Atotech
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021)
Reporting Period: 2021
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Sustainability
- Green Technologies
- Environmental Consciousness
- Resource Efficiency
Environmental Achievements
- >53% of our R&D projects are devoted to green technologies
- Development of sustainable solutions for tomorrow
- Reduced resource and chemical consumption
- Decreased wastewater generation
- Extended bath life
- Minimizing chemical and energy consumption as well as wastewater generation (DynaChrome® Plus line)
Social Achievements
- Outstanding team of highly qualified surface finishing experts
- Collaboration with the entire value chain
- Best local service in more than 40 countries worldwide
- Customer proximity
- 13 GMF TechCenters worldwide provide the best local service
Governance Achievements
- 679 registered active patents underline our technological leadership
- Many of MKS‘ Atotech processes fulfill the requirements of a substantial number of OEM specifications and are approved by numerous automotive manufacturers worldwide
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Significant challenges facing the plating industry
Mitigation Strategies
- Development of new ways to address significant challenges
- Collaboration with the entire value chain to seek new paths and set benchmarks for the development of innovative plating processes
- Careful selection and use of less hazardous chemicals
- Bolstering environmental platform
- Supporting customers in perfectly fulfilling environmental laws and regulations