Kimberly-Clark Professional launches initiative to help businesses achieve sustainability goals
This launch aligns with Kimberly-Clark’s broader sustainability ambitions, which include significant goals by 2030 to reduce environmental footprints and achieve zero waste.
USA – Kimberly-Clark Professional has launched a new sustainability initiative, Thrive™ Sustainability Service, designed to help businesses achieve their environmental goals by reducing waste, tracking lifecycle progress, and making a tangible environmental impact.
This service features a first-of-its-kind program for collecting and recycling qualifying used dispensers from business restroom facilities across the U.S. and Canada.
Through the Thrive Dispenser Service, Kimberly-Clark Professional collects used plastic dispensers directly from customer sites and then processes them through trusted sustainability partners, who convert the materials into alternative fuel sources used in the production of cement and building materials.
This initiative enables customers to easily divert waste from landfills while upgrading their restroom dispensers to new, environmentally considerate Scott, Kleenex, or ICON models.
The program is fully traceable, enabling customers to quantify, track, and report on landfill diversion metrics and receive an Environmental Impact Achievement Certificate that visually highlights their sustainability efforts to employees and visitors.
The Thrive™ service is positioned as a practical solution for companies aiming for measurable progress in waste reduction and sustainability, offering a streamlined process that minimizes operational disruptions.
Kimberly-Clark Professional’s president, Susan Gambardella, emphasized that this initiative responds directly to customer demand for straightforward, impactful sustainability actions, reaffirming the company’s commitment to helping businesses meet their sustainability targets through innovative and responsible solutions.
These objectives are supported by programs like RightCycle, which has notably diverted millions of pounds of waste from landfills since 2011.
The Thrive service builds on this foundation by addressing specific waste streams in commercial facilities and promoting circular economy practices through recycling and responsible disposal pathways.
Kimberly Clark Q2 FY25 financial report
Kimberly-Clark recently reported USD 4.2 billion in net sales for the second quarter of fiscal year 2025, reflecting a 1.6% year-over-year decline.
This dip was primarily driven by strategic divestitures, including its PPE business and private label diaper segment in the U.S., as well as unfavourable foreign exchange impacts.
However, organic sales rose by a solid 3.9%, propelled by a 5% increase in volume, marking the company’s strongest quarterly volume growth in five years.
Adjusted earnings per share came in at USD 1.92, surpassing analyst expectations by over 16%, though slightly down from the prior year.
Gross margin on an adjusted basis stood at 36.9%, a 180-basis-point decline year-over-year, reflecting inflationary pressures and volatility in input costs.
Operationally, it delivered 5.8% gross productivity and remains on track to achieve USD 200 million in SG&A savings for the year.
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