SHAKLEE : THE GREEN GIANT OF NATURAL NUTRITION
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Dr. Forrest C. Shaklee founded Shaklee in 1956 at age 61 and lived to see it transformed into a Fortune 500 company during his 80s. A man of many talents, Dr. Shaklee's diverse career path included working as a chiropractor, inventor, author, pastor and radio personality. Each experience helped shape his vision. Today, Shaklee's "Better You. Better World.™" philosophy reflects Dr. Shaklee's vision.
He firmly believed that good nutrition was the foundation for overall health and wellness. His nutritional product "Vitalized Minerals" was introduced in 1915, before the concept of vitamins was fully understood.
Dr. Shaklee founded his company not just to earn a healthy profit but also to help people live healthier lives. His experience working one-on-one with patients led to the company's direct sales model. He knew personal conversations were the best way to explain the benefits of prevention.
Dr. Shaklee's innovations didn't end with nutrition. He practiced "Living in Harmony with Nature™" in home care, formulating a biodegradable cleaner decades before environmental safety was a concern. He wouldn't have thought much about contemporary labels like eco-chic, organic or self-actualization, but he was a pioneer in all of them. More than 50 years later, his company has led hundreds of thousands to better, healthier lives—and helped all of us live in a better world.
Roger Barnett had the urgent need to help others. His mother devoted her career to public law and his great uncle, who started selling clocks door-to-door and whose company became a $9-bi 11 ion corporation, gave huge amounts of money to charitable organizations. For Roger Barnett, the interest in Shaklee relies in part on the fact that the company answers the need to make money while providing wellness.
Roger Barnett received his bachelor's degree from Yale University, his law degree from Yale Law School, and his MBA from the Harvard Business School. He began his career at the investment firm of Lazard Freres & Co., where he soon identified a high-growth opportunity; Arcade Inc., a company best known for developing the technology that created scent-sampling strips for advertising and packaging. The Barnett family acquired control of Arcade. Within six years, Roger Barnett expanded it internationally into the world's largest sampling company.
In addition to working with Shaklee and its network of 750,000 Distributors and members, Roger Barnett has been selected as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum and is a member of its private investment community. He has also been selected as a Young Leader Forum Fellow by the United States Council on China Relations, and he is a member of the Young President's Organization. Roger Barnett is a member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Opera Association of New York, the Health Advisory Council of Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, and the corporate board of the Environmental Media Association.
SHAKLEE MILESTONES
• 1956 Dr. Forrest C. Shaklee founded a company based on Living in Harmony with Nature™ that is committed to developing products to improve the health of people and the planet.
• 1960 Shaklee introduces Basic-H® Concentrated Organic Cleaner, one of the first, nontoxic, biodegradable cleaners.
• 1970 Shaklee introduces one the first biodegradable laundry detergents without phosphates, nitrates, or borates.
1985-1990
• 1985 Shaklee was selected by the Wild Dolphin Project to provide environmentally friendly cleaning products for use onboard their research vessel, Stenella; the Wild Dolphin Project is dedicated to studying the habitat of dolphins and Shaklee's relationship has continued for 23 years.
• 1986 Shaklee provided financial support and products for the first recorded, unsupported expedition by dog sled to the North Pole, led by National Geographic award-winning polar explorer, author, and educator Will Steger.
• 1986 Shaklee partenered with kids for Saving Earth Worldwide to produce Earth Works Central; an environmental resource kit for schools, parents, and community organizations.
• 1987 Shaklee was selected by Jacques Cousteau and the Cousteau Society to provide environmentally friendly cleaning products for use on-board their research vessels, the Calypso and the Alcyone.
• 1989 Shaklee helped build schools and health clinics and planted more than a million trees in Asia through a partnership with the American Himalayan Foundation, an organization chaired by Sir Edmund Hillary.
• 1989-90 Shaklee provided financial and product support for a Trans-Antarctica expedition led by Will Steger, which was the first crossing of Antarctica on foot, covering 3,700 miles. Following this expedition, Steger testified before the Congress on polar and environmental issues and co-founded the Center for Environmental Education.
1990-1998
• 1990 Shaklee's nontoxic and biodegradable Basic-H® was chosen as one of the first official Earth Day products.
• 1991 Shaklee introduces Basic-D®, one of the first phosphate-free automatic dishwashing detergents.
• 1992 Shaklee Cares®, a nonprofit organization, was established and dedicated to providing relief from natural disasters whose severity has been compounded by climate change.
• 1995 Shaklee provided financial and product support for the third International Arctic Project led by Will Steger. This was the first surface crossing of the 2,500-mile-wide Arctic Ocean. The expedition brought information about environmental issues and changes to the polar landscape to millions of school children worldwide.
• 1996 Shaklee environmentally friendly cleaning products were selected by Ocean Alliance and the Whale Conservation Institute to be used onboard the Odyssey, a research vessel that gathers data on contaminants throughout the world's oceans. This relationship continues today.
