Social Impact

We help people around the world access essentials for a dignified life and are putting our brands to work on some of the most pressing challenges facing the world. We have an ambitious goal to advance the wellbeing of 1 billion people by 2030.

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Kimberly-Clark’s “Certified” Sustainability Hero
As one of the world’s largest buyers of market pulp, Kimberly-Clark knows that protecting our forests is critical to addressing climate change, conserving terrestrial biodiversity and ensuring a resilient, healthy supply chain.

Innovation & Technology

IUPUI and Butler University Win AASHE Sustainable Campus Competition, hosted by Kimberly-Clark Professional
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and Butler University partnered to win the AASHE Sustainable Campus Competition, hosted by Kimberly-Clark Professional. The two schools secured a $50,000 prize that will catalyze a city-wide composting collection program that serves as important step toward their large-scale commercial composting collection initiative.

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Kimberly-Clark Earns Perfect Score on Human Rights Campaign’s 2017 Corporate Equality Index
Kimberly-Clark today announced it earned a perfect score on Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation's 2017 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees.

Health & Healthcare

Huggies Created the "No Baby Unhugged" Program to Ensure that all Babies Receive a Huggies Hug
We created the No Baby Unhugged program to ensure that all babies receive a Huggies hug.
Watch why we believe in hugs and why all babies deserve a hug inspired by yours.

Health & Healthcare

Power to the Period Donation Drive | U by Kotex
More than 50,000 people started a donation drive. More than 585,000 products were donated.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Kimberly-Clark’s Beech Island Team Responds to Disaster Need
With little warning, Kimberly-Clark employees responded with locally made products from its Beech Island mill to assist over two-thousand evacuees from Hurricane Matthew.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Huggies Brand Launches “No Baby Unhugged” to Ensure Babies Get the Hugs They Need to Help Them Thrive
Parents have been instinctively hugging their babies since the beginning of time, but research shows that this natural act can do more than calm a cry or soothe some stress. Hugs can help keep a baby’s heart beating at a normal rate, improve sleep and support healthy weight gain, according to a recent Huggies study titled “The Power of Human Touch for Babies.”

Environment

Conservationists, Citizen-Scientists, Kleenex® Tissues and Timberlands Team Up to Help Save Vulnerable Kãrearea as Nesting Season Begins
Wingspan* has successfully rescued the first vulnerable Kãrearea eggs of the new nesting season. Earlier in September forest workers in collaboration with Wingspan, had sighted courtship activity of a Kãrearea pair thought to be making a nest (scrape) in a newly replanted area of Whakarewarewa Forest** next to a busy recreational area.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Nurses Partner with Huggies Brand to Collect & Provide 250,000 Diapers for Families
What would you do if you couldn’t afford enough diapers for your baby? One in three families in the United States is affected by diaper need, or not having enough diapers to keep their babies clean, dry and healthy.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

K-C New Zealand Celebrates 25 Year Anniversary
Kimberly-Clark New Zealand (KCNZ) recently celebrated 25 years of brand leadership and investment in long-term community partnerships and innovation in the New Zealand market.
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  3. Carbon Footprint
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  4. Sustainability Reports
    Long before sustainability became a topic of widespread interest, Kimberly-Clark sought to continuously improve the way we run our business, socially...

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  9. Forest Footprint
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