The 2024 Greenovation Awards recognize companies for
demonstrating sustainability leadership and reducing environmental
impact.
ROSWELL,
Ga., April 30, 2024 /CNW/
-- Kimberly-Clark Professional™ announced the 2024
Greenovation Awards to recognize 56 companies for demonstrating
sustainability leadership and reducing environmental impact by
participating in a landfill diversion program.
The award-winning companies diverted a total of 419,689 pounds
of used personal protective equipment (PPE) from landfills in 2023
through The RightCycle™ Program. The program helps a wide
range of Kimberly-Clark Professional's customers reduce their solid
waste streams by enabling them to recycle single-use items
including wet wipes, garments, gloves, hoods, boot covers, masks
and safety eyewear.
Kimberly-Clark Professional established the Greenovation Awards
in 2013 to honor the waste diversion efforts of its customers each
year. Some of the companies recognized this year for running
recycling collection sites include:
- Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
- Catalent – Madison, WI
- Cook Medical
- Integrated DNA Technologies
- The Jackson Laboratory
- MillaporeSigma
- Orca Bio
- Pall Corporation
- Pfizer – Cambridge, MA
- Promega Corporation
- Purdue University
- Department of Chemistry at the University
of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- W L Gore & Associates
Since its inception in 2011, The RightCycle Program has helped
customers divert more than 5.5 million pounds of PPE waste from
landfills.1 The program has helped Kimberly-Clark
Professional customers meet their own sustainability goals with
confidence, validated by landfill diversion data from trusted,
third-party sources. This recycling program collects used PPE and
sends these items to regional recycling partners to become plastic
pellets used to manufacture consumer products, including lawn
furniture, benches and bicycle racks.
Brian Hoffmire, environmental
health and safety manager at Pall Corporation, said, "The Pall
Corporation team at our Cortland facility has truly embraced our
commitment to recycling personal protective equipment through The
RightCycle Program. Partnering with Kimberly-Clark has helped us to maintain that
commitment and achieve our sustainability goals."
Corey Meek, corporate
responsibility program manager of Promega Corporation, said,
"Promega has a long-standing commitment to sustainability and
environmental stewardship. The RightCycle Program has made it easy
for Promega to expand our ongoing sustainable practices."
"Our customers have displayed exceptional leadership in
sustainability through this program as well as other initiatives to
reduce their environmental impact," said Ashley Davis, global
sustainability manager, Kimberly-Clark Professional. "We commend
them on their accomplishments and wish them continued success on
their sustainability journeys."
To learn more, visit The RightCycle
Program website. While Kimberly-Clark Professional
recently entered into a transaction, which is pending customary
closing conditions and regulatory approvals, upon the consummation
of which the company would transition away from recycling programs
under The RightCycle Program brand, Kimberly-Clark Professional
will continue to focus on sustainability and recycling programs
under new brands.
Kimberly-Clark has a global goal to reduce its
environmental footprint by 50% by 2030 and is focused on the areas
where it can make the biggest difference – climate, forests, water
and plastics.
1 source: 2023 WasteBits and 2023
Kimberly-Clark Corporation proprietary insights.
About Kimberly-Clark Professional™
Kimberly-Clark Professional™ partners with businesses to create
Exceptional Workplaces, helping to make them healthier, safer and
more productive. Key brands in this segment include Kleenex, Scott,
WypAll, KleenGuard and Kimtech. To see how Kimberly-Clark
Professional™ is helping people around the world to work better,
please visit www.kcprofessional.com.
About Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) and its trusted brands are
an indispensable part of life for people in more than 175
countries. Fueled by ingenuity, creativity, and an
understanding of people's most essential needs, we create products
that help individuals experience more of what's important to them.
Our portfolio of brands, including Huggies, Kleenex, Scott, Kotex,
Cottonelle, Poise, Depend, Andrex, Pull-Ups, GoodNites, Intimus,
Neve, Plenitud, Sweety, Softex, Viva and WypAll, hold No. 1 or No.
2 share positions in approximately 80 countries. We use sustainable
practices that support a healthy planet, build strong communities,
and ensure our business thrives for decades to come. We are proud
to be recognized as one of the world's most ethical companies by
Ethisphere for the fifth year in a row. To keep up with the latest
news and to learn more about the company's 150-year history of
innovation, visit kimberly-clark.com.
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