Sustainability


Thursday April 20th, 2023
Watsons, the flagship health and beauty brand of AS Watson Group, is strengthening its sustainability commitment by increasing the number of Sustainable Choices products to 8,000 and pledging to offset over 2,000 tons of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions, as part of its mission to provide more sustainable options for everyone, everywhere.
Monday March 6th, 2023
Watsons announces the launch of its “DARE TO BE ” campaign on International Women’s Day to further its commitment to transcending stereotypes and standing with women to discover the best version of themselves.
Saturday February 11th, 2023
Watsons has announced its cross-over campaign with MIRROR to inspire 18 million of its loyal customers to Go Green across 4 Asian markets including Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan and Singapore.
Wednesday December 7th, 2022
AS Watson is proud to announce the milestone of sponsoring 5,000 corrective surgeries through Operation Smile worldwide as well as launching the Women in Medicine programme.
Monday June 6th, 2022
In celebration of World Environment Day, AS Watson Group’s flagship health and beauty brand Watsons is extending its regionwide recycling programme to Hong Kong. This rides on the hugely successful launch of recycling programmes across different markets including Taiwan, Thailand, and Indonesia.
Wednesday June 1st, 2022
As the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer, AS Watson has been committed to reducing its business’ environmental impact and tackling climate change. It has already achieved its previous greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets by the end of 2021 and now further announces new targets to accelerate its contribution to the fight against the climate change.
Thursday April 21st, 2022
As AS Watson just celebrated its 180th anniversary, the Group is launching a Greener Stores Global Framework to accelerate the transformation of retail towards lower-environmental impact stores to achieve a reduction in carbon emissions, water usage and landfill waste as well as leverage its scale for good to speed up the global movement towards a more sustainable future.
Tuesday October 26th, 2021
Hong Kong athletes made history with their perseverance and strength by obtaining remarkable achievements at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games! To pass on this spirit to the younger generation, AS Watson Group Hong Kong Student Sports Awards (HKSSA) invited Sarah Lee Wai-sze, two-time Olympic Bronze medalist, to interact with the award winners.
Wednesday October 6th, 2021
Watsons is proud to announce the launch of over 1,600 Sustainable Choices products both in stores and online. The launch is the result of close collaboration with global supplier partners, including sector leaders Beiersdorf, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Kao, L’Oréal, Procter & Gamble, Reckitt, Shiseido and Unilever.
Thursday July 22nd, 2021
Watsons, the flagship health and beauty brand of AS Watson Group, is strengthening its commitment to climate change with a target to offset 2,250 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Devoted to “Look Good. Do Good. Feel Great.” with its customers, Watsons will contribute a part of its profits to CO2 offset projects in collaboration with ClimatePartner, a climate protection organisation, for every purchase of Sustainable Choice products exclusively at Watsons.