DALLAS, June 22, 2026 – Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NASDAQ: KMB) today released its 2025 Sustainability Report, highlighting the company’s initiatives and programs designed to advance its purpose of providing Better Care for a Better World as part of its long-term growth and product innovation strategy.

Key highlights of the company's 2025 progress against its 2030 ambitions include:

• Social Impact: Kimberly-Clark’s brand programs, combined with global and local partnerships, have helped advance the well-being of more than 436 million people since 2015 through programs focused on sanitation, maternal and child health, and stigma reduction.  
• Responsible Sourcing: Kimberly-Clark achieved a 50% reduction in natural forest fiber use compared to 2011 based on a monthly average run rate measured over the last five months of 2025, achieving its 2025 interim ambition. The company also sourced 95% of its tissue fiber from certified and recycled sources and remains committed to its ambition to be Natural Forest-Free across its product portfolio beyond 2030.
• Energy & Climate: Kimberly-Clark achieved a 46% absolute reduction in operational Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions compared to its 2015 base year, with an aspiration to achieve a 50% reduction by 2030.
• Water Stewardship: Sites located in water-stressed areas receive prioritized focus as part of our risk-based approach. Kimberly-Clark expanded its water risk assessment to include additional sites, enhancing visibility into water-stressed operations. The company also reduced its water use at manufacturing sites in water-stressed regions by 45% compared to its 2015 base year, making progress toward its ambition to reduce water use in those areas by 50% by 2030.

“Our purpose – Better Care for a Better World – is at the heart of who we are as a company. It demonstrates Kimberly-Clark’s commitment to providing care with a focus on the areas where we believe we can deliver value: providing better products, contributing to a better planet, creating a better workplace, and fostering a better society. Our 2025 progress reflects focused execution across the business to strengthen resilience, manage costs, support innovation, and create long-term value,” said Lisa Morden, Chief Sustainability Officer at Kimberly-Clark.

Kimberly-Clark's annual sustainability report is available on the company’s website.

The report and accompanying disclosures highlight Kimberly-Clark’s sustainability performance and provide qualitative and quantitative information about the company’s sustainability objectives, ambitions, and initiatives in fiscal year 2025. An Appendix to this report includes key data and metrics prepared in accordance with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) framework for the period of January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025. For more information, please visit Kimberly-Clark.com.