We are happy to launch the first Corporate Responsibility blog for Avon Products, Inc., and we hope it will provide ideas, information and insights that will be interesting, useful and perhaps, on occasion, even a little surprising.

“Avon’s Calling” will offer thoughts about Avon and events in the wider world that touch upon our three mission areas, i.e. our “calling” — empowering women, sustainability and philanthropy – as well as the many facets of Corporate Responsibility that all good corporate citizens must address. Avon is committed to being a global change agent, and whether we are tackling deforestation or domestic violence, our mission is to engage and mobilize and leave the world a better place.

Our plan is to post weekly, with greater frequency for “late breaking news” that just cannot wait. You never know!

The primary bloggers are the two of us, from Avon’s Corporate Responsibility team, but we will invite other contributors from inside Avon and from our many external partners. If blogs existed in 1886, when Avon was founded, our founder, David H. McConnell, would have been an enthusiastic blogger with a lot to share. It was he who determined the company would “meet fully the obligations of corporate citizenship” – 126 years ago!

We encourage comments and discussion, and suggestions for blog posts are welcome. Please send your ideas via email to avoncr@avon.com

You can subscribe to our posts via RSS or email or follow us on Twitter.

So let’s start the journey.

Tod Arbogast
Vice President
Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility

Susan Arnot Heaney
Executive Director
Corporate Responsibility

About: Susan Arnot Heaney

I joined Avon in 1997, and my role as Executive Director, Corporate Responsibility includes creating this Blog and serving as Managing Editor through 2012. In my tenure at Avon I have worked for both the corporation and the Avon Foundation for Women, and the Corporate Responsibility role combines the best of all worlds: a corporate position that is driven by the mission to do well by doing good. One of my greatest privileges at Avon is being project leader for the Hello Green Tomorrow Project, a global mobilization and fundraising effort to help end deforestation. I am also responsible for our Corporate Responsibility communications, the Avon Corporate Responsibility Report, reporting to stakeholders and rating organizations, and driving internal engagement. We welcome feedback to the Avon's Calling Blog: provide your thoughts on the Comments section of each post, or contact us at avoncr@avon.com.