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3/2/2023 9:00:07 AM
Essity creates virtual world to normalize menstruation in Roblox
Hygiene and health company Essity, together with its leading feminine care brand Saba®, are launching a virtual world on the online video game platform Roblox in order to normalize menstruation. The [...]
11/14/2022 8:54:07 AM
Essity and Reckitt launch bespoke co-branded professional hygiene solutions
Essity and Reckitt, two leaders in the global hygiene and health sector, have announced the launch of a range of co-branded disinfection products for professional hygiene customers combining the pow[...]
10/31/2022 2:43:28 PM
Essity receives EU funding for sustainable development Towards a Fossil Fuel Free Tissue Production (TFFFTP) in Lilla Edet paper mill
From January 2022, hygiene and health company Essity´s tissue mill in Lilla Edet was the first in the world to produce tissue paper on a large scale without fossil CO2 emissions. The TFFFTP project w[...]
10/11/2022 8:48:05 AM
Regional Health Authority in Catalonia
In 2016 the Spanish National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) reached a conclusion on its investigation into the national incontinence care market. Essity (then SCA) publicly announced th[...]
6/15/2022 9:00:47 AM
Employees want “greener” workspaces as they return to office, according to a global study from Essity
As people return to their offices to work, a global study shows they have increased environmental expectations as half of the respondents say they have become more eco-conscious while working from ho[...]
12/3/2021 10:00:56 AM
Essity recognized as industry leader in Global Child Forum’s “The State of Children’s Rights and Business 2021”.
Essity has been recognized as industry leader in the international report “The State of Children’s Rights and Business 2021” by Global Child Forum. The report aims to assess the degree to which child[...]
11/30/2021 8:00:00 AM
Essity Green Response Report shows substantial change in consumer behaviour towards environment
The COVID-19 pandemic forced a sudden and disruptive change in the everyday behaviours and attitudes of communities throughout the world. The importance of hygiene and health quickly ascended to the [...]
11/5/2021 8:00:34 AM
Magnus Groth, Essity’s CEO Calls on action, collaboration and for more to join the race to net zero at COP26.
The climate emergency drives actions from many actors and requires a global answer where private sector leadership is important. In conjunction with COP26 in Glasgow, the Consumer Goods Forum is hold[...]
10/6/2021 2:00:00 PM
Ten years of partnership with the Red Cross in Spain
Essity have commemorated the 10-year-long partnership with the Red Cross by donating more than 4 million diapers during the months of June and July 2021.
10/5/2021 3:00:00 PM
Essity donates 3.2 million Tempo face masks to the Italian Red Cross
Essity’s long-term partnership with the Italian Red Cross shows our ongoing commitment to breaking barriers to well-being, which is more important than ever in times of a pandemic.
10/5/2021 11:05:53 AM
Public Resolution in Mexico
The Federal Competition Commission in Mexico, COFECE, has publicly disclosed a Resolution in connection with the anti-trust investigation it initiated in 2018 into the markets of tissue, diapers, inc[...]
9/20/2021 8:00:34 AM
Essity to showcase sustainable hygiene and health innovations at Dubai EXPO 2020
Essity is to participate in the Dubai EXPO 2020 between October 1, 2021 and March 31, 2022 as an official sponsor of the Swedish Pavilion to showcase life-changing hygiene and health innovations that[...]
4/22/2021 3:03:57 PM
World-leading circular solution for charging of vehicles inaugurated
On April 22, a world-leading system for charging of vehicles was inaugurated at the hygiene and health company Essity's business center in Mölndal, Sweden. An energy storage made by batteries from el[...]
3/30/2021 7:31:19 PM
Essity selected to join global task force on prophylactic dressing standards in wound care
Essity is one of nine companies that will serve on a newly created task force designed to create testing and treatment standards for pressure injuries.
2/3/2021 4:53:28 PM
Essity is awarded with the Platinum EcoVadis Medal
Essity has been awarded a Platinum EcoVadis Medal for the 2020 Scorecard submission. The result places Essity among top 1 percent of all companies assessed by EcoVadis.
11/16/2020 4:53:28 PM
Essity joins United Nations Foundation at The Global Dialogue 2020
Today, Essity is the convening partner of the United Nations Foundation Global Dialogue for the fifth year running. The day brings together over 300 leaders in the private sector, UN leadership, and [...]
