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Whirlpool Corporation appliance donation aids Southwest Michigan Community Action Agency in their mission to support those in needOct 6, 2021 | Social and Environmental Impact“We received a call from Whirlpool Corporation wanting to know if we were interested in doing an appliance donation for some of our clients that are low income,” said Yvonne Vidt of the Southwest Michigan Community Action Agency (SMCAA). “And I said absolutely!”...
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Maytag Introduces New ‘Feel Good Fridge’ Initiative to Help Provide Dependable Access to Healthy Food for ChildrenOct 6, 2021 | Social and Environmental ImpactBrand leverages long-standing relationship with Boys & Girls Clubs of America to help address an increasing food insecurity issue across the country. Access to healthy food is an issue for millions of children and the pandemic made the situation even worse. In...
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Eliminating the ‘Paper Trail’Sep 23, 2021 | Social and Environmental ImpactWhirlpool Corporation takes steps to use less paper in product packaging. A pilot program at Whirlpool Corporation is taking thousands of pages of literature that has traditionally been included in packaging for its products, and replacing it with QR codes that...
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Whirlpool Brand Brings Care Counts™ Laundry Program to Benton Harbor Area SchoolsSep 9, 2021 | Social and Environmental ImpactBenton Harbor-based Whirlpool brand installs washing machines and dryers in six schools across the district; provides access to clean clothes to combat chronic absenteeism for community students. To help maximize K-12 attendance and support educational equality in...
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We care about our impact on the world, and there’s no place for wasteAug 25, 2021 | Manufacturing , Social and Environmental ImpactWe all play a part and have a responsibility to improve life at home and on our planet. That’s why Whirlpool Corporation has taken bigger and bolder actions in our all our manufacturing plants and distribution centers across the world to become carbon neutral. Our...
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Whirlpool Brand Featured in The Tent Mender, a Profoundly Moving Documentary Series on People Experiencing Homelessness in Los AngelesAug 19, 2021 | Brand and Product , Social and Environmental ImpactHand Made Productions recently announced the release of a limited three-part series, The Tent Mender, a documentary film spotlighting people experiencing homelessness, which features laundry. Filmed entirely in the heart of LA’s “Skid Row District,” the series...
27 Years, 260,000 Appliances: Whirlpool Celebrates Habitat for Humanity’s 50th Anniversary and Improving Lives and Communities Together