Kimberly-Clark Establishes Vision 2010

Vision 2010 sets out specific environmental objectives and focus areas. These reflect the most significant environmental concerns identified by the United Nations Environment Program and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development that affect our business: energy use, climate change and the availability of clean water.

Energy Use

In 2008, we used 76.4 trillion Btu’s of energy, approximately 20.7 percent of which came from renewable sources. These include wood waste and spent liquor from our two pulp mills.

We measure energy efficiency by calculating the energy used per metric ton of production. In 2008, energy efficiency improved by 4.5 percent to 14.8 million Btu (MBtu) per metric ton of production, compared with 15.5 MBtu/metric ton in 2007.

Every facility enters quarterly energy use data into our global sustainability database so we can track progress. Our global Energy Services team supports those facilities furthest from achieving their targets and helps regional energy coordinators to implement energy efficiency improvement plans.

In 2008, each of our consumer product mills in North America and Europe finalized a three-year energy plan to help them reach their Vision 2010 goals. These plans include investment in new equipment as well as operational and maintenance changes. Other significant projects completed in 2008 include:

In Jaromer, Czech Republic, our mill implemented a program to convert process fan drives to more energy efficient models by 2010, ultimately saving 18,600 million BTU and reducing annual energy costs by more than $150,000.

In Paris, Texas, we completed a three-year compressed air improvement program, achieving annual savings of over 15,000 million BTU and over $400,000. Some examples of these improvement measures include replacing old and inefficient dryers with a high efficiency dryer, installing central air control storage tanks, along with a high speed pressure control valve to control system pressure swings and prohibiting the use of compressed air for machine and floor cleaning.

Climate Change

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.

GHG emissions from manufacturing decreased from 1.25 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent CO2-e per unit of production in 2005 to 1.16 in 2008, a 7 percent reduction.