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Sustainable Development Case Study

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Organization’s Introduction

Founded in 1872, The Kimberly-Clark corporation is a multinational corporation (NYSE symbol: KMB) which manufactures and engages in the marketing of consumer products made from natural and synthetic fibers. The company consists of 3 business segments; Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, and K-C Professional (KCP).
The personal care segment produces products related to feminine, family, baby & child and adult care. The Consumer Tissue segment offers products such as bathroom tissue; paper towels, napkins etc. and the K-C Professional (KCP) help make the workplace for employees much safer, healthier and more productive by providing products such as sanitizers, tissue, towel, soaps etc.
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Role of Accounting Function regarding Sustainable Development:
According to the World Business Council of the Sustainable Development (WBCSD):
“Sustainable development is a form of progress that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.”
The above definition tells us that businesses in present have to progress in way that it doesn’t bring damage to its wider environment and have to use the resources (natural) as efficiently as possible. Now the question arises that how the business’ stakeholders would know the progress it is making regarding sustainable development or the measures it have taken to become more sustainable.
Here once again the accounting function would come to the rescue!
One of its main roles regarding sustainable development is to help produce non-financial information relating sustainability policies to the same standards as financial information, both internally for management purposes and externally for the valid concerns of multiple stakeholder groups.
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