 400 children can appetite, is more alert and active and his weight and caregivers about nutrition, hygiene, and
stunted growth, poor cognitive survive, thrive and grow thanks to our efforts here. and height are more normal for his age. sanitation. As a result, the children have responded
development and low immunity In partnership with Alliance for Children In partnership with Glasswing International.
positively and gained weight, are learning more
quickly and are now ready for the next grade.
to disease. Everywhere.
In partnership with Acorn Foundation.
Malnutrition affects school performance and
studies have shown it often leads to lower
earning potential as an adult. More than 150
million children are unable to attain their full
development potential because of stunting and
micronutrient deficiency. Malnutrition is also
responsible for the death of more than
3.1 million children each year.
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More progress in Vietnam Community health business Women’s empowerment
Amway Vietnam supports in the Power of 5 model in India Amway India successfully completed a two-
Campaign at Cam Binh Kindergarten, Cam As a trial project, Amway partnered with year program to promote self-employment and
Thuy District, Thanh Hoa Province. The campaign Opportunity Internal to provide training, market entrepreneurship among under-privileged women
improves the nutrition knowledge of parents and research and support to 200 community health in Muzzaffarpur and Chapra in the states of
caregivers and provides Nutrilite™ Little Bits™ facilitators (CHFs) in northern India from mid- Bihar and Ambedkarnagar and Mirzapur in
to help fight childhood malnutrition. In just four 2017 to mid-2019. CHFs are women from poor the state of Uttar Pradesh. Two hundred
months, 10,384 Nutrilite Little Bits boxes were rural areas who receive training so they can underprivileged women were provided with
distributed to benefit 2,587 malnourished provide their underserved communities with training on entrepreneurship skills and business
children at six kindergartens. frontline health services, education about fundamentals to enhance affordable healthcare
nutrition and sanitation, and access to outreach in underserved rural areas.
According to associate professor Nguyen Thi Kindergarten programs
Lam, former head of the National Institution of inexpensive but often unavailable health The participants earned 2,000 – 4,000 rupees
fight malnutrition products like sanitary napkins.
Nutrition, this is a meaningful program which each month and were able to increase their savings.
will, together with medical agencies, contribute In China, more than 50,000 children are fighting The pilot has successfully completed training They shared their knowledge about health and
to reducing malnutrition and lack of micro- malnutrition with help from the Amway Charity of 215 women, reaching 200,000 people with nutrition with 20,000 community members.
nutrients for children under 5 in needy areas, Foundation and the Power of 5 Campaign at 1,500 education and 15,000 households with products
especially in mountainous areas of the North, countryside Kindergartens in Qinghai, Gansu, ShanXi, In partnership with Healing Fields Foundation.
since commencing the distribution and sales for
Central, and Western Highlands. Hunan, Hebei, Xinjiang, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Guangxi, a product basket generating health-related
Shan'Xi and Yunnan provinces. The program offers a income for project participants.
In partnership with the Vietnam National daily supplement to children age three to five, and
Institute of Nutrition, Ministry of Health. provides curriculum for the children and teachers to In partnership with Opportunity International
learn more about nutrition and health education. The and Healing Fields Foundation.
areas covered by the project have achieved the 2020
target of the National Nutrition Plan ahead of schedule.
In partnership with Spring Sprouts Kitchens.
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Results:
Amway engagement at work.
E N GAG E
Engaging Amway people
for community success.
Gardens improve nutrition
In keeping with our Founders Fundamentals, we encourage our Amway Kids’ Food Basket provides healthy suppers In 2019, we helped establish a 10-acre urban farm
to nearly 9,000 West Michigan children each so Kids’ Food Basket could grow healthy, chemical-
Business Owners and employees to support charities and organizations weekday. These children live below the poverty free produce. We’ve relied on the talent of our
that mirror their passions and impact their local communities in a powerful line and rely on breakfast and lunch to be Nutrilite researchers and scientist to help Kids’
provided by their schools. Amway has long Food Basket maximize the farm’s capabilities.
way. And we’re consistently amazed at all the social good that comes of been a partner of this non-profit organization
their efforts. and our employees are frequent volunteers.
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Remember HOPE, Amway Japan Dietary Ninja Summer Camp
rebuilds communities For two weekends in July, the summer camp titled
In March 2011, Japan was rocked to the core when “Dietary Ninja,” sponsored by the Amway Hope
the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami, and Maker Charity Foundation in Taiwan, was held for
nuclear disaster destroyed entire cities. In 2012, the seventh consecutive year. The program was
Amway Japan established Remember HOPE, a designed to inspire underprivileged children to
corporate social responsibility effort aimed at explore their potential and to echo the Power of 5
supporting the rebuilding of community and nutrition education program by providing these
delivery of hope to residents in the disaster-affected children related knowledge and entertainment.