10/12/2020 1:15:14 PM
Essity and Swedish startup Endometrix join forces towards better period care
The global hygiene and health company Essity starts a pilot partnership with Endometrix, a Swedish startup that has designed a unique app to improve care for women suffering from endometriosis.
9/1/2020 6:00:28 AM
Outcome of the Essity/UNICEF partnership “Hygiene is our right”
After concluding the first year, more than 7200 children and adolescents in Mexico City and Chihuahua have benefited from the Essity and UNICEF partnership "Hygiene is our Rights"-program.
5/27/2020 8:40:32 AM
Essity wins the “Best business communication 2020” award
Essity has won “Best business communication” when the Swedish Communication Association announced the year’s strongest communication initiatives on Tuesday, May 26.
5/13/2020 3:59:03 PM
Essity FemCare’s taboo-breaking work to support women everywhere is as important as ever
We are proud to announce our biggest ever FemCare brand identity relaunch – co-designed with 5,000 women around the world . Essity FemCare (with our brands Libresse, Bodyform, Nana, Saba, Nosotras, N[...]
4/23/2020 10:00:00 AM
Essity invests in production of face masks
To support society and health and elderly care, hygiene and health company Essity has acquired three new machines for large-scale production of face masks. With this investment, the Group will produc[...]
4/8/2020 3:20:04 PM
Essity to supply surgical masks for healthcare use
Hygiene and health company Essity has commenced production in Sweden of surgical masks for use by healthcare providers. The development has been in close dialogue with the Swedish government and the [...]
3/19/2020 12:00:44 PM
Essity Donation to UNF / WHO COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund
Essity has donated $200,000 to the United Nations Foundation to support the World Health Organization’s lifesaving work to help all countries to prevent, detect, and respond to COVID-19 pandemic, as [...]
6/27/2018 8:04:13 AM
Driving progress towards achieving the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Essity co-hosts expert roundtable meeting in Geneva with the United Nations (UN)
5/18/2018 11:55:44 AM
Ambitious targets in Essity’s new fiber sourcing policy
Essity has finalized a new Fiber Sourcing Policy, describing the company’s principles, intentions and requirements for its deliveries of fresh wood based fiber materials. The policy sets a target tha[...]
11/27/2017 2:02:19 PM
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11/22/2017 4:06:04 PM
Essity pledges responsible sourcing of fiber in Vancouver Declaration
The Vancouver Declaration is a public promise made by companies across the globe to work towards more sustainable sourcing of forest products. It also acts as an endorsement of FSC as our supplier of[...]
11/6/2017 4:48:00 PM
Essity and Fotografiska launch the exhibition Hygiene – A Circle of Life
From November 8 until January 21 Fotografiska museum in Stockholm will feature the exhibition Hygiene – A Circle of Life. The exhibition is part of a long-term partnership between Essity and Fotograf[...]
10/4/2017 7:24:24 PM
Response to Greenpeace Sweden concerning the report ‘Wiping away the boreal’
Letter sent from Kersti Strandqvist, Senior Vice President Group Sustainability, to Greenpeace Sweden, September 27, 2017.
9/26/2017 5:34:00 PM
Comment in relation to Greenpeace report
In response to a Greenpeace report issued today, Essity wishes to outline its work to promote sustainable forestry.
7/28/2017 8:37:00 AM
FORM 8937 disclosure – Report of Organizational Actions Affecting Basis of Securities
7/10/2017 10:55:00 AM
Allocation of acquisition cost for shares in connection with SCA AB’s distribution of the shares in Essity Aktiebolag (publ
6/28/2017 7:48:00 AM
Essity hosts thought-provoking seminar at World Health Assembly
The World Health Assembly (WHA) is the world's highest health policy setting body. Its main tasks are to decide major public health policy questions, approve the World Health Organization’s work prog[...]
6/21/2017 8:55:00 AM
Shape Magazine No 2/2017 - Focus: “All about the SCA split” is out!
The last issue of Shape Magazine is focused on the SCA Group split into two separate listed companies: one hygiene and health company, Essity, and one forest products company, SCA. Learn more about t[...]