Strong Track Record and Ambitious Sustainability Targets for 2025

Henkel publishes thirtieth Sustainability Report.

• Henkel publishes thirtieth Sustainability Report
• Robust enhancements in all sustainability dimensions since 2010
• Formidable targets for 2025

DÜSSELDORF, Germany, March 5, 2021 /3BL Media/ – Henkel at this time printed its thirtieth Sustainability Report, detailing its achievements and progress within the space of sustainability.

“For us, at Henkel, sustainability isn’t solely a part of our long-standing custom, but in addition an integral factor of our strategic agenda for Purposeful Development. In 2010, we outlined our long-term sustainability technique and targets as much as 2030. And we’re pleased with the progress we’ve made since then. We achieved most of our targets, and even exceeded a few of them,” mentioned Carsten Knobel, CEO of Henkel. “By sustainable improvements in our client and industrial companies, we purpose to create excellent worth to exceed the expansion of our markets whereas strengthening our main position in sustainability.”

“The worldwide pandemic in 2020 has introduced many new challenges. Nonetheless, along with our passionate groups throughout the globe, we’ve managed to drive our sustainability agenda ahead, particularly with regard to our three key focus areas: changing into a climate-positive firm, enabling a round economic system and growing our constructive social affect. Our efforts have resulted in nice achievements, each on firm degree and throughout our total portfolio of merchandise and applied sciences,” added Sylvie Nicol, member of the Henkel Administration Board chargeable for Human Assets and Sustainability.

Dedicated to management in sustainability

In 2010, Henkel outlined a long-term sustainability technique till 2030, underpinned by concrete targets and goals. These technique and targets have been continually refined and additional expanded since then. The cornerstone of the technique is the ambition to create extra worth with fewer sources – to allow a rising world inhabitants to reside effectively, whereas on the identical time decreasing the worldwide footprint.

2020 marks the mid-term on the way in which in direction of 2030. Over the previous decade, Henkel achieved important progress throughout all dimensions of its sustainability technique: Total, the corporate was capable of cut back its environmental footprint by 39 p.c throughout three dimensions – CO2 emissions, waste and water – considerably exceeding the goal of a 30 p.c discount for 2020. As well as, by decreasing the worldwide accident fee by 50 p.c, Henkel was capable of obtain its security goal for 2020.

30 years of observe document of sustainability reporting

Henkel printed its first sustainability report in 1992. This makes Henkel one of many few firms in its industries in addition to within the German DAX surroundings that may proudly look again at 30 years of constant sustainability reporting. The primary report was named “Atmosphere Report” and coated, amongst others, Henkel’s ideas of environmental safety. “Since then, Henkel’s reporting and sustainability technique developed significantly. At the moment, we handle a variety of matters which are necessary for our stakeholders and for the longer term success of our enterprise. They vary from safeguarding social and environmental requirements in our provide chain to driving progress in direction of a climate-positive firm,” defined Uwe Bergmann, Head of Sustainability Administration at Henkel.

Clear targets for local weather safety

To scale back CO2 emissions and restrict world warming, Henkel pursues its long-term imaginative and prescient to turn out to be a climate-positive firm by 2040.

The corporate has the formidable goal to scale back the carbon footprint of its manufacturing by 65 p.c already by 2025. Vitality effectivity can be repeatedly improved and solely electrical energy from renewable sources is for use by 2030. In March 2020, the Science Based mostly Targets Initiative (SBTi) confirmed that Henkel’s emission discount targets meet the necessities for attaining the targets set by the Paris Local weather Settlement.

One other milestone in 2020 was the conclusion of a large-scale Digital Energy Buy Settlement (VPPA) for a brand new wind farm in Bee County, Texas. It will cowl 100% of Henkel’s electrical energy demand within the US in the long run.

As well as, Henkel desires to leverage the broad attain of its manufacturers and applied sciences throughout the globe to assist clients, shoppers and suppliers cut back their CO2 emissions. Having already enabled them to avoid wasting greater than 55 million tons within the 5-year interval as much as 2020, the corporate strives to succeed in the goal of 100 million tons by 2025.

