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Greenpeace Report: Kimberly-Clark's Failed Policies Devastate Forest

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:37:43 -0400

A new Greenpeace report reveals that Kimberly-Clark devastated Ontario’s Kenogami Forest while promoting itself as a leader in environmental and social responsibility.

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Cut and Run uses government information, independent audits, public records, and satellite mapping to document Kimberly-Clark’s management and logging of the Kenogami Forest near Thunder Bay, Ontario. It details how, in just 70 years, the Kenogami Forest has been turned from a vast expanse of healthy, near-pristine forest, to a severely damaged landscape rife with social and environmental problems--largely to make products that are used once and then thrown away.

Scientific Report: Logging in Boreal makes Global Warming Worse

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:28:37 -0400

Logging in Canada's Boreal Forest is exacerbating global warming by releasing greenhouse gases and reducing carbon storage, says a new Greenpeace report released today. It also makes the forest more susceptible to global warming impacts like wildfires and insect outbreaks, which in turn release more greenhouse gases. If this vicious circle is left unchecked, it could culminate in a massive and sudden release of greenhouse gases referred to as "the carbon bomb," the report warns.

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Kimberly-Clark Declared Greenwasher by Ethical Corporation Magazine

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:53:51 -0500

This week Kimberly-Clark was featured in UK based Ethical Corporation Magazine. Here's an excerpt, you can read the full article or subscribe to their emails.

"According to Dave Challis, Kimberly-Clark's "sustainability manager" for Europe: "Working with the Carbon Trust is a perfect fit with our overall sustainability policies. We have long held objectives to reduce carbon emissions through our 'Vision' global environmental programme and this is an extension of that work. For Kimberly-Clark, exploring how the entire retail industry reaches a common measurement for carbon emissions is vital and we are delighted to be involved at this early stage."

Sounds marvellous, doesn't it? Is this the same Kimberly-Clark that has been widely condemned for its indiscriminate pillaging of the ancient North American Boreal Forest? According to environmentalists, Kimberly-Clark has gobbled wood from forests in Ontario for more than 70 years, driving massive clearcutting and environmental degradation.

Greenpeace Activists Block Entrance to KC Facility In USA, Call for an End to Ancient Forest Destruction

Sun, 13 Nov 2005 13:23:55 -0500

Everett, Washington. � On the morning of November 13, Greenpeace activists blocked the entrance of Kimberly-Clark's largest mill facility in North America using a bus outfitted as a giant tissue box. For a full nine hours, the activists refused to move. The activists urged Kimberly-Clark to meet with Greenpeace representatives and establishe a timeline to end sourcing wood fiber from logging operations in the Boreal forest.

Two activists locked their arms into the giant tissue box, with a banner between them reading �Kleenex=Ancient Forest Destruction.�

Kimberly-Clark: Part of the "Chain of Destruction"

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:26:51 -0400

A new Greenpeace report reveals that American, Canadian and European corporations are fueling the destruction of the Boreal Forest. The report is a powerful reminder of the damage wrought by Kimberly-Clark’s unsustainable appetite for Boreal wood – and the importance of acting now to change it.

The report, Consuming Canada’s Boreal Forest: The Chain of Destruction from Logging Companies to Consumers, focuses on the provinces of Ontario and Quebec where forest products giants Abitibi-Consolidated, Bowater, Kruger, and SFK Pulp, are razing forests and trampling the rights of indigenous communities. In Ontario, less than nine percent of forests are protected. In Quebec, the situation is worse, with only five percent of forests shielded from industrial logging.

Aspen Skiing Company takes Issue with K-C's Tissue

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:54:26 -0500

ASPEN, CO - The Aspen Skiing Co.'s latest environmental initiative is nothing to sneeze at. The Skico has removed all Kimberly-Clark paper products from their ski mountains, hotels and restaurants due to Kimberly-Clark's atrocious environmental practices. Diners at the Skico's 15 restaurants will no longer use Kimberly-Clark napkins when they bite into a cheeseburger and send ketchup squirting down their chins; guests at the posh Little Nell Hotel will not reach for a Kimberly-Clark Kleenex when they need to blow their nose. And to show they really mean business, Skico officials have even decided to drop all printed references to Kleenex Corner, an iconic spot on Aspen Mountain on the catwalk that connects Spar Gulch and the top of Little Nell. Observant skiers and riders might have noticed the removal of a trail sign for Kleenex Corner before this season.

Newspaper ads demand leadership to protect the Boreal Forest

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:48:27 -0500

In a series of ads in major Canadian newspapers, Greenpeace and other conservation organizations called on provincial political leaders to take measures to protect the Boreal forest.