• 1998 Shaklee becomes a Chartered Partner of the U.S. EPA's Climate Wise Program, which set aggressive corporate-wide greenhouse gas reduction goals.
2000-2007
• 2000 Shaklee opens its World Headquarters in Pleasanton, California, one of the first energy-saving, buildings.
• 2000 Shaklee powered seven of the G reatest AdventuresofAllTimes(published in 2000 by LIFE Books).
• 2005 Shaklee becomes a major partner of the Green Belt Movement, rounded by Dr. Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
• 2006 Introduction of A Million Trees, A Million Dreams.™ Campaign to raise awareness on climate change and initiates efforts to plant hundreds of thousands of trees in North America and Africa. Dr. Wangari Maathai becomes the campaign's Ambassador.
• 2006 Shaklee holds a first-ever carbon neutral conference in San Francisco by offsetting gas emissions of the nearly 10,000 attendees at the company's 50th Anniversary Conference.
• 2006 Shaklee is selected by the US EPA Climate Leaders, pledging to maintain a net zero impact on climate change and offset 100% of its greenhouse gas emissions through 2009.
• 2006 Shaklee is commended by former President Bill Clinton for leadership in offsetting carbon emissions by creating renewable energy in Africa and is recognized at the Clinton Global Initiative.
• 2007 Shaklee becomes a founding member of the Business Council on Climate Change, an organization of businesses that serves as an inspiration and model of global climate stewardship by implementing effective and economically sound solutions to climate change.
• 2007 Shaklee becomes the first company in the world to offset its carbon emissions by providing sustainable energy to electrify villages in Africa in partnership with Millennium Promise, the organization established by Dr. Jeffrey D. Sachs, which prototypes ways to implement the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals.
• 2007 Shaklee provides financial and product support for polar explorer Will Steger and his Global Warmingl 01 .com expedition. This brand-new expedition includes an extensive educational outreach campaign to students throughout America to raise awareness of the impact of global climate change on five Inuit communities in the Arctic.
CO2 REDUCTION PROJECTS
In 2000, Shaklee Corporation became the first Climate Neutral™ certified company in the world; Shaklee was certified by a third-party organization to have a net zero impact on climate change.
Offset-projects include:
• Convert boilers in the Portland School District from oil to natural gas.
• Sponsor a rural electrification project in Sri Lanka, India, to replace kerosene lamps and diesel generators with solar photovoltaics that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve health for rural-dwelling families.
• Support the construction of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Turbine Project, the first large-scale Native American owned and operated wind turbine.
• Support a project to convert San Bernardino County school buses from petroleum-based diesel fuel to biodiesel fuel formulated from recycled cooking oil.
He firmly believed that good nutrition was the foundation for overall health and wellness. His nutritional product "Vitalized Minerals" was introduced in 1915, before the concept of vitamins was fully understood.
Dr. Shaklee founded his company not just to earn a healthy profit but also to help people live healthier lives. His experience working one-on-one with patients led to the company's direct sales model. He knew personal conversations were the best way to explain the benefits of prevention.
Dr. Shaklee's innovations didn't end with nutrition. He practiced "Living in Harmony with Nature™" in home care, formulating a biodegradable cleaner decades before environmental safety was a concern. He wouldn't have thought much about contemporary labels like eco-chic, organic or self-actualization, but he was a pioneer in all of them. More than 50 years later, his company has led hundreds of thousands to better, healthier lives—and helped all of us live in a better world.
Roger Barnett had the urgent need to help others. His mother devoted her career to public law and his great uncle, who started selling clocks door-to-door and whose company became a $9-bi 11 ion corporation, gave huge amounts of money to charitable organizations. For Roger Barnett, the interest in Shaklee relies in part on the fact that the company answers the need to make money while providing wellness.
Roger Barnett received his bachelor's degree from Yale University, his law degree from Yale Law School, and his MBA from the Harvard Business School. He began his career at the investment firm of Lazard Freres & Co., where he soon identified a high-growth opportunity; Arcade Inc., a company best known for developing the technology that created scent-sampling strips for advertising and packaging. The Barnett family acquired control of Arcade. Within six years, Roger Barnett expanded it internationally into the world's largest sampling company.
In addition to working with Shaklee and its network of 750,000 Distributors and members, Roger Barnett has been selected as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum and is a member of its private investment community. He has also been selected as a Young Leader Forum Fellow by the United States Council on China Relations, and he is a member of the Young President's Organization. Roger Barnett is a member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Opera Association of New York, the Health Advisory Council of Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, and the corporate board of the Environmental Media Association.
SHAKLEE MILESTONES
• 1956 Dr. Forrest C. Shaklee founded a company based on Living in Harmony with Nature™ that is committed to developing products to improve the health of people and the planet.
• 1960 Shaklee introduces Basic-H® Concentrated Organic Cleaner, one of the first, nontoxic, biodegradable cleaners.
