Awards - Dow Jones

Kimberly-Clark Leads the Personal Products Category of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the Fifth Year in a Row (2009).

Our performance:

In addition to being the overall leader in the Personal Products category, DJSI recognised Kimberly-Clark’s performance in the following areas: 

• Environmental Policy/Management Systems
• Customer Relationship Management
• Strategy for Emerging Markets
• Risk and Crisis Management

What our CEO has to say:

“Leading our category in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index once again is a tremendous testament to the work and dedication of our teams around the world and to Kimberly-Clark’s commitment to sustainability. Sustainability is a core discipline at Kimberly-Clark and we are proud that year after year our work is being recognised. However, we realise that moving sustainability forward is an ongoing effort that requires the passion of our people and continued collaboration with our consumers, customers and users.”

About the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World):

DJSI World comprises the leading companies in terms of sustainability around the world. It captures the top 10% based on long-term economic, environmental and social criteria out of the biggest 2500 companies worldwide. Components are selected according to a systematic corporate sustainability assessment that identifies the sustainability leaders in each of 57 industry groups. The underlying research methodology accounts for general as well as industry-specific sustainability trends and evaluates corporations based on a variety of criteria including climate change strategies, energy consumption, human resources development, knowledge management, stakeholder relations and corporate governance.