Opportunities in a Crisis: How A.S. Watson Thrives in Retail’s New Normal
Palm Oil Sustainability
As part of our commitments to promote sustainable and responsible Own Brand products, A.S. Watson has taken a group membership to the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (“RSPO”), a leading organisation promoting social and environmental compliance in the palm oil industry.
Sustainable palm oil has been introduced in various Own Brand products such as Kruidvat and Superdrug Brands. As a part of our strategy, we are expanding the selection of Own Brand products to be produced with RSPO-certified palm oil, offering more sustainable choices to our customers.
Commitment to Plastic Waste Reduction
A.S. Watson is a signatory of the New Plastic Economy Global Commitment and pledges to reduce the overall impact of its own brand packaging by:
• Eliminating unnecessary packaging by 2030, avoiding over-packaging and phasing out PVC
• Targeting to use a minimum of 20% recycled plastic content in plastic packaging by 2025 , if supply permits it
• Promoting packaging that is more recyclable or reusable
Plastic-free sanitary products
Superdrug is proud to announce that it has removed all plastic applicators from own brand tampons, and launched its first own brand range of organic menstrual products, Luna, to continue to offer customers more environmentally friendly alternatives.
With over 200,000 tonnes of sanitary product material believed to end up in UK landfill every year, Superdrug is the first health and beauty retailer to discontinue plastic applicators within its own brand sanitary products, which will save over 418kg of plastic each year.
*Photo Credit : Ella Daish – Environmental Activist
A.S. Watson will Donate 300,000 Kids Masks to Students in Need
To Fight Against COVID-19 and Prepare for School Resumption
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- Filtration Efficiency of the Kids Mask: BFE99%, VFE99% & PFE99%
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- A.S. Watson Group’s corporate volunteer team will help repack the face masks into smaller bags so that the school can distribute to the students easily and immediately
A.S. Watson Group today announced that it will donate 300,000 pieces of kids masks to the primary school students in need to get them prepared for school resumption. In Hong Kong, classes at all schools have been suspended for over 4 months and are now expected to resume in phases. In view of the shortage of kids face masks in Hong Kong, A.S. Watson Group has been working tirelessly to source face masks from all over the world and will donate to the primary school students who are in need.
Kruidvat is Named as a Top Sustainable Brand in the Netherlands
Kruidvat is ranked 12th amongst 176 brands across Netherlands and perceived as one of the most sustainable brand in the region according to the latest Sustainable Brand Index™, the Europe’s largest brand study on sustainability conducted by SB Insight.
A.S. Watson Group Launches Hong Kong-made Own Brand Face Masks
A.S. Watson Group Launches Hong Kong-made Own Brand Face Masks
Watsons Water Plant is Converted for Mask Production Automated Production in Dust-Free Clean Room
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- A.S. Watson Industries transforms part of its Watsons Water factory in Hong Kong into dust-free clean room (meeting ISO14644-1 CLASS 8 standards) where there are six automated production lines, and factory staff work around the clock to produce face masks
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- Automatic air shower is installed at the clean room entrance (meeting ISO14644-1 CLASS 8 standards) to remove the dust on personnel without touching any buttons or handles
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- All masks are individually packed and are SGS certified for Bacterial and Particle Filtration Efficiency (BFE & PFE) equal or over 99%. Customer can check the SGS test results by scanning the QR code on the packaging
In response to the unstable global supply of hygienic face masks, A.S. Watson Group announced today its experienced distilled water and beverage manufacturing business, A.S. Watson Industries, has transformed part of its factory into dust-free clean room for producing own brand face masks in Hong Kong. The first batch of masks will be available at Watsons Hong Kong online and physical stores from mid-May.
Because of Love
Support UK Government’s Convalescent Plasma Programme
Superdrug sends 21 professional nurses to support NHS Blood and Transplant to fight against COVID-19. They will help to deliver a major new programme to help collect convalescent plasma from people who have recovered from COVID-19 to support a national clinical trial.
