Essity AB is a global hygiene and health company, with its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. The products portfolio contains one-use products such as tissue paper, baby diapers, feminine care (menstruation pads etc.), incontinence products, compression therapy, orthopedics and wound care. Essity was a part of the hygiene and forest products company SCA until 2017, when the company spun off the hygiene operations that became listed as a separate company on Nasdaq Stockholm.

Essity has approximately 46 000 employees and net sales in 2019 amounted to EUR 12.2 billion.[1] The name Essity stems from the words 'Essentials' and 'Necessity'.