Tohoku region. Since then, Amway Japan has A total of 228 children from disadvantaged
partnered with local governments, NGOs, residents, families participated with the help of 446
and volunteers to build community facilities, or passionate Amway volunteers.
Amway Houses, where people can gather and
reestablish kizuna or the sense of community.
Building community playgrounds
In 2019, the Amway Japan Foundation completed
In 2019, 207 Amway employees transformed the fifth Amway House in Rikuzentakata, Iwate
two playgrounds, one in California and one in Prefecture. The largest Amway House to date, it
Michigan, into new, kid-friendly play spaces was designed by world-renowned architect Kuma
– and they did it in just six hours. It was the Kengo, who also designed the Tokyo 2020 Olympic
17th year Amway partnered with national stadium. Amway Japan is proud to support the
non-profit KaBOOM! and we’ve built 22 city of Rikuzentakata’s vision of rebuilding itself as
playgrounds in three separate states. During an intentionally inclusive community, welcoming
that time, more than 2,400 volunteers have of diversity. The Amway House is an iconic
logged 16,500 hours to reinvigorate local presence in the heart of the new city. It features a
neighborhoods. community gathering space, children’s day care
center, café employing people with disabilities,
Happy Healthy Farm for Kids citizen’s consultation center, and tourist and local Fighting childhood malnutrition
product information center.
Amway Thailand is using their expertise to improve In cooperation with non-governmental agency,
children’s health by providing nutrition support for To date, ABOs and employees have contributed Un Kilo de Ayuda, Amway Mexico is providing Nutrilite™
thousands of local students while strengthening nearly 55,000 volunteer hours and helped raise Little Bits™ to 14,000 children in five Mexican states.
the awareness of nutritional and health value in 11.4 million US dollars for Remember HOPE. They hosted two community visits – in July to the
schools and communities. Together with Border In Amway Japan, there is a very high level of state of Yucatan and in December to Estado de
Patrol Police, the ‘Happy Healthy Farm for Kids’ engagement – over 7,600 ABOs and 60 percent of Mexico – to enable leaders, ABOs and a few members
project was initiated to solve an issue of children’s employees contribute monthly. All are very proud of the press to experience the work that is being
unhealthy consumption which is a priority in of this uniquely impactful initiative, through which done by Un Kilo de Ayuda and the effects and
Thailand. In 2019, 2,546 children, 80 teachers and Amway Japan is helping people and communities benefits to the community.
community leaders from 16 Border Patrol Police live healthier, more empowered lives.
schools in Kanchanaburi and Ratchaburi provinces
benefitted from this project.
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2020 goals update:
We’ve been tracking sustainability initiatives across several areas since 2015.
Here’s where we finished at the end of 2019. During 2020, we also will be
assembling a cross-functional corporate sustainability team that will
establish new initiatives.
R E D U CT I O N R E CYC L I N G I N C R E AS E
I N TOTA L WAS T E R AT E A LT E R N AT I V E
Goal Status Goal Status E N E R GY U S E
25% 27% 95% 95% Goal Status
95% 95%
REDUCE
REDUCE TOTA L REDUCE
WAT E R U SAG E E N E R GY U S E G R E E N H O U S E GAS
Goal Status Goal Status Goal Status
10% 1% 10% 23% 25% 32%
ENVIRONMENT
LANDFILL 2020 case studies:
Global sustainability initiatives FREE
Goal Status
for a healthier world. 10% 33%
S O L I D WAS T E
R E CYC L I N G
WAT E R
C O N S E RVAT I O N
I N I T I AT I V E S
Landfill-free status has been At Amway manufacturing
Since the formulation of our first product in 1959, Amway has been achieved at Buena Park, facilities in India, all solid waste Also in India, water conservation
focused on sustainability. Continuous improvement efforts are furthering California and in Ada, is dried by solar techniques initiatives have replenished
Michigan at the Nutritional and sent to the cement water resources to over 4,000
our commitment to reducing waste and water consumption, choosing Spaulding Plant and the industry to be used as furnace villagers in the Dindigul district.
renewal energy sources, and organic farming practices. Paper Product Plant. Our fuel. This equates to over From desilting of the supply
goal is to be landfill-free at 650,000 pounds of waste that channel to construction of check
all manufacturing plants by has not been sent to a landfill and boulder dams, the project
We want to recycle to the greatest extent possible and to reduce the the end of 2020. and helps reduce our carbon has not only helped in mitigating
footprint. water scarcity, but alsoenabled
amount of waste created by operations. And we even have environmental rainwater storage and water
goals for the companies who supply us products, so we can trace all of replenishment in the wells in
the region.
our raw ingredients for Nutrilite™ supplements back to their roots.
