Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Kimberly-clark
Search every verified Thomas Falk interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In a 2014 discussion on sustainable enterprise, Thomas Falk, then Chairman and CEO of Kimberly-Clark, described the company's environmental efforts, noting that about 40% of its sales came from products designed to be recycled, reused, or more environmentally respectful. He stated that while consumers would not pay more for environmentally friendly products, they were increasingly willing to choose them if performance was equal. Falk also discussed corporate culture, saying the company believed "people are the heart of what we do." He referenced winning the Catalyst Award, explaining that for him the award was not about fairness or equity but about having "the very best talent," and he used the analogy of picking an all-star team to illustrate the value of diversity in talent selection. Falk also addressed ethical conduct, recounting an incident in the company's Korean operation where an employee acted inappropriately. He said the remediation plan involved having that team lead training for the rest of the region, using their experience as a learning example. He emphasized that it had taken Kimberly-Clark 140 years to earn a reputation as an ethical company and that it could be lost quickly with a single mistake.
“we serve essentially 1.6 billion people every day out of the 7 billion people that are on the planet but in the next 10 years another billion consumers are going to enter the middle class and be able to afford our products in just four key markets Brazil Russia India and China so we can almost double the size of the co...”
“somewhere back 140 years ago our four founders said if we cut a tree down we're going to plant two more so we'll never run out of trees... the operator of that forest land just won a award for sustainable forestry because someone in kimberly-clark 100 years ago planted trees to make sure that forest was going to be eve...”
“I have crushingly disappointing news for you there is no such thing as work family balance your entire life you will be slightly out of balance and my belief is there are three forces in all of our lives that are always competing for our attention there is your career there is family however you define family and there...”
“I believe that if you have a strong team of people that's really powerful and empowered to drive your business if you've got a strong healthy core business if you're investing at the right level for the future then you're going to deliver consistent business results that fourth bucket but it's not that you start out to...”
“I testified in front of the Senate finance committee several years ago along with Mike Duke the CEO of Walmart at the time and Larry Merlo who was the CEO of CVS and interestingly from different businesses we all had the same same message it was make our rate globally competitive with other countries 25% or less instea...”
“if you had bought one share of our company when it went public which would have been around $50 was the initial share price today it would be worth $530,000 now if you had been able to buy the equivalent of the S&P 500 on that date and held that today that would be worth about $100,000 so $530,000 versus 100,000 so a 5...”
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"Leadership Lessons" September 9th, 2016. A 33-year Kimberly-Clark veteran, Thomas J. Falk is the architect of the company's Global Business Plan, which is positioning Kimberly-Clark to lead the world in essentials for a better life. He was elec ted Chief Executive Officer in 2002 and Chairman of the Board in 2003. Under Mr. Falk's leadership, Kimberly-Clark's total shareholder return has outperformed the S&P 500 and achieved sales of $19 billion in 2015. Kimberly-Clark has approximately 43,000 employees worldwide and operations in 35 countries. Mr. Falk serves on the boards of Lockheed Ma…
CEO of Kimberly-Clark speaks on "The Sustainable Enterprise"
March 23 (Bloomberg) -- Thomas Falk, chairman and chief executive officer of Kimberly-Clark Corp., talks with Bloomberg's Jon Erlichman about the company's acquisition strategy. Falk also discusses pulp prices and competition with Procter & Gamble Co. Kimberly-Clark is the maker of Scott toilet paper and Huggies diapers. (Source: Bloomberg)
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