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Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) announced it has been named to Fortune 's 2026 America's Most Innovative Companies list, earning the top position in the Household Products Industry — a distinction the company has now held for three consecutive years. Published in partnership with Statista, the ranking evaluated hundreds of U.S.-headquartered organizations and identified P&G's greatest strength as Product Innovation, a reflection of the company's relentless focus on solving consumer problems with superior, science-backed solutions.
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The Fortune America's Most Innovative Companies ranking assesses organizations across three equally weighted dimensions: Product Innovation, Process Innovation, and Innovation Culture. The methodology draws on an extensive data collection process, including analysis of intellectual property portfolios and surveys of more than 30,000 employees and 3,000 industry experts and customers — ensuring a rigorous, 360-degree view of each company's innovation capabilities. The 300 recognized companies collectively represent over $12.5 trillion in annual revenue, placing P&G among America's most elite and consequential innovators.
"This recognition is a testament to our incredible organization around the world and their commitment to pushing the boundaries of what's possible, transforming how we innovate. We start with a consumer-first approach, deeply understanding their needs and getting clear on the problems to be tackled, leveraging our broad areas of science, technology and AI expertise to design and deliver solutions that delight the people we serve every day,” said Victor Aguilar, Chief Research, Development & Innovation Officer, Procter & Gamble.
P&G's recognition for Product Innovation reflects sustained investment across its brand portfolio, where the company continues to take an integrated approach to innovation to raise the bar across categories including Fabric Care, Home Care, Baby Care, Feminine Care, Family Care, Hair Care, Skin and Personal Care, Grooming, Oral Care, and Personal Health Care. The company's robust intellectual property portfolio and proven ability to turn scientific breakthroughs into products that improve the lives of consumers continue to differentiate P&G at scale — as also evidenced by its recent Fortune 500 ranking.
About Procter & Gamble
P&G serves consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ambi Pur®, Ariel®, Bounty®, Charmin®, Crest®, Dawn®, Downy®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gain®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Lenor®, Olay®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, SK-II®, Tide®, Vicks®, and Whisper®. The P&G community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide. Please visit https://www.pg.com for the latest news and information about P&G and its brands. For other P&G news, visit us at https://www.pg.com/news.
Procter & Gamble Earns #1 Household Products Spot on Fortune's 2026 America's Most Innovative Companies List
WASHINGTON (AP) — Many of the groups that helped elect Donald Trump as president again are deeply unhappy with his performance, according to a new AP-NORC poll.
Trump’s return to the presidency was fueled by a wide-ranging coalition that built on his loyal base of supporters. Now that Trump has been in the White House for more than a year, the survey of more than 2,500 U.S. adults from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that many key groups — including Hispanic adults, younger adults and men — are increasingly dissatisfied with his presidency.
The poll was conducted from April 16 through Monday, as oil prices fluctuated and Americans spent more at the gas pump.
It’s a particularly bad moment for Trump, a Republican whose economic approval slumped over the past month as the Iran war drives prices higher. But AP-NORC polls show that discontent has been building among critical segments of the population over the past year.
Trump's overall approval among Hispanic adults has fallen 16 percentage points since March 2025, and his support has declined by 9 percentage points among men.
And while Trump’s base is still largely behind him — most Republicans approve of his performance — there are signs that his second term may not be living up to their expectations.
Here’s what polling shows about Trump’s current status with four important groups:
Hispanic Americans have grown increasingly discontented with Trump over the past year.
About one-quarter of Hispanic adults approve of how he’s handling the presidency in the new poll, down from about 4 in 10 in March 2025.
That decline has been visible since late last year — suggesting that it’s not just the war in Iran or recent spikes in gas prices that are leaving this group unhappy.
Trump’s restrictive immigration approach may be playing a role. Only about one-quarter of Hispanics approve of his handling of immigration, down from 36% at the beginning of his term.
His immigration tactics appear to be particularly unpopular among younger Hispanics — a group with which he made gains in 2024. Only 18% of younger Hispanic adults approve of his performance on immigration, compared with 40% of Americans overall.
There is also broad discontent about the state of the U.S. economy among Hispanics. Only about one-quarter of Hispanic adults approve of how Trump is handling that issue, and about 2 in 10 say they approve of his approach to the cost of living. Few Hispanic adults, about 2 in 10, describe the nation’s economy as “good.”
Trump’s overall approval with Americans under age 45 has slid over the past year, falling from 39% in March 2025 to 28% in the latest poll.
Younger women have a particularly dim view of Trump’s handling of the economy.
Only about 2 in 10 women under age 45 approve of how Trump is handling the economy, including only 7% of younger Hispanic women who approve of his economic approach. More young men, about 3 in 10, approve of him on this issue.
Trump’s struggles among young adults extend to other groups, too. Only about one-third of white adults under age 45 approve of his overall performance, compared with 45% of white adults age 45 or older.
Trump made broad appeals to men throughout his 2024 campaign, and most male voters backed Trump in the presidential election over Democrat Kamala Harris. In particular, he made slight but significant gains with Black and Hispanic men, who were drawn by his vows to revitalize the economy.
Since he reentered office, though, American men have become slightly less likely to approve of his performance, declining from 47% at the start of his second term to 38% in the most recent poll.
There are signs that Black men, in particular, aren’t seeing Trump’s economic promises pan out. Black men are more likely than white or Hispanic men to disapprove of Trump’s approach to the presidency, as well as his approach to the economy, the cost of living and Iran. Only about 1 in 10 Black men say they approve of how Trump is handling the cost of living, and roughly 2 in 10 approve of how he’s handling the economy.
Hispanic men, too, have a relatively dim view of Trump’s overall performance. About 3 in 10 approve of how Trump is handling the presidency, regardless of their age. That support is stronger among white men, with about half approving of Trump.
Trump has benefited from Republicans’ loyalty for years, but there are recent signs of frustration even within his base.
Roughly two-thirds of Republicans approve of Trump’s job performance. That is down slightly from 82% near the start of his second term and is generally in line with the GOP low point from his first term.
But only about half of Republicans overall approve of Trump’s approach to the cost of living, and a majority of Republicans under age 45 disapprove of him on that issue.
Trump is still buoyed by the support of his MAGA base, even as he faces backlash from conservative media figures on some of his recent actions in Iran.
About 9 in 10 MAGA Republicans — those who consider themselves supporters of the “Make America Great Again” movement — approve of Trump’s job performance, and a similar share approve of his handling of Iran.
It's a good sign for Trump that his most robust supporters are still in his corner, but not all Republicans identify with MAGA. About half of Republicans, 54%, say they consider themselves MAGA supporters.
Among non-MAGA Republicans, Trump's approval is much lower, at 44%.
The AP-NORC poll of 2,596 adults was conducted April 16-20 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for adults overall is plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.
FILE - Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wait for the start of a rally in Westfield, Ind., July 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
FILE - Supporters of Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump sign a bus before a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
FILE - Attendees gather as the "Latino Americans for Trump" office opens in Reading, Pa., Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti)
FILE - Alicia DeVinney of Phoenixville, Pa., shows off her MAGA rings ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
FILE - Supporters hold a sign before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a campaign event, Sept.12, 2024, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