Kimberly-Clark Fails Environment in 100 Top Corporate Citizens Ranking

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:05:41 -0500

Kleenex manufacturer destroys Canada�s Boreal Forest

Vancouver February 15, 2007 Paper giant Kimberly-Clark received low marks on the environmental protection in a recent ranking of the top 100 corporate citizens by Corporate Responsibility Officer Magazine on the issue of environmental protection. The world�s largest manufacturer of tissue products including Kleenex uses large amounts of pulp from destructive logging operations in Canada�s Boreal Forest. The company has been under the spotlight recently for circulating misleading information about the company�s environmental impacts to its shareholders, customers and the US Securities Exchange Commission.

Greenpeace locks down Kleenex headquarters

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:19:32 -0500

American company destroys Canada�s magnificent Boreal Forest

Toronto, Ontario, February 12 2007- Four Greenpeace activists have locked themselves down in the offices of Kleenex manufacturer Kimberly-Clark, demanding that the company stop destroying Canada�s Boreal Forest. Others are broadcasting chainsaw noises and spreading woodchips in the corridors to further disrupt operations at the American company�s Canadian headquarters.

�Kimberly-Clark�s executives want to continue on with business as usual. Unfortunately, business as usual for this company means taking one of the last great forests on Earth, one of our best defenses against global warming, and turning it into Kleenex and toilet paper,� said Christy Ferguson, a Greenpeace forests campaigner, from inside the building where she is locked down. �That can�t continue. We simply won�t let it. If companies and governments don�t change soon, they�re going to see large scale action and controversy in Canada�s forests.�

Kimberly-Clark's destruction of Canada's Boreal Forest Exposed in European Newspaper Ad

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:39:51 -0500

On Thursday, December 21, Greenpeace brought European public attention to Kimberly-Clark�s clearcutting of Canada�s Boreal forest through an ad in the International Herald Tribune. The ad shows a Kleenex tissue box and instructions on how to continue destroying ancient forests using the company�s products.

Kimberly-Clark�s Destruction of Canada�s Boreal Forest Prompts European Print Ad

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:56:39 -0500

Greenpeace takes Kimberly-Clark to task in International Herald Tribune

Toronto, December 21, 2006 - Greenpeace brought European public attention to paper giant Kimberly-Clark�s clearcutting of Canada�s Boreal forest through an ad in today�s International Herald Tribune. The ad shows a Kleenex tissue box and instructions on how to continue destroying ancient forests using the company�s products. The ad is the latest step in Greenpeace�s campaign to force Kimberly-Clark to stop purchasing pulp for its disposable products, including Kleenex, from destructive logging operations in Canada�s Boreal forest.

Canada�s Boreal forest being flushed down Europe�s toilets

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:31:07 -0500

In the early morning hours of November 9th, Greenpeace activists confronted Kimberly-Clark at its regional headquarters in Turin, Italy demanding that the company �Stop Flushing Canada�s Boreal forest Down Europe�s toilets."

While activists suspended a massive banner from the rooftop, others placed toilet bowls outside the office with trees being �flushed down� them, symbolic of the company�s destruction of Canada�s ancient Boreal forest to make toilet paper and other disposable tissue products.

CNN Money / Fortune Magazine puts Kimberly-Clark Under the Microscope

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:05:47 -0400

CNN Money Fortune Magazine brings Kleercut Campaign to the business world. Senior writer, Marc Gunther's article "Are Kleenex tissues wiping out forests?" lays out the arguments on both sides and comes out with Greenpeace on top.

Over 650 Businesses pledge not to use Kimberly-Clark tissue products

Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:53:36 -0400

Pressure mounts on Kleenex manufacturer to destruction of Canada�s Boreal Forest

Greenpeace announced today that more than 650 businesses in North America and from around the world are refusing to use tissue products manufactured by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation and made from ancient forests. The businesses, which were featured in an ad in the New York Times today, are calling on the company to use more recycled fiber and pulp from sustainable logging operations in its products including Kleenex brand facial tissue. The company is causing the destruction of North America�s largest ancient forest, the Boreal, which is home to endangered species and is essential in combating global warming pollution.

K-C Losing Customers: New York Times Ad Features Forest Friendly Businesses

Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:09:12 -0400

In an ad in the National Edition of the New York Times newspaper, Greenpeace announced that more than 650 businesses in North America and from around the world are refusing to use tissue products manufactured by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation and made from ancient forests. The businesses are calling on the company to use more recycled fiber and pulp from sustainable logging operations in its products including Kleenex brand facial tissue.