Tag: Kimberly-Clark

Kimberly-Clark Reports Progress Toward 2030 Sustainability Goals

Stuart Mitchell

Kimberly-Clark Corporation published its annual report on sustainability, including an update on the company’s progress toward its 2030 sustainability strategy and goals, aimed at addressing the social and environmental challenges of the next decade with goals to improve the lives and well-being of 1 billion people in underserved communities around the world and reducing its environmental footprint. “As Kimberly-Clark continues to grow our business, caring for our people, consumers, customers, partners and communities remains front and center,” said Mike Hsu, Chairman and CEO, Kimberly-Clark. “From our commitment to climate stewardship…

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Kimberly-Clark Commemorates 150th Anniversary with Grants to Three Global Nonprofit Organizations Selected by Its Employees

Stuart Mitchell

As Kimberly-Clark celebrates 150 years of providing Better Care for a Better World, the Kimberly-Clark Foundation announced that it will honor this milestone anniversary by awarding three $150,000 grants to global nonprofit organizations that are working to improve the well-being of people around the world. Since its inception in 1952, the Foundation has provided over $440 million in financial support to targeted causes that align with the company’s social impact goals. Kimberly-Clark employees selected the grant recipients via online voting from a list of nonprofit organizations that focus their work…

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Kimberly-Clark’s Industry-Leading Decarbonization Initiatives Recognized at UK Paper Industry Gold Awards

Stuart Mitchell

Kimberly-Clark, the parent company of leading household brands including Andrex®, Kleenex® and Huggies®, has won the Net-Zero Award at the first ever UK Paper Industry Gold Awards. Selected as the winner by a panel of judges, Kimberly-Clark demonstrated excellence and innovation through its pioneering UK net-zero strategy and overarching net-zero vision for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. As a global manufacturer of essential products, Kimberly-Clark’s tissue business is classified as an energy-intensive industry in many markets, which reflects the challenge of decarbonizing. However, the company has made significant…

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Kimberly-Clark Announces Partnership With the Arbor Day Foundation to Plant 1.5 Million Trees by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

Kimberly-Clark has committed to planting 1.5 million new trees through 2030 with the Arbor Day Foundation as part of a new partnership. With a shared goal of supporting the world’s forests, the trees will be planted in U.S. and Canadian forests of greatest need. As a kickoff to the partnership and in celebration of Kimberly-Clark’s 150th anniversary and the 150th Arbor Day celebration, Kimberly-Clark and the Arbor Day Foundation will plant one tree for each Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook post during the week of April 22-29 that uses #ArborDay, up…

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Kimberly-Clark Professional Celebrates Decade of Innovation Through The RightCycle Program

Stuart Mitchell

 Kimberly-Clark Professional, a global leader in contamination control solutions for cleanrooms and laboratories, is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of The RightCycle™ Program, the first large-scale recycling effort for non-hazardous lab, cleanroom and industrial waste. Since 2011, the program has empowered more than 800 customers to divert over 1,400 metric tons of waste. The RightCycle Program collects previously hard-to-recycle personal protective equipment (PPE) such as garments, masks, gloves and goggles. These items are then recycled by regionally based recycling partners that create new pellets, which are used to produce consumer products…

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