Sustainability is at the heart of our strategy

We have chosen to prioritize five themes to best match our businesses and customer segments.

These are also the five themes where we can make the biggest difference: either by reducing our negative impacts or maximizing our positive contributions to achieving the UN SDGs.

Safety

Safety is the foundation of everything we do. Our business depends on our ability to operate processes at our manufacturing sites safely, transport high-quality products to customers on time and without incidents, ensure our customers understand how to handle our products and that the final consumer product is safe to use.

People

Kemira is a truly global company and our people come from very diverse backgrounds. We offer our employees the right mix of opportunities and challenges in a global and dynamic working environment. Our culture is collaborative and we foster a sense of belonging that empowers our people to make a real difference through innovation and sustainability.

Water

Only 3% of the earth’s water is fresh, and an even smaller percentage of that is available for drinking. At Kemira we see our role as a custodian of this valuable resource because we have the products and ability to help make the most of this finite resource. In our own operations, we are continuously evaluating opportunities to decrease water withdrawal, consumption, discharge, and associated impacts through water recycling and reuse.

Circularity

Kemira is in the business of innovating in chemistry to solve problems for our customers and society. This includes resource scarcity and consumption. As global consumption grows, this puts increasing pressure on our planet and resources. To decouple growth from consumption we need to adopt a circular mindset where we design out waste and increase resource productivity.

Climate

Climate change is a defining challenge for our time. Failure has the potential to devastate ecosystems and societies. In contrast, success can put the world on a path to sustainability with multiple co-benefits beyond simply greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions. Our long-term ambition is to be carbon neutral by 2045 and Kemira fully supports the ambition of the UNFCCC Paris Agreement.