Hygiene and health support everyday life
Good hygiene and health are essential to well-being, dignity, and resilient societies. Every day, our solutions help people manage essential hygiene and health needs at home, in healthcare settings, and in public spaces. Through our brands and solutions, we help improve quality of life and support people in living full, active, and confident lives.
Why it matters
Barriers to hygiene and health continue to affect people's ability to participate in everyday life, from attending school and work to engaging fully in society. These barriers can be practical, social, or systemic, such as lack of access, lack of information, stigma, or inadequate care and sanitation systems. Improving hygiene and health is therefore not only about better outcomes for individuals, but also about stronger public health, more inclusive societies, and healthier economic and social development.
What we do
We develop hygiene and health solutions that support dignity, comfort, and everyday well-being across personal care, professional hygiene, consumer tissue, and health and medical solutions.
We combine product innovation, expertise, education, and collaboration to address unmet needs and improve outcomes in areas where hygiene and health can make a meaningful difference. Our work includes raising awareness, improving access, and helping address challenges that affect health, well-being, and participation in everyday life.
Outcome
By helping remove barriers to hygiene and health, we support well-being, greater confidence, and fuller participation in everyday life. Our work also contributes to better outcomes for customers, healthcare systems, and communities.
We report targets, roadmaps, and initiatives across all areas of the Sustainability Playing Field. Our target is that more than 50% of launched innovations deliver annual social and/or environmental improvements. In 2025, the reported outcome was 80%, exceeding the target.
We measure the share of launched innovations that deliver annual social and/or environmental improvements, helping create value for people while reducing environmental impact.