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Kimberly-Clark Guatemala Shares its Expertise in Recycling to Broaden Community Impact

Expertise previously used to make Kimberly-Clark a responsible corporate citizen in Guatemala is now being requested by and shared with a variety of organizations in the area that wish to decrease the size of the footprint they leave on the country as well.

Depend brand, Consumer Services team take stress out of product purchases

Feelings of embarrassment and anxiety still exist for people with incontinence. By the time consumers decide to make the transition to incontinence products they have already experienced many different emotions. Since this is unfamiliar territory, many consumers go through a trial-and-error process to determine the best product for their needs, which often proves overwhelming, frustrating and expensive. Enter Kimberly-Clark's Depend brand whose primary goal is make life easier for millions of adults who experience incontinence.

Kimberly-Clark’s virtual reality technology provides faster, more innovative merchandising solutions

Kimberly-Clark’s Virtual Reality team recently leveraged self-service software for the Target Customer Development team, giving them the ability to develop multiple merchandising concepts viewable in a virtual 3-D Target store. This breakthrough in capabilities allows virtual reality to become a tool for routine activities as well as large strategic initiatives. Best of all, it puts the right technology into the hands of the experts without hand offs or outsourcing, saving both time and money.

Kimberly-Clark employees protect precious water resources in drought-stricken Northern Mexico

It’s easy to take clean water for granted. It’s there for us seemingly “on demand” when we brush our teeth, cook our meals, wash our clothes and bathe our children. However, residents of Nogales, a drought-stricken community of 300,000 in Northern Mexico, don’t have that luxury.

Kimberly-Clark Colombia builds 100 new homes in response to devastating flooding

More than 100 volunteers from Kimberly-Clark Colombia spent two days in May building 100 houses for flood victims in partnership with Un Techo Para Mi Pais (A Roof for My Country), a non-profit organization throughout Latin America, akin to Habitat for Humanity in the United States. Kimberly-Clark volunteers worked in four Colombian cities – Bogota, Cali, Medellin and Barranquilla – alongside volunteers from universities and, most importantly, the families who would live in the new homes.