• 1970 Shaklee introduces one the first biodegradable laundry detergents without phosphates, nitrates, or borates.
1985-1990
• 1985 Shaklee was selected by the Wild Dolphin Project to provide environmentally friendly cleaning products for use onboard their research vessel, Stenella; the Wild Dolphin Project is dedicated to studying the habitat of dolphins and Shaklee's relationship has continued for 23 years.
• 1986 Shaklee provided financial support and products for the first recorded, unsupported expedition by dog sled to the North Pole, led by National Geographic award-winning polar explorer, author, and educator Will Steger.
• 1986 Shaklee partenered with kids for Saving Earth Worldwide to produce Earth Works Central; an environmental resource kit for schools, parents, and community organizations.
• 1987 Shaklee was selected by Jacques Cousteau and the Cousteau Society to provide environmentally friendly cleaning products for use on-board their research vessels, the Calypso and the Alcyone.
• 1989 Shaklee helped build schools and health clinics and planted more than a million trees in Asia through a partnership with the American Himalayan Foundation, an organization chaired by Sir Edmund Hillary.
• 1989-90 Shaklee provided financial and product support for a Trans-Antarctica expedition led by Will Steger, which was the first crossing of Antarctica on foot, covering 3,700 miles. Following this expedition, Steger testified before the Congress on polar and environmental issues and co-founded the Center for Environmental Education.
1990-1998
• 1990 Shaklee's nontoxic and biodegradable Basic-H® was chosen as one of the first official Earth Day products.
• 1991 Shaklee introduces Basic-D®, one of the first phosphate-free automatic dishwashing detergents.
• 1992 Shaklee Cares®, a nonprofit organization, was established and dedicated to providing relief from natural disasters whose severity has been compounded by climate change.
• 1995 Shaklee provided financial and product support for the third International Arctic Project led by Will Steger. This was the first surface crossing of the 2,500-mile-wide Arctic Ocean. The expedition brought information about environmental issues and changes to the polar landscape to millions of school children worldwide.
• 1996 Shaklee environmentally friendly cleaning products were selected by Ocean Alliance and the Whale Conservation Institute to be used onboard the Odyssey, a research vessel that gathers data on contaminants throughout the world's oceans. This relationship continues today.
• 1998 Shaklee becomes a Chartered Partner of the U.S. EPA's Climate Wise Program, which set aggressive corporate-wide greenhouse gas reduction goals.
2000-2007
• 2000 Shaklee opens its World Headquarters in Pleasanton, California, one of the first energy-saving, buildings.
• 2000 Shaklee powered seven of the G reatest AdventuresofAllTimes(published in 2000 by LIFE Books).
• 2005 Shaklee becomes a major partner of the Green Belt Movement, rounded by Dr. Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
• 2006 Introduction of A Million Trees, A Million Dreams.™ Campaign to raise awareness on climate change and initiates efforts to plant hundreds of thousands of trees in North America and Africa. Dr. Wangari Maathai becomes the campaign's Ambassador.
• 2006 Shaklee holds a first-ever carbon neutral conference in San Francisco by offsetting gas emissions of the nearly 10,000 attendees at the company's 50th Anniversary Conference.
• 2006 Shaklee is selected by the US EPA Climate Leaders, pledging to maintain a net zero impact on climate change and offset 100% of its greenhouse gas emissions through 2009.
• 2006 Shaklee is commended by former President Bill Clinton for leadership in offsetting carbon emissions by creating renewable energy in Africa and is recognized at the Clinton Global Initiative.
• 2007 Shaklee becomes a founding member of the Business Council on Climate Change, an organization of businesses that serves as an inspiration and model of global climate stewardship by implementing effective and economically sound solutions to climate change.
• 2007 Shaklee becomes the first company in the world to offset its carbon emissions by providing sustainable energy to electrify villages in Africa in partnership with Millennium Promise, the organization established by Dr. Jeffrey D. Sachs, which prototypes ways to implement the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals.
• 2007 Shaklee provides financial and product support for polar explorer Will Steger and his Global Warmingl 01 .com expedition. This brand-new expedition includes an extensive educational outreach campaign to students throughout America to raise awareness of the impact of global climate change on five Inuit communities in the Arctic.
CO2 REDUCTION PROJECTS
In 2000, Shaklee Corporation became the first Climate Neutral™ certified company in the world; Shaklee was certified by a third-party organization to have a net zero impact on climate change.
Offset-projects include:
• Convert boilers in the Portland School District from oil to natural gas.
• Sponsor a rural electrification project in Sri Lanka, India, to replace kerosene lamps and diesel generators with solar photovoltaics that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve health for rural-dwelling families.
• Support the construction of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Turbine Project, the first large-scale Native American owned and operated wind turbine.
• Support a project to convert San Bernardino County school buses from petroleum-based diesel fuel to biodiesel fuel formulated from recycled cooking oil.