Changing dishwashing habits can help save more than 3.5 million tonnes of CO2 in Europe

GENEVA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Long known as a brand that offers value to families, Fairy’s innovation will enable the brand to evolve this incentive to find greater value in the dish-care category: saving energy, reducing the cost of energy bills in the homes of families across Europe, and, importantly, helping consumers reduce their carbon footprint whilst dishwashing. A vision with the potential to cut dishwashing’s carbon footprint by up to 60% (when washing-up) and 33%** a year (using a dishwasher).

Fairy’s product innovation and continued sustainability focus sits alongside the latest findings of the products’ LCA results. Research verified by independent parties to establish the environmental impact of Fairy’s hand and dishwasher products across their lifecycle.

Results found the majority of the carbon footprint of dishwashing – both by hand and in a machine – is related to heating of the water and additional energy needed to run an automatic dishwasher cycle in the consumer’s kitchen. On average, these processes can cause up to 93% of hand dishwashing’s carbon footprint and 72% of the carbon footprint when using a machine**.

In line with these findings, Fairy encourages consumers to wash cooler and switch from normal to short cycles. The latest Fairy formulas are designed with a Fast Activating Cleaning System for faster action in short cycles and to work quickly even in cooler water temperatures at the sink. Hence, cutting the carbon footprint of dishwashing by reducing the energy used to heat water. With Fairy specially designed to offer a brilliant clean even in these more challenging cleaning conditions, these campaigns set to demonstrate the sustained cleaning power of Fairy to inspire a switch to more sustainable dishwashing habits that can also help users save.

Oya Ongor, Senior Vice President, Procter & Gamble Home Care brands, Europe, comments: “As staple products in homes across Europe, we know we have a responsibility to help families. Our research continues to find that families need a product they can trust – if it doesn’t work in sustainable conditions, they’ll stick to the behaviors they know will get the job done, and they’ve too often been let down by poor performance. That’s why we design products that are made to help consumer save energy, with products delivering impeccable cleaning results in challenging energy efficient conditions.

Our sustainability journey doesn’t stop there, of course. We also continue to innovate across our packaging, manufacturing, production and supply chains, as part of our efforts to evaluate and improve our overall LCA, contributing to P&G’s 2030 sustainability targets. At Fairy, we are proud to work with external expert partners to support our vision, for example, our partnership with Energy Saving Trust to verify UK energy saving potential through changing dishwashing habits”.