Here are some of the inspiring examples from across our company
Fighting Period Stigma in Sports
During the men’s World Cup, our Intimus® brand in Brazil released a short film about one of the world’s first female referees recognized by FIFA in 1971, Lea Campos. The film won the Gold Entertainment Lion for Sport in the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Intimus® also sponsored individual athletes on their periods, wearing personalized jerseys featuring a pad design alongside the slogan, “Period or not, she can”.
UNICEF
Between 2015 and 2023, Kimberly-Clark has provided over $24 million in funding to UNICEF to help strengthen neonatal health systems, increase access to safe water and sanitation, promote safe menstrual health and hygiene and support early childhood development, resulting in nearly 14 million lives impacted across 26 countries. Additionally, Kimberly-Clark has donated over $4.6 million to UNICEF’s humanitarian responses, including during emergencies in Colombia, Haiti, India, Peru, and Puerto Rico, and global support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Maternal Health
In 2023, Huggies partnered with the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) in the U.S. to create the new Respectful Maternity Care Framework and Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline. The first-of-its-kind resource on respectful medical care, it provides evidence-based approaches that help reduce disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality outcomes, and support birthing women and their families as they prepare for birth, postpartum recovery, breastfeeding and parenting. This program impacted almost 3.5 million lives in 2023, and we are working to make these resources available in other regions of the world.
Taking Action Against Bladder Leakage
In Australia, our Poise® brand is helping to break the silence and stigma around bladder leakage. The Pelvic Support Hub offers free physiotherapy-led resources, such as videos and articles, and free Poise® products. The Hub was launched with popular social media influencers, podcasters, and health professionals to help amplify the message and destigmatize this incredibly common condition, affecting one in three women in Australia & New Zealand.
Supporting Global Goals
Kimberly-Clark lives our purpose by powering care and improving the quality of people's lives with our essential health and well-being solutions.
As we look ahead to 2030, we are in a unique position to support three of the UN goals: SDG 3 – Good Health and Well-Being; SDG 5 – Gender Equality; and SDG 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation. Our history demonstrates our commitment to act on these goals and our 2030 strategy seeks to accelerate our contribution.
