Tag: Kimberly-Clark

Kimberly-Clark Launches Enhanced Global Partnerships to Advance Essential Care for 24 Million Women and Girls

Stuart Mitchell

Kimberly-Clark Corporation is deepening its commitment to advancing essential care for women and girls through four enhanced strategic, charitable partnerships. Through new programs with Baby2Baby, Plan International, Project HOPE, and UNICEF, Kimberly-Clark aims to expand access to life-changing care in Brazil, Peru, China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the United States. Taken together, these partnerships will work to improve the lives of an estimated 24 million women and girls over the next three years.  This announcement is a direct result of the Kimberly-Clark Foundation‘s recent sharpening of its strategic focus: to…

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New Thrive™ Program Helps Businesses Keep Waste Out of Landfills

Stuart Mitchell

Kimberly-Clark Professional™ has announced the launch of its Thrive™ sustainability service that helps businesses reduce waste, track lifecycle progress and make a measurable environmental impact. Core to the service is a first-of-its-kind program2 that helps customers in North America upgrade their restrooms while diverting used qualifying dispensers1 from landfills. Kimberly-Clark Professional set out to remove the barriers for customers who might have concerns about disposing of the old equipment they will no longer need. Through the Thrive™ Dispenser Service, Kimberly-Clark Professional team members will collect qualifying used plastic dispensers1 directly…

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Industry-First Green Hydrogen Deals Signed by Andrex® and Kleenex® Producer, Kimberly-Clark

Stuart Mitchell

Kimberly-Clark UK & Ireland, manufacturer of leading household name brands including Andrex® and Kleenex®, becomes the first major consumer products company in the UK to make a significant commitment to green hydrogen, signalling its commitment to a more sustainable future. The company announces today that together with its energy partners, Carlton Power and HYRO (a joint venture between Octopus Energy Generation and RES), it is investing over £125 million into the emerging energy solution at its two plants in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria and Northfleet, Kent. Combined, the two sites produce nearly…

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Kimberly-Clark Announces First Tissue Manufacturing Site on Path to 100% Renewable Energy

Stuart Mitchell

Kimberly-Clark (K-C), one of the world’s leading manufacturers of personal care and hygiene products, has announced that its manufacturing site in Koblenz, Germany has become the company’s first tissue manufacturing facility globally with a pathway to transition its operations to 100% renewable energy. The site will electrify its heating needs as well as source its electricity demand via a portfolio of European power purchase agreements of offsite renewables. The transition is intended to be completed by 2029 latest. The move has been made possible by a Carbon Contract for Difference…

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Kimberly-Clark Awards Bright Futures Scholarships to 47 College-Bound Students

Stuart Mitchell

Kimberly-Clark has announced it has awarded Bright Futures college scholarships to 47 children of Kimberly-Clark employees across North America. The high school seniors were selected based on academic achievement, leadership, work experience and extracurricular activities. Now in its 32nd year, Bright Futures provides scholarship grants worth up to $20,000, or $5,000 per school year, for full-time students attending accredited colleges and universities. The program is administered by the Kimberly-Clark Foundation and has awarded $47 million in scholarships to more than 2,300 students since its inception. “This class of Bright Futures…

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