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Essity included in Sustainability Yearbook 2022


STOCKHOLM, Feb. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The hygiene and health company Essity has been included in S&P Global's Sustainability Yearbook 2022. In its review of more than 7,000 companies globally, Essity received silver medal within the category Household Products, and is ranked as one of the 150 most sustainable companies.

S&P Global is an international finance and analytics company that every year reviews the world's most sustainable companies. Each company answers a comprehensive questionnaire that is analyzed, in parallel with public data within environmental, social and governance issues, ESG.

"We have a strong focus on our sustainability work and on reducing our carbon footprint, while increasing well-being for more people across the world. Our ambitious targets challenge our entire organization to constantly identify new solutions and standards in our industry," says Joséphine Edwall-Björklund, Senior Vice President, Group Function Communications, Essity.

Essity's activities in 2021 included:           

Essity's ambition is to improve the well-being of people all over the world through its hygiene and health products and concurrently reduce its environmental impact. Between 2016 and 2021, Essity reduced its carbon emissions under Science Based Targets, Scope 1 and 2, by 15%. Essity's target is to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

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