At Kimberly-Clark, we've learned that Supplier Diversity is simply good business, adding value to our customers, shoppers and users, our products and our company. Demographically, our world is changing. We're embracing those changes to ensure that our supplier base more accurately reflects our retail customers and consumers, enabling us to meet and exceed their expectations.

We actively solicit minority and women-owned businesses to provide them with opportunities to furnish us with a variety of products and services. Our company works with the National Minority Supplier Development Council to locate qualified suppliers and support the Council's mission. As a result, we have access to an enriched pool of suppliers who are competitive, innovative and focused on providing solutions for their customers.

SOURCING CONSIDERATIONS

Sourcing decisions will vary depending on individual business needs, potential competitive advantages and underlying business risks. Key considerations include the ability of a supplier to:

• Provide technology that offers unique protective features and can be the basis for innovations in our products and processes.
• Provide adequate capacity and flexibility to satisfy the range of our defined needs without interruption or dependency on K-C for long-term contracts or capital commitments.
• Continuously minimize conformance variability.
• Provide the best value.
• Be a trusted partner in helping us produce products that are market leaders in quality and value.
• Provide diversity to our supplier base to match more closely to our consumer base.

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