Kimberly-Clark Corporation — Ethics Grade B

Kimberly-Clark Corporation receives an overall ethics grade of B (72/100) on CancelCo's corporate accountability database. Sector: Consumer Goods. Market cap: Large Cap.

Category scores

• labor: 74
• privacy: 85
• consumer: 68
• environment: 61
• humanRights: 75

Documented incidents (3)

• Boreal Forest Logging Exposure (medium, 2020) — Environmental tracking bodies flagged the company's reliance on wood pulp sourced from fragile Canadian boreal forests, stating it disrupted vital native wildlife habitats and released substantial stored soil carbon.
• Flushable Wipes Infrastructure Damage (medium, 2021) — Faced class-action litigation and city council civil claims for continuing to market wet wipes as 'flushable' despite persistent findings that the fibers do not break down adequately, clogging domestic municipal wastewater facilities.
• PFAS Contamination in Groundwater (high, 2023) — State environmental regulators investigated manufacturing facilities for chemical runtime discharges that elevated per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in regional drinking water wells near manufacturing hubs.

Documented good deeds

• Certified Sustainable Pulp Sourcing — Achieved a metric where over 85% of virgin wood fiber used across global tissue operations successfully achieved strict Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certifications.

Ethical alternatives

• Seventh Generation — Utilizes 100% recycled paper feedstocks across product variants, entirely bypassing virgin timber cutting lines.