• Donation of 2 million euros to WHO/UN Foundation COVID-19 fund and selected organizations
• Donation of 5 million units of personal and household hygiene products
• Production of disinfectants in Henkel plants
• Flexible payment terms for hairdressers
• Ensuring health and safety of employees on site and working from home

Henkel is stepping up its commitment for sustainability and has set further ambitious packaging targets for 2025 to promote a circular economy. By then, 100 percent of Henkel's packaging will be recyclable or reusable* and the company will reduce fossil-based virgin plastics by 50 percent in its consumer goods packaging. Additionally, Henkel wants to contribute to avoiding plastic waste being disposed in the environment.

• Setting future direction with new strategic framework
  • Rigorously shape a winning portfolio
  • Accelerate impactful innovations with increased investments
  • Boost sustainability based on strong track record with ambitious targets
  • Transform Digital into a customer and consumer value creator
  • Reshape operating models to be lean, fast and simple
  • Strengthen collaborative culture with empowered people
• Growth agenda underpinned by mid- to long-term financial ambition
  • Organic sales growth of 2 – 4%
  • Adjusted* earnings per preferred share growth in mid- to high single-digit percentage range, at constant exchange rates
  • Focus on free cash flow expansion

• 2019 results, impacted by slowing economic growth and increased investments in consumer businesses and digitalization across the company:
  • Sales rise by 1.1% to 20,114 million euros, organic sales stable
  • Adjusted* EBIT margin at 16.0% ‏(-1.6 pp)
  • Adjusted* earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS) reach 5.43 euros, nominal -9.7%, at constant exchange rates -10.1%
  • Free cash flow: 2,471 million euros ‏(+554 million euros)
  • Dividend** on prior-year level: 1.85 euro per preferred share
• Outlook for 2020: further step-up in growth investments in an uncertain industrial market environment
  • Organic sales growth: 0 – 2%
  • Adjusted* EBIT margin: around 15%
  • Adjusted* EPS: decrease in the mid- to high single-digit percentage range at constant exchange rates

• Strong progress towards 2020 sustainability targets
• New packaging targets for 2025 to avoid and reduce plastic waste
• Become a climate-positive company by 2040

Henkel published its Strategic Framework, 2019 Annual & Sustainability Reports on March 5, 2020.

Together with packaging manufacturer ALPLA, Henkel has achieved a further step in its activities in the field of sustainable packaging: From now on Perwoll bottles in Western Europe will not only be fully recyclable, but also contain 25 percent recycled PE ‏(polyethylene) from post-consumer sources as standard.

As automotive electrification continues to evolve, powerful lithium-ion ‏(li-ion) battery architectures are at the center of discussions around electric vehicles. While battery system designs vary by manufacturer, the joint performance objectives for all automotive battery technologies are longer lifetime, operational safety, cost efficiency and reliability. In their most recent collaboration, Henkel and Covestro developed a solution enabling the efficient fixation of cylindrical li-ion battery cells inside a plastic cell holder. The solution is based on a UV-curing adhesive from Henkel and a UV-transparent polycarbonate blend from Covestro.

The digitization of production processes is also having an impact on the bookbinding industry. As cost pressures increase, bookbinders are looking for new solutions to improve their process efficiency. To do this, they need strong partners who deliver innovative solutions. As an adhesives manufacturer, Henkel has been supporting the bookbinding industry for many years with efficiency-increasing adhesive solutions. With the introduction of the new Technomelt GA 3980 Ultra, the company is adding a new chapter to its success story.

Consumers are now invited to collect and mail-in the empty product packaging from participating Schwarzkopf hair care products