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Kimberly-Clark Partners With Biotech Firm to Enhance Sustainability
June 7, 2021Kimberly-Clark Corp., parent company of Kimberly-Clark Professional, has entered into a strategic partnership with international biotech company RWDC Industries.
The agreement calls for the two companies to collaborate on the design of sustainable alternatives to traditional, single-use plastics. Kimberly-Clark will have access to RWDC’s polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) source material, SolonTM, to develop additional products that are marine degradable. The collaboration is part of Kimberly-Clark’s broader sustainability goals for 2030, which include a transition away from fossil fuel-based plastics to renewable products and packaging.
“We’ve seen the growing demand from consumers and governments for companies to provide more sustainable solutions to single-use plastics,” said Liz Metz, vice president of Kimberly-Clark’s global nonwovens business. “Solving for these challenges will take game-changing innovation as well as collaboration with industry-leading partners like RWDC to help speed these new materials to market.”
About Kimberly-Clark Professional
Kimberly-Clark Professional offers an array of hand hygiene and contamination-control products. Located in Roswell, Georgia, Kimberly-Clark Professional is one of Kimberly-Clark Corp.’s four business sectors. For more information, visit www.kcprofessional.com.