international branded play leader hasbro, inc. declared new environmental sustainability objectives which it is willing to achieve by end of year 2020. the company, which designs, creates, as well as produces brands with universal appeal including playdoh, monopoly and my little pony, plans to further lessen the environmental effects of its worldwide operations by improving energy efficiency, reducing waste, conserving water and lessening greenhouse gas emissions at its owned and operated operation plants. these recently announced 2020 goals build on guarantee the company gave in 2008 that it accomplished by the end of 2012. brian goldner is the president and ceo at hasbro. he mentioned that hasbro has long been dedicated to functioning responsibly and driving continual betterment in all aspects of its business, along with lessening the company&rsquos use of natural resources. he further continued that they are proud of their progress in sustainability field, and their recently sets 2020 goals help to uphold their universal workforce aligned and affianced on this significant issue. the sustainability goals of hasbro 2020 include lessening waste sent to landfill by the end of year 2020, the company has aimed at reducing waste sent to landfill from ownedoperated plants by 50 percent as compared to 2012 levels. this objective builds upon hasbro&rsquos 2008 assurance to minimize harmless waste by 15 percent by the year 2012, which it not only achieved but surpassed, marking a 40 percent reduction. lessening consumption of energy by end of 2020, the company will strive to lessen energy consumption at ownedoperated plants by 25 percent as compared to 2012 levels. this is equivalent to the organization&rsquos 19 percent energy reduction during 2012 as compared to 2008 baseline. lessening ghg emissions by end of 2020, the company has taken up the challenge to reduce emissions of global scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas ghg from operated owned plants by 20 percent against 2012 levels. in the year 2008, hasbro set a goal of 10 percent global ghg emissions reduction to be accomplished by 2012. the company exceeded this goal as well and achieved ghg reduction of a 32 percent that is more than its 2008 baseline. lessening consumption of water the company has set a goal to reduce consumption of water from ownedoperated plants by 15 percent from 2012 levels by the end of year 2020. hasbro realized a 31 percent reduction in water consumption, surpassing its initial aim to lessen water use by 15 percent during the year 2012 as compared to the baseline of 2008. httpwww.pollutiononline.comdochasbrosustainabilitygoalsenvironmentalimpactg…
