Tag: Kimberly-Clark

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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Kimberly-Clark and its ‘Toilets Change Lives’ Program Brings Clean Water and Sanitation Solutions to 7 Million People Across 15 Countries

Stuart Mitchell

Access to clean water, hygiene and sanitation services remains essential to protecting human health, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Globally, more than 2 billion people lack access to basic sanitation, including toilets. The United Nations General Assembly officially designated Nov. 19 as World Toilet Day in 2013 to raise awareness and inspire efforts to bring solutions to these communities. A study of 130,000 health clinics in low- and middle-income countries showed that 50 percent of the clinics didn’t have piped water. Additionally, 785 million people do not have clean water…

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Kimberly-Clark Receives US EPA 2021 SmartWay Excellence Award

Stuart Mitchell

Kimberly-Clark has announced that it was recognized with a 2021 SmartWay® Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as an industry leader in freight supply chain environmental performance and energy efficiency. The award recognizes companies for using a range of fuel-saving strategies in their shipping and freight delivery services that reduce transportation emissions and make freight delivery more sustainable. “We are proud to receive a ninth consecutive SmartWay Excellence Award, which recognizes our continued efforts to minimize the carbon footprint of our transportation network,” said Scott DeGroot, Vice President…

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