Seen progress in reaching packaging targets

Henkel can also be actively selling the event of a round economic system and is pursuing formidable packaging targets. The aim by 2025 is that 100% of Henkel’s packaging can be recyclable or reusable.* On the finish of 2020, the corporate had achieved this for round 89 p.c of its packaging.

The corporate is working steadily to extend the proportion of recycled materials in its packaging. Whereas a lot of its manufacturers already provide merchandise with packaging created from recycled materials, the corporate goals to extend the share of recycled plastic to greater than 30 p.c for all client items merchandise worldwide by 2025. On the finish of 2020, this proportion was round 15 p.c.

Constructive contribution to social affect

Tackling social inequality is among the greatest world challenges of our time. The Corona pandemic has even elevated this, usually hitting essentially the most weak significantly exhausting. Due to this fact, combating the pandemic was an particularly necessary process in 2020. Henkel considerably prolonged its emergency help actions by launching a worldwide solidarity program final yr. That is consistent with one among Henkel’s six sustainability focus areas, contributing to social affect.

To this finish, the corporate emphasizes its dedication to additional broaden its constructive social affect on communities by 2025: by 100% accountable sourcing, by leveraging its greater than 50,000 staff, which have been skilled as sustainability ambassadors and by serving to to enhance 20 million lives globally.

One instance is Henkel’s long-standing collaboration with the event group Solidaridad to help smallholder palm oil farmers in South America, Africa and Asia. Up to now, this has already reached round 34,000 smallholders who domesticate round 305,000 hectares of land.

* Excluding adhesive merchandise the place elements or residue could have an effect on recyclability or pollute recycling streams.

About Henkel

Henkel operates globally with a well-balanced and diversified portfolio. The corporate holds main positions with its three enterprise models in each industrial and client companies due to sturdy manufacturers, improvements and applied sciences. Henkel Adhesive Applied sciences is the worldwide chief within the adhesives market – throughout all business segments worldwide. In its Laundry & Dwelling Care and Magnificence Care companies, Henkel holds main positions in lots of markets and classes all over the world. Based in 1876, Henkel appears to be like again on greater than 140 years of success. In 2020, Henkel reported gross sales of greater than 19 billion euros and adjusted working revenue of about 2.6 billion euros. Henkel employs about 53,000 folks globally – a passionate and extremely numerous crew, united by a robust firm tradition, a standard function to create sustainable worth, and shared values. As a acknowledged chief in sustainability, Henkel holds prime positions in lots of worldwide indices and rankings. Henkel’s most popular shares are listed within the German inventory index DAX. For extra data, please go to www.henkel.com.

Contact: Sina Pfanschilling
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About Henkel in North America

In North America, Henkel operates throughout its three enterprise models: Adhesive Applied sciences, Magnificence Care, and Laundry & Dwelling Care. Its portfolio of well-known client and industrial manufacturers consists of Schwarzkopf® hair care, Dial® soaps, Proper Guard® antiperspirants, Persil®, Purex®, and all® laundry detergents, Snuggle® cloth softeners in addition to Loctite®, Technomelt® and Bonderite® adhesives. With gross sales of round 6 billion US {dollars} (5 billion euros) in 2019, North America accounts for 26 p.c of the corporate’s world gross sales. Henkel employs roughly 9,000 folks throughout the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. For extra data, please go to www.henkel-northamerica.com, and on Twitter @Henkel_NA.

About Henkel

Henkel operates globally with a well-balanced and diversified portfolio. The corporate holds main positions with its three enterprise models in each industrial and client companies due to sturdy manufacturers, improvements and applied sciences. Henkel Adhesive Applied sciences is the worldwide chief within the adhesives market – throughout all business segments worldwide. In its Laundry & Dwelling Care and Magnificence Care companies, Henkel holds main positions in lots of markets and classes all over the world. Based in 1876, Henkel appears to be like again on greater than 140 years of success. In 2019, Henkel reported gross sales of greater than 20 billion euros and adjusted working revenue of greater than 3.2 billion euros. Henkel employs greater than 52,000 folks globally – a passionate and extremely numerous crew, united by a robust firm tradition, a standard function to create sustainable worth, and shared values. As a acknowledged chief in sustainability, Henkel holds prime positions in lots of worldwide indices and rankings. Henkel’s most popular shares are listed within the German inventory index DAX. For extra data, please go to www.henkel.com.

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