Essity | Our Journey to Net Zero

Global climate change is one of the defining challenges of our time. As one of the world’s leading hygiene and health companies, Essity has joined the Business Ambition for 1.5 degrees and is committed to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

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Responsible Production & Consumption

During the Pandemic, You Can Make a Difference by Recycling
This year has ended up looking different from any other year in so many ways and as America Recycles Day approaches on November 15, now is a great time to remember why recycling is so important.

Responsible Production & Consumption

50 Ways to Live a More Sustainable Lifestyle

Sustainable Development Goals

Essity's Approach to the UN Sustainable Development Goals
At Essity we believe that the work aimed at fulfilling the SDGs will make the world a little better and create good business opportunities for companies around the world.

Sustainable Development Goals

Essity Convenes Global Dialogue 2019 with United Nations Foundation
Essity partners with UNICEF Mexico on a new program aimed at empowering school age girls in Mexico through education on menstrual hygiene management and hand hygiene. The joint program works with schools on improving the hygiene of school restrooms.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Essity Invests in Sustainable Alternative Fiber Technology
Essity, a leading global hygiene and health company with a commitment to a circular society, will invest approximately MSEK 400 in a sustainable alternative fiber facility at its tissue manufacturing plant in Mannheim, Germany. This investment will enable the company to produce high quality consumer and professional hygiene tissue products from wheat straw, a renewable resource that is an agricultural by-product. This process is a circular innovation that will improve the overall environmental impact of tissue products produced there. Production is set to begin in the second half of 2020.

Research, Reports & Publications

Essity and CE100: Report on Renewables Materials Role in a Circular Future
In the latest paper, launched at CE100 Acceleration workshop in Dusseldorf on April 18, 2018, Essity set out both the opportunities and challenges that face renewable materials today, and our shared vision for the future. Essity also showcased what they are already doing, such as Tork PaperCircle, which is a great example of how Essity contributes to circular society.

Sustainable Development Goals

Video: Essity's Approach to the UN Sustainable Development Goals
At Essity we believe that the work aimed at fulfilling the SDGs will make the world a little better at the same time as they create good business opportunities for companies around the world. Not least in the fields of health, hygiene and sanitation, where we have outstanding expertise. We at Essity are determined to do what we can to contribute to achieving the 17 SDGs.

Environment

Essity’s Emission Targets in Line with Paris Climate Agreement
Essity’s new targets for reduction of greenhouse gas emission have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative. With this, Essity’s sustainability targets are now aligned with the Paris agreement objectives to keep global temperature increase below 2°C.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Essity ESAVE Celebrates its 10th Anniversary - So Much More Than Just an Energy Savings Program
This year, we celebrate ten years of ESAVE – Essity's energy savings program. However, its more than just a program, it's about a way of working.

Sustainable Development Goals

Essity and the United Nations Foundation Lead Dialogue on UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
Today, the hygiene and health company Essity will open the annual meeting of the United Nations Foundation’s dialogue on the UN’s sustainable development goals. The meeting will be held at the UN headquarters in New York and bring together the business community, governments, authorities, civil society and NGOs to exchange experiences and perspectives on how to achieve the global sustainable development goals.
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