18 19Results: Packaging R&D examples of success:
Sustainability at work. The Amway Packaging Research & Development (R&D) team has a
sustainability commitment to advocate, educate, and innovate, while
finding a balance that benefits customers, our company and the planet.
Where possible, the team is working to reduce, reuse, and recycle packaging;
utilize post-consumer resins (PCR); and evaluate bio-based resin alternatives.
86% Skincare carton liners have Satinique™, Amway Home™
L ES S P L AS T I C been removed in China and protein powder bottles in
(270,000+ pounds) is now used SAV I N G OV E R India are now made with
annually in Amway Home™ 8 0,0 0 0 KG 1 2 . 2 M E T R I C TO N S
All-Fabric Bleach powder O F PA P E R L ES S P L AS T I C
packaging after a change to annually. annually.
a paperboard box with a
poly bag inside.
Putting repurposed products to good use
Amway partners with Good360, good360.org, impacted by disasters or other challenging life
to repurpose products that can be distributed to circumstances who, without us, would struggle REFILLABLE Corrugated cardboard cases P O S T- C O N S U M E R
people in need and has diverted more than 100 to find that hope. PAC K AG ES, are being R E U S E D in China R ES I N S are recycled materials
tons of product and packaging from landfills, like the G&H Nourish+™ and are used in several United
as well as nearly 200 pallets. As the global leader in product philanthropy
and purposeful giving, Good360 partners with Body Wash refill, eliminate States produced G&H, Satinique™,
Good360’s mission is to transform lives by companies like Amway to source highly needed thousands of pounds and Amway Home™ bottles.
providing hope, dignity, and a sense of renewed goods and distribute them through a network of of plastic each year.
Many Amway containers are
possibility to individuals, families, and communities diverse nonprofits that support people in need.
PVC shrink films made from recycle-friendly
are being materials like PETE and HDPE.
E L I M I N AT E D
in India.
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Certified organic farms Tracing ingredients in Nutrilite™ products P U R E , SA F E
Because we believe in sustainable farming, Amway runs a global In this global economy, products can come from anywhere in the A N D E F F E CT I V E .
agribusiness operation with nearly 6,000 acres of organic farmland world. That’s why Amway puts an emphasis on traceability when We trace every ingredient
in the United States, Mexico, and Brazil that produces plants botanicals sourcing the highest-quality botanicals for Nutrilite™ supplements. in Nutrilite products.
for Nutrilite and Artistry products. We also partner with local farmers We believe you have a right to know where your supplements come
Certified organic around the world who practice organic farming. from. This commitment involves a careful tracking of seeds, plants,
farms, water and nutrients that far exceeds industry standards. 1 Chose the botanical
farm locations: We protect the soil health, minimize pollution, and ensure the Whether our farms or a partner, we require all to meet our strict
availability of quality water. This plan relies on nature to manage quality standards and conduct safety checks at every step in 2 Select the seed
Ephrata, WA, U.S. nature instead of having people use toxic chemicals. For example, the process to ensure we can confidently stand behind all of our
Jalisco, Mexico we use local bees, earthworms and micro-organisms in the soil to 3 Choose the farm
products. For more information, visit nutrilitetraceability.com.
Trout Lake, WA, U.S. help protect and fertilize our plants, and trained falcons scare birds
Ubajara, Brazil away from crops at harvest time. 4 Grow
These practices contribute to healthy land and water resources. 5 Harvest
Our farms also document water and energy efficiency with audits,
reviews and long-term planning. 6 Extract
7 Manufacture
8 Package
9 You
22 23In 2020, we will do more.
With the beginning of a new decade, we are challenging
everyone to:
• Continue the fight against global Amway gives us all a unique ability to
malnutrition while empowering leverage multiple resources to create
people to improve their personal social good. This can be anything
and family health from nutritional expertise to products,
or the one-of-a-kind communities we
• Create opportunities to engage create through our global reach.
in and improve our communities
In 2020, we will use these resources
• Take action to improve the health and be the change for a better world.
of our environment
“We believe it is essential to be more than a corporation
that simply makes or markets stuff. To remain viable,
we know we must first improve the well-being of people
around the world.”
– Rich DeVos, Amway Co-founder
For more information visit: www.AmwayGlobal.com
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