Dailycsr.com – 19 October 2017 – The “Working Mother” magazine has included Kimberly-Clark in its “100 Best Companies” of 2017, whereby recognising the latter’s “leadership in creating progressive programs” that helps the employees to maintain a balance between their “work and family”.
 
Kimber-Clark’s “flexible work arrangement” was cited by the magazine along with its “paid leave and child care programs”, while its advanced “opportunities for women” too didn’t go unnoticed by the journal. The Commodity Manager of Kimberly-Clark, Rose Van Himbergen said:
“As a working mom, I am proud to work for a company that enables people to build strong careers while caring for their families. Kimberly-Clark’s unique culture helps employees be their best and achieve their goals in their personal and professional lives.”
 
Moreover, Van Himbergen was also selected as “a Working Mother of the Year” by Working Mother for her initiatives in “Parents Interactive Network”, the latter is an “employee resource groups” of Kimberly-Clark. The function of this platform is to help guardians and parents alike to manage their home as well as work life, besides enhancing “their careers” and adding “value to the business”.
 
The inclusion of Kimberly-Clark’s in the “100 Best Companies” list of Working Mother forms part of the latest series of honours bagged by the company. While, Ethical Performance informs:
“Earlier this year, Kimberly-Clark was ranked #1 in the consumer packaged goods category on Forbes' 2017 list of America's Best Large Employers.”
 
 
 
References:
ethicalperformance.com

Dailycsr.com – 01 February 2017 – The report for Novartis’ Corporate Responsibility Performance for the year of 2016 has been published now, whereby the new report covers a deeper contextual details in regards to the “company’s CR performance”. Additionally, it also features “views and comments on trends and challenges within the healthcare industry”.
 
It is the fourth year in a row that Novartis has come out with its “annual CR Performance Report”.  In the year of 2016, the structure of Novartis’ report again underwent a change to align itself with the “Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) G4 guidelines” providing “disclosures at ‘comprehensive’ level”.
 
Moreover, in 2016, Novartis’ rankings in “several key corporate responsibility” lists have shown an improvement. For example in the “Access to Medicine Index” Novartis has acquired the place of third rank wherein it had held the fourth place in year of 2014 and the seventh place in the year of 2012 listing. As a result, Novartis got an “A- rating” and earned the recognition in the “category leaders in healthcare in the 2016 CDP Climate Score”.
 
Here is a list of Novartis’ CR achievements’ highlights for the year of 2016, as mentioned by the Ethical Performance:

 
 
 
References:
http://www.ethicalperformance.com