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Despite the challenging economic environment, we have once again intensified our efforts in 2011 to achieve sustainable management. In our Business Units and regions, we are optimizing a large number of activities to meet sustainability objectives. We do this because Clariant attaches a high priority to sustainable, business actions, in terms of the environment, society, and employees as well as other aspects. Accordingly, in 2011 we achieved further goals to reduce emissions and the concentration of pollutants in the environment. In addition, for the first time we defined concrete goals for the period ending in 2020, objectives we intend to measure ourselves against. Our aim is to reduce energy consumption in the Clariant Group by 30 percent and CO2 emissions and waste accumulation by 45 percent, each compared with 2005 levels.
These efforts represent an important condition for meeting our responsibilities. At the same time, they offer us an opportunity to lay the foundation, both operationally and technologically, for sustainable, profitable and socially acceptable growth. Over the next few years, we will invest more than ever before in innovative products for current and future megatrends. We are convinced that only those companies that manage sustainably and act responsibly will be successful in the long term.
We are therefore bringing the Clariant Group systematically in line with the criteria of sustainability and of corporate and social responsibility. Our products and production processes are using resources and energy more and more efficiently and are thus continually reducing our impact on the environment. The innovations that have been and are being developed for our Business Units play a key role in this positive trend. Our customers are the primary beneficiaries of these innovations, and more and more of them are also operating their companies in accordance with sustainable management criteria.
Clariant does not limit its focus on sustainability strictly to product safety and environmental protection. Occupational safety, employee satisfaction, and a good balance between societal and corporate interests are aspects that have equal priority. This all represents sustainability to Clariant, and is why Clariant nurtures an ongoing, regular dialogue with interest groups that have a stake in our company – our stakeholders. By implementing these measures and policies, we are determined to make a contribution towards meeting the global challenges of our time: an adequate food supply, clean water, environmentally compatible energy generation and economical energy consumption, climate protection, and – last but not least – quality of life for a growing world population.
In the past year, we announced that we will also devote more attention to communicating information about all of these activities and reporting transparently on the subject of sustainability at Clariant. And we have followed through on our promise. The structure of this sustainability report has been optimized and the content expanded. You will find a greater amount of data and facts relating to sustainability management than was included in last year’s report. Nevertheless we have a long road ahead of us, one which we persist on.
Hariolf Kottmann
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CEO Hariolf Kottmann |
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Sustainability Documents |
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Sustainability Report 2011