Essential Products for Our Customers and Consumers

With the introduction of our Products pillar, we are embracing our responsibility to manage the sustainability of our products throughout their lifecycle—including after their use.

We are working to reduce packaging, as well as manufacturing and postconsumer waste. To achieve our Sustainability 2015 goals in this pillar, we are building a foundation from which to implement processes and tools to support environmentally innovative consideration at each stage of a product’s lifecycle. We are tapping the creativity of our stakeholders—employees, suppliers, distributors, customers, consumers and our network of external expert advisors to achieve our goals.

For information on how we are working with our suppliers, click here.

2011 Highlights

• We expanded our Global Innovation Centers and introduced our ecoLOGICAL program to enable the identification, development and tracking of environmental innovation
• Kimberly-Clark’s Huggies brand team continued to expand its diaper composting initiatives, opening a second Kimberly-Clark–sponsored recycling plant in New Zealand and, through our partnership with Envirocomp, exploring locations for additional international plants