Kimberly Clark

Kimberly-Clark, a US-headquartered company in the paper and paper products industry, reported total greenhouse gas emissions of approximately 13.28 billion kg CO2e in 2024. This figure includes about 1.69 billion kg CO2e from Scope 1 emissions, 1.14 billion kg CO2e from Scope 2 market-based emissions, and 10.46 billion kg CO2e from Scope 3 emissions.

The company has set several climate commitments, including Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) approved targets. Kimberly-Clark commits to an absolute reduction of Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 50% by 2030, using a 2015 base year. Additionally, they aim to reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services and end-of-life treatment of sold products by 20% by 2030, also from a 2015 base year. These targets are categorised as consistent with reductions required to keep warming to 'Well-below 2°C'.

Furthermore, Kimberly-Clark aims for an 85% reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions in the UK and Ireland by the end of 2026, against a 2015 baseline. The company has also reported an interim achievement of a 43.3% absolute reduction in operational Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 2024, against its 2015 baseline, and a 16% absolute reduction in value-chain emissions (Scope 3, Categories 1 and 2) against the 2015 baseline by 2024.