Human rights

Business context

We believe everyone deserves the right to be well and thrive and that respecting human rights is an essential part of responsible business conduct.

Clorox’s success depends on people across our operations and value chain. Our commitment to advancing human rights helps us attract and support our workforce, strengthen our supply chain and build trust with consumers and other stakeholders. This includes a focus on worker health and safety, fair treatment, responsible labor practices and ethical sourcing, which can affect workforce engagement, operational performance, supply chain resilience and stakeholder confidence.

Goals and commitments

100% of employees complete Code of Conduct training annually.

Management approach and initiatives

We are committed to respecting the rights of our employees and promoting responsible labor practices across our global value chain. We comply with applicable labor and employment laws and expect our business partners to follow the standards in our Business Partner Code of Conduct. Our approach is grounded in the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

Governance

We believe that strong governance is fundamental to embedding respect for human rights throughout our business and value chain. Human rights topics are integrated into our sustainability, compliance, risk management and human capital governance processes, with oversight from our board of directors and day-to-day management by executive leaders.

Policies and standards

Our policies play a key role in embedding respect for human rights throughout our business by defining clear expectations for employees and business partners, including our suppliers, and providing a framework to support accountability and monitor alignment with our standards:

Clorox Code of Conduct (CoC) outlines the minimum standards and expectations for our employees in the area of human rights.
Clorox Business Partner Code of Conduct (BPCoC) defines expectations for suppliers and other business partners in the areas of business integrity and anti-corruption, labor practices, human rights and health safety and environmental management. We expect our business partners to uphold the standards outlined in our BPCoC and, where feasible, encourage similar practices throughout their supply chains.
Human Rights Commitment explains our commitment to protecting people’s dignity within our company, supply chain and communities.
Responsible and Sustainable Sourcing Policy translates our BPCoC into specific requirements for our suppliers.
Responsible Sourcing Standard sets out detailed requirements for the responsible sourcing of all materials, products and services.
Sustainable Sourcing of Raw Material Standard states our requirements for the sourcing of raw materials of agricultural or mining origin, in addition to material-specific requirements.

Human rights in the workplace

Clorox prohibits forced labor, bonded labor, child labor and other illegal labor. We promote fair treatment, recognize employees’ rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining where permitted by law, and provide compensation and benefits that meet or exceed applicable legal requirements. We also have mandatory training on business ethics and employee health and safety. This includes hazard awareness, ergonomics, CoC and other compliance programs. 

We also seek to foster workplaces where employees can contribute, develop and thrive. Our efforts include promoting safety, health and well-being; supporting development and career growth; fostering inclusion; and gathering feedback through employee listening channels.

Human rights in our supply chain

Our Responsible Sourcing Program uses a risk-based approach to assess and address potential human rights and labor risks in our supply chain. We use supplier self-assessments, third-party onsite audits and corrective action plans, with the level of engagement based on site risk.

Suppliers are expected to meet our standards for freely chosen employment, prevention of child and forced labor, freedom of association and collective bargaining where permitted by law, fair wages and working hours, nondiscrimination, safe working conditions and ethical business conduct.

We use the Sedex Self-Assessment Questionnaire and SMETA 4-Pillar audit, conducted by APSCA-certified third-party auditors, as risk assessment and mitigation tools. We also participate in AIM-Progress and support its Mutual Recognition Framework to reduce duplicative supplier audit requests.

In addition to driving social compliance, we also seek to advance the livelihoods of those connected to our supply chain. Our Burt’s Bees brand was a lead investor in the SheKeeper partnership when it launched in 2021 to introduce beekeeping to women’s shea-producing communities across Northern Ghana. The program helped the women add off-season income and improve shea yields through pollination. In fiscal year 2026, the program achieved record results, doubling the amount paid to participants and increasing honeycomb harvested by a third versus fiscal year 2025.

Training and modern slavery risk mitigation

Employees receive training on identifying and addressing potential slavery and human trafficking risks. As appropriate, we also assist suppliers in developing training and risk mitigation programs. Additional details are available in Clorox’s Modern Slavery & Supply Transparency Statement and our California Transparency in Supply Chains Act Statement.

Conflict minerals

We conduct an annual conflict minerals due diligence and supply chain risk assessment of in-scope purchased raw materials and suppliers to identify and assess any use of conflict minerals as defined by the SEC (tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold). Through supplier engagement, including the use of the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT), we collect information and, to the extent possible, determine whether the covered minerals necessary to the functionality of our products were sourced from recycled or scrap sources, originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) or adjoining countries, or if they originated outside in the DRC region.

Our due diligence program is aligned with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, and we file an annual report on Form SD with the SEC. See our SEC Conflict Minerals Disclosure report for more details.

Raising concerns through Clorox’s grievance mechanisms

Employees, suppliers and other stakeholders can report concerns through the established reporting channels set forth in our CoC and BPCoC. We investigate reported concerns in accordance with our standard process and prohibit retaliation against individuals who raise concerns in good faith. 

Recent progress

Shekeeper: The program achieved record results, doubling the amount paid to participants and increasing honeycomb harvested by a third versus FY25. Additional statistics:
- 1,274 beekeepers registered across 13 communities (954 women, 318 youth)
- 6,900 top-bar hives built and donated to participants at no cost
- 2 honey processing centers, separation equipment, and PPE for all participants

Last updated

October 5, 2026