Sustainability is at the core of how we operate: we are committed to sustainability, ethical behavior, and the right way of doing things for our business and for the planet. Our approach to sustainability means a more trustworthy investment for our shareholders; for our customers, it brings better resource efficiency, reliability, and confidence that chemicals they are using are made and supplied in an ethical, sustainable manner. And in communities around the world, it helps us to be seen as a trusted partner, employer, and business leader.
Everything we do has an impact – economic, social, environmental – at different points in the value chain. At Kemira, we take sustainability for our material impacts, whether they are negative or positive, risk or opportunity.
We, like our stakeholders, value safe, clean, healthy environments and decent quality of life. We see sustainability as essential to long-term financial success. It’s the best way to operate for our business, our shareholders, our employees, and our planet.
These three priorities cover our six most material topics which relate to products addressing customers’ sustainability requirements, safe use of our products throughout their lifecycle, environmental impacts and safety of our operations, responsible business practices in our supply chain, and our people and business integrity.
You can read more about our material impacts in our Annual Report 2018 (.pdf)
From water treatment to industries, our products and solutions are used in almost every corner of the world. Kemira’s purpose is to help our customers to improve their water, energy and raw material efficiency by introducing sustainable products and solutions to the market.
For us it is also important that all health, safety and environmental aspects of our products throughout their lifecycle are properly addressed in all what we do.
Safety and minimized environmental impact are of utmost importance to our operations. High-performing environmental, health, safety and quality management is fundamental to Kemira. It is an integral part of our daily business management and daily work. We want to work as a responsible company within our entire value chain, from procurement of raw materials to the manufacturing and delivery of the right quality products to our customers on time and safely.
Everything we do is based on people and integrity. Company-wide, we strive to foster a culture of openness, respect and curiosity. Our commitment to people is our foundation for succeeding now and in the future. Integrity starts with each one of us, and this is best exemplified in our Code of Conduct. We believe that how we do things is even more important than what we do.
Share of revenue from products used for use-phase resource efficiency. At least 50% of Kemira’s revenue generated through products improving customers’ resource efficiency.
Achieve zero injuries on long term; TRIF 2.0 by end of 2020.
% of direct key suppliers screened through sustainability assessments and audits (cumulative %). The target includes 5 sustainability audits for highest risk suppliers every year, and cumulatively 25 by 2020.
Engagement score above the external industry norm.
On average two leadership development activities per people manager position during 2016-2020, the cumulative target is 1,500 by 2020.
KPI to measure compliance with the Kemira Code of Conduct. The target is to maintain the Integrity Index level above the industry benchmark.
Our approach to sustainability is guided by our principal impacts through our value creation model, our stakeholders’ expectations, and our commitments to Code of Conduct and internationally defined principles.
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