Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environment
• Social
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Decreased energy consumption by 2.7%
• Decreased water consumption by 4.1%
• Decreased waste by 6.9%
• 16 of 17 UK sites switched to 100% renewable energy
• Geka received Platinum award from EcoVadis (top 1%)
• Geka awarded ISCC certification
• Geka scored a "B" in the Carbon Disclosure Program (CDP)

Social Achievements

• Maintained critical infrastructure during lockdowns
• Donated PPE, food, and computers to communities
• 85% participation rate in employee survey (Voice of Sulzer)
• Launched Sulzer Finance Academy
• Awarded 15 Sulzer Scholarships for Women in Science and Engineering
• Launched new global intranet platform

Governance Achievements

• Introduced ESG metrics in compensation framework
• Upscaled ESG reporting capabilities with an integrated tool
• Implemented a new automated ESH Incident Management system

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• COVID-19 pandemic disrupted operations and global industries
• Economic slowdown resulted in sales contraction
• Increased energy consumption in China due to market recovery

Mitigation Strategies

• Implemented stringent health and safety measures
• Provided PPE and adapted ways of working
• Focused R&D on sustainable solutions and energy-efficient equipment
• Implemented LEAN initiatives to reduce waste
• Improved water management processes

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: EcoVadis, ISCC, CDP

Certifications: ISCC

Awards & Recognition

• EcoVadis Platinum award (Geka)
• ISCC certification (Geka)

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Climate Change
• Circular Economy
• Sustainable Supply Chains

Environmental Achievements

• Enabling production at two of the world’s largest biofuels production facilities, eliminating millions of tons of CO2 emissions per year.
• Providing innovative technical solutions for all stages of the CCUS process.
• Supporting the conversion of an existing US West Coast refinery into another of the world’s largest renewable biofuel plants, reducing carbon life-cycle emissions by 65%.
• Enabling the capture of up to 90% of CO2 emissions at a coal-fired power plant in Saskatchewan, Canada (4,256,840 tons captured by January 2022).

Social Achievements

• Partnership with BASF to collaborate on the enhancement of renewable biofuels and plastic recycling technologies.
• Supporting European Energy with the construction of the world’s first large-scale commercial e-methanol plant.

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Uneven supply of renewable energy due to unpredictable weather conditions.
• Decarbonizing heavy industry (cement, concrete, heavy transportation, aluminum, steel, chemicals) which accounts for 30% of global emissions.
• Decarbonizing the transportation sector (especially heavy transportation).

Mitigation Strategies

• Developing solutions to store renewable energy and release it when needed.
• Developing ground-breaking solutions for renewable energy storage and transport.
• Developing and producing renewable, low-carbon fuels (biofuels and synthetic fuels).
• Providing innovative technical solutions for carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS).
• Optimizing oil extraction and enabling circularity in the oil industry using captured CO2.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Development of energy-efficient products and services, new revenue streams from CCUS and renewable fuels.

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy)
• Goal 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure)
• Goal 13 (Climate Action)

Sulzer's technologies and solutions contribute to these goals by enabling the transition to renewable energy, promoting sustainable industrial processes, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Pumps for biofuel production, CCUS solutions, energy storage systems.

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Energy and water security
• Energy transition
• Increased use of natural resources
• Circular technologies
• Sustainability

Environmental Achievements

• Launched two new bioplastic technologies to help stakeholders leverage their competitive edge in sustainable manufacturing
• Commissioned a new research and development center in Singapore focusing on clean technology
• Considerably strengthened its polylactic acid (PLA) value chain
• Developed a revolutionary hydrogen combustion technology to upgrade gas turbines for hydrogen compatibility, enabling zero-carbon operations
• Enabled the production of high-quality biomethanol in Finland to help industry reduce its greenhouse gas emissions
• Enabled 50,000 tons of CO2 to be captured each year for use in the food and beverage industry in Austria
• Enabled the purification of hard-to-recycle post-consumer plastic for use as chemical feedstock in Belgium

Social Achievements

• Best safety performance result in 15 years in Flow Equipment division (0.95 cases per million working hours)
• Significant decrease in accident severity rate in Flow Equipment division (16.9 lost days per million working hours)
• Very low accident frequency rate in Services division (0.9 cases per million working hours)
• Further decrease in accident severity rate in Services division (19 lost days per million working hours)
• Decrease in accident frequency rate in Chemtech division (0.34 cases per million working hours)
• Decrease in accident severity rate in Chemtech division (3.2 lost days per million working hours)
• Group-wide “Stop Work” safety campaign implemented

Governance Achievements

• Changes to the Board of Directors, expanding to seven members and welcoming three new independent members
• Creation of the new function of Lead Independent Director and Governance Committee

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Global trends and circularity: energy security challenge, geopolitical unrest, inflation and climate change
• Supply chain disruptions

Mitigation Strategies

• Expanding water business in the USA to support government’s planned water and wastewater infrastructure development
• Investing in research and development (R&D) for demanding applications, recycling technologies, bio-based technologies and carbon capture and storage (CCS) solutions
• Strengthening integrated offerings in critical applications (retrofit of energy infrastructure, wastewater treatment plants, biopolymer production technology)
• Focusing on operational excellence across the entire value-creating process
• Strategic reorganization of Flow Equipment division to improve operational excellence and customer service

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Hydrogen combustion technology
• Bioplastic technologies (CAPSUL™ and SULAC™)
• Separation technology for biomethanol production
• Mass transfer technologies for CO2 capture
• Separation technology for plastic recycling

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Energy security and transition
• Natural resources
• Process industries
• Energy efficiency
• Carbon neutrality
• Circular economy

Environmental Achievements

• MellapakEvo™ technology provides up to 40% greater efficiency or 20% higher capacity in energy-intensive distillation processes.
• Helped a customer capture and sequester over 1.5 million tons of CO2.
• Supported the world's first fully integrated sugarcane-to-PLA plant, saving 70% compared with commercial plastics.

Social Achievements

• Opened a new service center in Thailand.
• Worked with a power plant in Turkey to minimize downtime after severe weather events.

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Not disclosed

Mitigation Strategies

• Not disclosed

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• MellapakEvo™ technology
• HISEP® technology
• energy-efficient flow technologies

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed