We began a process to develop a Global Climate Change Management Strategy for Kimberly-Clark in 2008. Like our Environmental Vision programs, this strategy will be based on understanding the science of climate change as a first step.

We have held meetings with all business units to review their growth plans through 2015. We used these data to project emissions for each business and for the company as a whole with a view to setting a corporate carbon emissions target, which we plan to report in 2009.

Our business and facility managers are responsible for compliance with governmental and corporate climate change requirements, led by our Global Senior Leadership Team (GSLT). The Corporate Environment, Health and Safety and Energy departments help business units to implement measures and report their progress to management.

We are committed to reducing our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by increasing energy efficiency at our manufacturing sites and in the distribution of our finished products. This is one of the focal points of our Vision 2010 program.

We calculate our emissions using factors endorsed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Climate Leaders Partnership and based on the Greenhouse Gas Protocol developed by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and World Resources Institute. Our mills in Europe use the approved factors of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme.

We have a system in place to calculate and track carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e) emissions from fossil fuels consumed at K-C facilities as well as from purchased electricity. We also track emissions generated through finished product distribution in the U.S. We track both our absolute emissions and emission intensity per metric ton of production.

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