Company Profile
Essity is a global, leading hygiene and health company. Every day, our products, solutions and services are used by a billion people around the world. Sales are conducted in approximately 150 countries under the leading global brands TENA and Tork, and other strong brands such as Actimove, Cutimed, JOBST, Knix, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Modibodi, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, TOM Organic and Zewa. In 2023, Essity had net sales of approximately SEK 147bn (EUR 13bn) and employed 36,000 people. The company’s headquarters is located in Stockholm, Sweden and Essity is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. More information at essity.com.
Approach to Healthcare
As a company, we are all about improving well-being. Hygiene and health are the essence of well-being. Better hygiene and health are necessities for better lives and our products and solutions play an essential role in improving well-being. Our purpose is to break barriers to well-being for the benefit of consumers, patients, care givers, and customers across the globe. As well as for the benefit of society and the planet. It aims to break through and overcome the barriers that stand in the way of improving people’s well-being and enable a healthier and more sustainable society.
Impact of Products/Services on Healthcare:
Through our theme Breaking Barriers to Well-being we stimulate and contribute to a global dialogue to increase awareness of the importance of hygiene and health and its link to well-being. Our work aims to raise awareness, improve care and break the silence that surround areas such as menstruation and incontinence. Through collaborations, insight reports, training programs and innovative solutions, we contribute to a more knowledge-based public dialog that drives change and contributes to improving lives for people everywhere.
Key Objectives
• To contribute to better hygiene and health standards worldwide and support the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs)
• To break the silence and taboos around hygiene and health in areas such as incontinence and menstruation
• To leverage our expertise and strengthen role as thought leader in hygiene, health and well-being
• To raise awareness of the connection between hygiene, health and well-being and create stronger preference for our products and brands.
Innovation
While many may be surprised, we adopt technology and digitalization into some of the most standard hygiene and health products to reach new levels of service and effectiveness. This means using Internet of Things to analyze data to raise the standard of care and cleanliness and find smarter solutions to reduce waste and increase efficiency. Our people make digital solutions like data-driven cleaning systems, sensor-driven incontinence solutions, 3D leg measurement for compression stockings and virtual reality hand hygiene training for healthcare. We develop online knowledge communities supporting teenage girls, first-time parents, lymphedema patients and people with incontinence. We innovate to change the way we produce our products to increase employee safety and adopt automation and robotics where relevant. Innovation directly improves the lives and well-being of patients, caregivers, cleaners, employees and consumers everywhere.
Future Direction
We have a commitment to net zero emissions across the value chain. Leading the way, our commitment to and continuous work to be leading in sustainability has earned us multiple third-party recognitions. In 2023 we were ranked one of the world’s 100 most sustainable companies. We drive the future of manufacturing, meeting the need for disposable products while being responsible for our environmental impact. The sky is the limit. Contributing to a better tomorrow drives our business forward. Innovations such as wheat straw toilet paper, hybrid nappies and the world’s first paper towel recycling service are some examples of how we continuously work to increase circularity and reduce our carbon footprint.