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 and our efforts to develop more sustainable solutions for our product portfolio to our focus on inclusion and diversity and our ambition to advance the well-being of 1 billion people around the world, we’ll continue to drive positive impact as we create long-term value for our shareholders. That’s how we deliver Better Care for a Better World.”

Key highlights of the company’s 2021 results include:

• 社会影响– Kimberly-Clark and its brands continued to deliver toward the goal to improve the well-being of 1 billion people in underserved communities by 2030 through programs like Toilets Change Lives, No Baby Unhugged and the Kotex® She Can initiative, as well as through partnerships with the Kimberly-Clark Foundation, and NGOs including Water For People, WaterAid and Plan International. In 2021, Kimberly-Clark advanced the well-being of 15.7 million people in vulnerable and underserved communities, raising our total to 41.4 million people since 2015.
• Climate– Consistent with the world’s enhanced climate action commitments coming out of COP26, the company made progress against ambitious targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for reducing our Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 50% and our Scope 3 emissions by 20% – all by 2030. As of the end of 2021, Kimberly-Clark achieved nearly a 41% reduction in operational emissions (Scope 1 and 2) versus our 2015 base year. For Scope 3 GHG emissions, we achieved a 6.3% GHG emissions reduction from a 2015 base year, with a focus on purchased goods and services and end-of-life treatment of sold products.
• Forests- 该公司继续进步，朝着从环保纤维来源采购90％的组织纤维。在2021年，金伯利 - 克拉克（Kimberly-Clark）在全球范围内实现了87％的环境优先纤维，主要是通过增加我们对森林管理委员会（FSC®）认证的维珍木纤维的采购（63％）以及回收的纤维（24％）产品。
• Plastics- 金伯利 - 克拉克（Kimberly-Clark）继续工作，探索基于化石燃料的塑料的更可持续，可行性和可扩展性的替代品。在2021年，该公司在我们的塑料包装中将再生内容的百分比增加一倍，并进一步增加了全球包装的量，该包装量可重复使用，可回收或可堆肥到近84％，因为到2025年，它努力努力100％。
• Water- 2021年，金伯利 - 克拉克（Kimberly-Clark）在与我们2015年的基线相比，水压力区域的水消耗量减少了34％，其中1.4％发生在去年，这是由于我们的战略性水管理方法的驱动，该方法以技术创新为中心循环解决方案和一流的管理系统。
• Inclusion and Diversity– Kimberly-Clark continued to foster a culture of inclusion that recognizes, values and celebrates the diverse perspectives of our team. Among other pillars of our strategy, the past year focused on leveraging leadership to drive inclusion and diversity with initiatives including educating team leaders through our Activating Inclusive Leadership Lab to build high-performing, inclusive and diverse teams.
• Health and Safety– As the world continued to navigate through the global COVID-19 pandemic, the company prioritized the health and safety of our people with global protocols that often exceeded local requirements. A number of sites provided preventive programs, including free on-site testing, vaccination clinics for employees and family members as well as training and education.

“Our purpose of Better Care for a Better World is our call to action, challenging us to help billions of people through greater access to life’s daily essentials while building on our past successes, scaling our use of efficient new technologies, and delivering solutions that address the challenges facing our planet in the decade ahead,” said Lisa Morden, Vice President of Safety, Sustainability and Occupational Health, Kimberly-Clark. “We will remain steadfast in our efforts to reach our goals because we believe it’s the best way to care for the people we serve, it’s the right thing to do for our planet, and it helps us deliver on our purpose.”

In addition to the report, the company has provided enhanced ESG-related content on itswebsitein order to provide more primary information about its overall strategy, progress and achievements, and make it easier for stakeholders to find the information that is most relevant to them.

“As its reporting format continues to evolve, Kimberly-Clark’s commitment to acting with care for people, communities, and the planet remains resolute,” added Morden. “In addition, maintaining transparency in our ESG disclosures in order to engender the trust of our investors, customers, consumers, employees, local communities, and other stakeholders remains paramount.”

金伯利·克拉克（Kimberly-Clark）的金博宝怎么注册年度可持续性报告和随附的披露通过故事来描绘公司的进步，这些故事突出了我们在世界各地的工作，以及按照全球报告计划（GRI）可持续性报告标准“核心”水平制定的关键数据和指标。该报告涵盖了2021年1月1日至2021年12月31日的时间范围。有关本报告中的主题的更多信息，请访问Kimberly-clark.com上的“可持续发展”页面。金博宝怎么注册

Media Contact:Terry Balluck，金伯利 - 克拉克

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