Company: CLX
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000021076-25-000039
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Company: CLOROX CO /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
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 our activities in these areas could expose us to increased regulatory or legal scrutiny, potential product boycotts, or other actions that may harm our reputation or adversely affect our business, financial condition, or results of operations.

The Company is subject to climate-related transition risks, including increased energy costs due to increasing demand for alternative energy sources and new or increased legal and regulatory requirements to reduce or mitigate impacts to the environment. Evolving and increasing regulatory requirements, including in relation to sustainability, such as extended producer responsibility or environmental or emissions standards could cause disruptions in the Company's manufacturing processes or increase operating, energy, raw materials and compliance costs. The Company may undertake additional costs to control, assess and report on sustainability metrics as the nature, scope and complexity of sustainability reporting, diligence and disclosure requirements expand. The ability to achieve any stated goal, target, or objective is subject to numerous factors and 

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conditions, many of which are outside of the Company's control. For example, working towards achieving the Company's goals will require significant effort by and resources from the Company and stakeholders, including suppliers and business partners, governmental entities and the development and adoption of technology that may not currently exist or exist at scale.  Stakeholder perception of, or opposition to, the Company’s actions or inaction with respect to the environment and other sustainability matters or its ability to effectively respond to new, or changes in, related legal or regulatory requirements could lead to negative publicity, which could result in reduced demand for the Company’s products, damage to its reputation or increase the risk of litigation, regulatory proceedings, inquiries or investigations and could adversely affect the Company’s business and reputation.

Product liability and labeling claims, commercial claims or other legal proceedings could adversely affect the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

The Company has in the past paid, and may be required in the future to pay, for losses or injuries purportedly caused by its products. Such claims may be based on allegations that, among other things, the Company’s products contain contaminants or provide inadequate instructions or warnings regarding their use, have defective packaging, fail to perform as advertised, or damage property or persons. Product liability, advertising and labeling claims could result in negative publicity that could harm the Company’s reputation, sales and results of operations and the reputation of the Company’s brands. In addition, if any of the Company’s products is found to be defective, the Company may recall such products, which could result in adverse publicity, additional litigation, fines, penalties or other losses. Although the Company maintains product liability insurance coverage, potential