Parley For The Oceans Joins Forces With Brita® To Launch The "Future Of Water" Design Exploration With The Shared Mission To Put An End To Single-Use Plastic Water Bottle

NEW YORK, June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Parley for the Oceans, a futurist form of environmental organization, and Brita®, the leader in at-home water filtration products for over 40 years, today announce a long-term partnership to end the era of the single-use plastic water bottle. Parley and Brita are also introducing the "Future of Water," a design exploration that envisions what Brita products and access to safe drinking water could look like in the future through radical innovation. Together, the partners share a common mission to end marine plastic pollution and pioneer the future of water, the essential ingredient for life.

"The single-use plastic water bottle is a symbol and symptom of a broken system," said Cyrill Gutsch, Founder, Parley for the Oceans. "We cannot continue to package our most precious, life-giving resource in a design failure that threatens the oceans and human health. With billions of people already facing the reality of water shortages, we know we have to change. But to create a better future, we first need to imagine one. Parley has demonstrated before that a 'symbol of change,' or product fiction, can be the vehicle that allows us to take an idea and transform it into reality. With Brita, we will harness the powers of design and science, and collaborate with nature to transform the future of water, the lifeblood we share with the oceans."

This partnership builds on Brita's mission to make water better for people and the planet, including providing access to clean water in vulnerable U.S. communities, having zero plastic waste to landfill by 2030, creating completely curbside recyclable packaging using 100% recycled fibers and removing 20 billion single-use plastic water bottles from circulation per year by 2030.

"This partnership is one of the most important actions we've taken as a brand to help achieve our sustainability goals," said Eric Schwartz, General Manager, Brita. "Through our work with Parley, we've been able to conceptualize a world that is free from single-use plastic water bottles and demonstrate how this ambitious idea can be our new reality. This design has been in the works for some time, and we're looking forward to using it as inspiration for products we're bringing to market in the near future."

A SHARED COMMITMENT TO THE PARLEY A.I.R. STRATEGY

In a joint effort to address the interconnected global crises of plastic waste and water scarcity, Parley and Brita are outlining a series of shared commitments to the Parley A.I.R. Strategy (Avoid, Intercept, Redesign):

• Avoid plastic wherever possible.
• Brita and Parley will work side-by-side to provide more people with clean, healthy tap water so that more households can choose to avoid single-use plastic water bottles.
• The partners will explore innovation of Brita products to reduce and ultimately avoid plastic altogether, beginning by eliminating single-use plastic packaging.
• Intercept plastic waste before it reaches our environment.
• Through Parley's Global Cleanup Network, Brita will support the interception of marine plastic debris equal to its current plastic filter footprint.
• Redesign the materials, methods and mindsets at the source of the problem.
• Parley and Brita will design eco-innovative products to bring an end to the single-use plastic water bottle and replace plastic with eco-innovative materials and filtration solutions.

"FUTURE OF WATER" DESIGN EXPLORATION
The Brita x Parley "Future of Water" is a design exploration that envisions a filtration system inspired by the greatest designer: nature. It consists of customizable elements that combine to form a filtration system adaptable to all needs and situations.

In the design concept, future materials made with organic substances like lignin, algae and mycelium replace any need for plastics. The filtration ring is the central element of the modular system that can be used alone with a tap faucet or configured to create an attachment for bottles and pitchers. The ideal system would remove and break down contaminants while enriching water. At their end-of-use, each component would either be biodegradable or returned for renewal and reuse.

To bring the "Future of Water" design exploration into reality, Brita and Parley will tap into advancements in green chemistry, biomaterials, and solutions inspired by nature to enable access to water that is safe, equitable and free of plastics and toxic pollutants. The "Future of Water" visualizations represent what is possible through material science, eco-innovation and collaboration. Brita and Parley will contribute their respective expertise and collective passion to their shared mission to help create a more sustainable future.

To learn more about this initiative, visit www.britaxparley.com.

About Parley for the Oceans
Parley is a new form of environmental organisation that brings together creators, thinkers, and leaders across brands, governments, creative communities and environmental groups to raise awareness for the beauty and fragility of the oceans and collaborate on projects to end their destruction. What started as a collaboration space has fast become an award-winning global movement and network. With its multidisciplinary approach and AIR Strategy (Avoid, Intercept, Redesign), Parley works to accelerate solutions to marine plastic pollution, climate change and overfishing. Parley for the Oceans understands current plastic is a design failure and sees the long-term solution in a Material Revolution. To catalyze awareness and fund initiatives focused on direct impact, education, material science and eco-innovation, Parley introduced Ocean Plastic®. This range of premium materials is made from intercepted marine plastic waste to replace virgin plastic while raising awareness and funds that empower leaders in the sports, fashion and luxury industries to transform products into symbols of change.

Parley for the Oceans has formed alliances with major partners including adidas, Anheuser Busch InBev (Corona), American Express, the Republic of the Maldives, the United Nations, the World Bank, the British Fashion Council, Giesecke+Devrient and other collaborators spanning the worlds of science, art, fashion, design, entertainment, sports, space and ocean exploration. Learn more and join the movement at www.parley.tv.

About Brita
Brita® markets a variety of products, including water pitchers, faucet filters and bottles, with the goal of making water better for people and the planet. By providing a variety of water filtration resources, Brita enables consumers to choose better water today for a better future together. For more information, go to Brita.com.

The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) is a leading multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional products with about 8,800 employees worldwide and fiscal year 2020 sales of $6.7 billion. Clorox markets some of the most trusted and recognized consumer brand names, including its namesake bleach and cleaning products; Pine-Sol^® cleaners; Liquid-Plumr^® clog removers; Poett^® home care products; Fresh Step^® cat litter; Glad^® bags and wraps; Kingsford^® grilling products; Hidden Valley^® dressings and sauces; Brita^® water-filtration products; Burt's Bees^® natural personal care products; and RenewLife^®, Rainbow Light^®, Natural Vitality Calm™, NeoCell^® and Stop Aging Now^® vitamins, minerals and supplements. The company also markets industry-leading products and technologies for professional customers, including those sold under the CloroxPro™ and Clorox Healthcare^® brand names. More than 80% of the company's sales are generated from brands that hold the No. 1 or No. 2 market share positions in their categories.

Clorox is a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's New Plastics Economy Global Commitment. The company has been broadly recognized for its corporate responsibility efforts, listed No. 1 on the 2020 Axios Harris Poll 100 reputation rankings and included on the Barron's 2021 100 Most Sustainable Companies list, 2021 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index and the Human Rights Campaign's 2021 Corporate Equality Index, among others. In support of its communities, The Clorox Company and its foundations contributed more than $25 million in combined cash grants, product donations and cause marketing in fiscal year 2020. For more information, visit TheCloroxCompany.com, including the Good Growth blog, and follow the company on Twitter at @CloroxCo.

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For further information about Parley:
Sara Jaurequi, [email protected]

For further information about Brita:
Jordyn Volk, [email protected]

SOURCE Brita; Parley for the Oceans

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