The Company Has Pledged to Achieve Green-Level
My Green Lab Certifications for All of its Laboratories
by the End of 2030
LOS
ANGELES, April 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Herbalife,
a premier health and wellness company, announced today that two
more of its laboratories have completed the My Green Lab Certification Program, at the
'Green' level, signifying the highest level of certification
in the program. These accomplishments demonstrate the company's
continuous progress towards its sustainability goals of reducing
its carbon footprint and attaining Green-level certifications for all of its
laboratories by the end of 2030, as outlined in its 2021-2022
Global Sustainability Report. The two labs that received the most
recent certification were the Center of Excellence Analytical
Laboratory in Bangalore, India and
the Quality Laboratory at the Herbalife Innovation Manufacturing
Facility in Winston-Salem North
Carolina (HIMWS). Out of the company's 19 laboratories
around the world, to date, six have received the prestigious
'Green'-level certification and
five more are targeting certification before the end of the
year.
The My Green Lab Certification is considered the gold standard
for laboratory sustainability best practices around the world by
the United Nations-backed Race to Zero campaign as a key measure of
progress towards a zero-carbon future. To achieve the Green level,
qualifying laboratories must meet 80 percent or more of the Green
Lab assessment actions implemented during the program. Herbalife's
Bangalore and HIMWS labs each met
more than 90 percent.
"At Herbalife, we are dedicated to delivering quality products
to our distributors and consumers, while improving lives within the
communities we operate. The introduction of the My Green Lab
Certification Program helps us drive the long-term sustainable
change that's needed to truly be the premier health and wellness
company and community, as we continue to focus on organizational
change that positively impacts our labs, our product, and in turn,
the people and communities we serve," said Troy Hicks, executive vice president of
Worldwide Operations, Herbalife.
Scientific laboratories represent a significant industry-wide
challenge within the health and wellness sector, as they generate
substantial amounts of waste, pose safety risks due to hazardous
chemical use, and consume extensive amounts of
water. Herbalife partnered with My
Green Lab in 2021 to develop more eco-efficient operations
for its eight Quality Control laboratories around the world. Since
starting the program, three more of the Company's R&D and
testing laboratories also joined the My Green Lab Certification
program.
In 2022, the Company earned its first three Green-level certifications for two of its
Quality Control Labs in Suzhou and Nanjing, China, as well as its Research and Development
lab in Torrance, California.
Herbalife's Sensory and Food Laboratory in Torrance, California was the fourth Herbalife
lab to earn a Green-level
certification in September 2023.
My Green Lab is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to building a global culture of
sustainability in science. It is internationally recognized by the
United Nations-backed Race to Zero Campaign and was chosen as a
crucial player to help pharmaceutical and medical tech companies
achieve the goal of a zero-carbon world by 2050 and is celebrated
by the Department of Human Health and Services, the Sustainable
Purchasing Leadership Council, and the International Institute for
Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL). The My Green Lab Certification
program is recognized by the Association for the Advancement of
Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), The American Energy
Society and the I2SL, and is a proven, scalable program that helps
organizations improve their environmental impact goals with over
2,600 labs in 45 countries engaged thus far.
For more information about Herbalife's sustainability
initiatives and accomplishments, visit:
https://ir.herbalife.com/esg
About Herbalife Ltd.
Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) is a premier health and wellness company,
community and platform that has been changing people's lives with
great nutrition products and a business opportunity for its
independent distributors since 1980. The Company offers
science-backed products to consumers in more than 90 markets
through entrepreneurial distributors who provide one-on-one
coaching and a supportive community that inspires their customers
to embrace a healthier, more active lifestyle to live their best
life.
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