Tork, an Essity brand and a global leader in professional hygiene, has announced a new initiative to drive sustainability transparency for businesses in MEIA Region. Tork Focus4 Sustainability provides a comprehensive summary of the key sustainability benefits of select Tork systems. As expectations increase around sustainability, businesses need a clear and simple view of sustainability product claims and benefits to understand impact on people and the planet. 

Tork Focus4 Sustainability materials deliver reliable and relevant sustainability information for Tork products and services to drive transparency. By sharing the sustainability benefits that matter to customers in a consistent way, Tork aims to educate and empower customers to make informed decisions for their businesses and support their own sustainability goals. 

Part of Essity, one of the world’s most sustainable companies1, Tork approaches sustainability through a circular lens and has structured its sustainability focus on four areas: materials and packaging, use and waste, carbon, and hygiene for all. The Tork Focus4 areas are based on a lifecycle approach, key sustainability needs of customers and the EU Green Deal priorities.

Tork Focus4 Sustainability materials include resources that: 

• offer an overview of comparable sustainability benefits for each of the Tork brand’s focus areas: materials and packaging, use and waste, carbon, and hygiene for all;  
• feature a product information tool that makes tender completion easier; and, 
• improve sustainability knowledge with free access to interactive training modules.
  
  

According to the inaugural 2024 Tork Insight Survey, 67% of public washroom users would like facility managers to be more considerate about sustainability and the environment when it comes to washroom solutions or management​.2 Providing accessible and reliable sustainability data helps businesses make educated product decisions. 

Focus4 is part of the Tork brand’s holistic effort to help businesses benefit from sustainable hygiene across their facilities. Tork products are designed with sustainability at the forefront: many products feature less packaging or no cardboard cores for less waste and material use; compressed products save transport space, leading to reduced carbon emissions. Innovative one-at-a-time dispensing helps users use fewer paper products and waste less. Additionally, Tork offers a range of carbon neutral certified dispensers produced with certified renewable electricity and compensated with climate projects by ClimatePartner.4 Many Tork solutions are also EU Ecolabel certified – acknowledging reduced environmental impact across the product life cycle – and FSC® labelled, noting they are made from responsibly sourced fiber. 

To learn more about Focus4 Sustainability and how the vast array of Tork sustainable hygiene solutions can improve your facilities, please visit: https://www.torkmeia.com/sustainability/world-leader/sustainability

1 Corporate Knights Global 100 most sustainable companies, 2024

2 Data from the 2024 Tork Insights Survey of 6,000 individuals 18-65+ and 900 respondents representing businesses in the United States, Mexico, UK, Germany and France

3 Tork PaperCircle is available in select European countries 

4 Valid for dispensers sold or leased in Europe (except France) from May 2023. ClimatePartner certified product: www.climate-id.com/9VIUDN.

About Tork

The Tork brand offers professional hygiene products and services to customers worldwide, ranging from restaurants and healthcare facilities to offices, schools and industries. Our products include dispensers, paper towels, toilet tissue, soap, hand sanitizers, napkins, wipers, but also software solutions for data-driven cleaning. Through expertise in hygiene, functional design and sustainability, Tork has become a market leader that empowers customers to think ahead and improve business outcomes through sustainable hygiene management. Tork is a global brand of Essity, and a committed partner to customers in over 110 countries.

To keep up with the latest Tork news and innovations, please visit: https://www.torkmeia.com/