Yuhan-Kimberly Selected as 'Most Respected Company in Korea' for 20 Consecutive Years

Before and after Yuhan-Kimberly established the 'Yuhan-Kimberly Forest' in Mongolia.

Yuhan-Kimberly announced on the 7th that it was ranked 5th in the All-Star category in the ‘2023 Most Admired Companies in Korea’ survey. Since the survey began in 2004, Yuhan-Kimberly has been ranked within the top 6 for 20 consecutive years.

The survey was conducted by the Korea Management Association Consulting and involved about 12,000 participants including consumers and experts. Yuhan-Kimberly received high evaluations across overall corporate values, ranking 1st in social and image value, 3rd in employee value, and 4th in customer value. It was also selected as the number one company in the household goods industry category.

Yuhan-Kimberly was established in 1970 as a joint venture between Yuhan Corporation and Kimberly-Clark, and has established essential daily products such as diapers, sanitary pads, and facial tissues. Based on management innovation models including ethical management, environmental management, social contribution, labor-management harmony, smart work, and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) management, it continues to hold the number one market share in its major business areas.

Yuhan-Kimberly is recognized as one of the companies that have practiced ESG values in action long before the concept of ESG management was established and became a management trend. Since 1984, through the ‘Our Mountains and Rivers Green and Green’ campaign, it has planted and nurtured over 55 million trees in national and public forests. It actively engages in climate change response activities such as carbon-neutral forests, biodiversity forest restoration projects for endangered species like the Korean fir and honeybee conservation, and restoration of wildfire-damaged areas. The ‘Mongolia Yuhan-Kimberly Forest,’ created over an area equivalent to 11 times Yeouido over 20 years, has gained global attention as a case of transforming a region undergoing desertification due to large-scale wildfires into a healthy forest.

Under the environmental management goal of achieving more than 95% of sales from sustainable products by 2030, Yuhan-Kimberly is striving to reduce plastic usage in products by 50% compared to 2019, use sustainably certified forest pulp, supply large-capacity products with reduced packaging, use recycled plastics, and operate hand towel recycling projects to reduce carbon emissions throughout the entire product production process. It also participates in supply chain-level collaborative activities such as the ‘Green Action Alliance’ to promote a circular economy. Through these efforts, it continuously introduces innovative products such as the ‘Huggies Naturemade Diapers’ made with sugarcane-derived biomass materials and ‘Kleenex Paper Wet Tissues’ made with plastic-free fabric.

The Yuhan-Kimberly ESG and Communications Officer stated, “We operate a CEO-direct ESG committee to better fulfill the roles expected by various stakeholders,” adding, “Through this, we will practice the corporate vision of acting for life, health, and the global environment, and strive to enhance the sustainability of the company, society, and the global environment.”

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