Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Climate Change
• Circular Economy
• Sustainable Products
• Sustainable Processes
• Employee Engagement

Environmental Achievements

• Launched initiatives to measure the carbon footprint of specific products at WeylChem Wiesbaden and WeylChem Lamotte sites.
• Developing and implementing an action plan to reduce CO2 emissions at each site.
• 90% of energy used by the side-chain chlorination plant’s off-gas incineration at Frankfurt-Höchst site is recycled into mid-pressure steam, reducing the plant’s carbon footprint.
• Production of phenothiazine at Allessa site powered by a “waste-to-energy” biomass plant, not consuming fossil fuels.
• Use of cleaned flakes from PET recycling instead of fossil-based raw material in biodegradable PET production.

Social Achievements

• Integration of sustainability goals into employee bonus programs in many companies.
• Establishment of local sustainability teams and an “ideas box” for employee suggestions on process and product improvements and sustainability innovations.
• Most production sites have ISO 50001 and ISO 14001 certifications.
• Almost all legal entities have achieved Gold status in ECOVADIS CSR assessment.

Governance Achievements

• Interdisciplinary sustainability team develops, implements, and monitors sustainability strategy across the Group.
• Sustainability strategy developed in 2021, identifying material topics and a roadmap for implementation.
• Engagement in “Together for Sustainability” initiative and Global Responsible Care Charter.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Reducing CO2 emissions across all sites.

Mitigation Strategies

• Action plans to reduce CO2 emissions at each site are being developed and implemented.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI

Certifications: ISO 50001, ISO 14001, Ecocert

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Velvetol® bio-based polyols (up to 50% lower climate footprint than petrochemical alternatives)
• Peractive® AC White Eco bleach activator (easily biodegradable, Ecocert certified)