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Sustainability Magazine

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Circular Economy:How Henkel plans to foster a circular economy across its entire value chain

Perwoll bottles - Recycling

Packaging materials like plastic have many advantages, but their omnipresence has created a new set of challenges for us. How can we promote a responsible use of plastic within a circular economy and combat the problem of plastic waste through recycling?

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Interview

A circular economy for carbon - the key to a sustainable chemical industry

Renewable carbon and bio-based materials at Henkel Adhesive Technologies

Designer draws a packaging template.

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Recycle, refill, rethink – 7 solutions for more sustainable packaging

How Henkel is rethinking packaging

A woman unpacks her shopping from a canvas tote bag.

Interview

“You don’t need to do everything perfectly”

Why we find it so difficult to make long-term behavioral changes

Different cleaning products from Henkel with sustainable packaging.

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The race to reduce plastic waste: how close are we to sustainable packaging?

Corporate Sustainability in practice – a series by The Guardian sponsored by Henkel

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Climate Action:Our path to becoming climate-positive

Solar panels and wind turbines

It’s often the everyday things: flipping a light switch, turning on a hot shower or driving the car. These actions, large and small, are creating an overwhelming CO2 footprint. How does Henkel actively contribute to climate protection?

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Interview

A circular economy for carbon - the key to a sustainable chemical industry

Renewable carbon and bio-based materials at Henkel Adhesive Technologies

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The collective effort for sustainable consumption

Protecting the planet by changing the way consumers choose and use products

Henkel’s Dragon Plant in Shanghai is the largest adhesives production site in the world.

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Big factories, smaller footprint

Two site managers talk about data-driven sustainability in production

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Global challenges: working together for a better future

With its commitment to sustainability, Henkel is contributing to the implementation of the UN global development goals

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Innovation:Ideas that shape the market

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Researching new technologies, surveying customers about their needs and habits, tracking social trends and developing innovation and creativity as a skill can’t be voluntary – they are all required. This is how Henkel always tries to be one step ahead.

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How to create a culture of innovation that succeeds

Why innovation and creativity determine a company’s long-term success

eSalon’s core offering is individually customized hair coloration for at home application.

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Direct-to-consumer – the direct route to customers

Benefits to manufacturers offered by direct-to-consumer ‏(D2C) selling and what customers appreciate about it

Adhesives Inspiration Center

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A place for powerful partnerships

Opening up our Adhesive Technologies Inspiration Center

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Four approaches to innovation – New ideas at the cutting edge

Agile methods for improved innovations

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Interview

A circular economy for carbon - the key to a sustainable chemical industry

Renewable carbon and bio-based materials at Henkel Adhesive Technologies

Responsibility

Designer draws a packaging template.

Listicle

Recycle, refill, rethink – 7 solutions for more sustainable packaging

How Henkel is rethinking packaging

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People in front of an illuminated display watching a 3D printing process.

Interview

“Innovative companies question their successes”

Interview with Dr. Jens-Uwe Meyer about innovation and sustainability

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Our support for Ukraine

Providing help where it's needed

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A woman unpacks her shopping from a canvas tote bag.

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“You don’t need to do everything perfectly”

Why we find it so difficult to make long-term behavioral changes

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Women work on laptops in front of a flipchart.

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Taking action to disprove the myths

Two women in the innovation industry talk about career, working for a big corporation, and the role of diversity in founding

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Meet Albert – How a digital colleague is revolutionizing 3D printing processes

Using artificial intelligence to support the global battle against COVID-19

An intelligent packaging design is an important component of a well-functioning circular economy.

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Recycling: Old plastic, new perspectives

How Henkel reduces its carbon emissions and helps protect the environment by using recycled plastic

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“It makes no sense to stop using palm oil”

An interview with Moriz Vohrer, Managing Director of Solidaridad Germany, and Christine Schneider, responsible for sustainable product innovations for Laundry & Home Care at Henkel, on the subject of sustainable palm oil

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The race to reduce plastic waste: how close are we to sustainable packaging?

Corporate Sustainability in practice – a series by The Guardian sponsored by Henkel

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Girls run through a field towards wind turbines.

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What does net zero mean? Here’s what you need to know about corporate sustainability promises

Corporate Sustainability in practice – a series by The Guardian sponsored by Henkel

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Palm oil: why a ‘sustainable global supply’ chain needs to include smallholder farmers

Corporate Sustainability in practice – a series by The Guardian sponsored by Henkel

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Sustainable packaging for the Nature Box range from Henkel

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‘Can be recycled’: the latest must-have for beauty industry packaging

Corporate Sustainability in practice – a series by The Guardian sponsored by Henkel

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Face masks, PPE and throwaway cutlery – after Covid, where’s next for sustainable packaging?

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How to create a culture of innovation that succeeds

Why innovation and creativity determine a company’s long-term success

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Latest Press Releases

Henkel Consumer Brands

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Henkel plans to merge Laundry & Home Care and Beauty Care to create new “Consumer Brands” business unit

Creating one multi-category platform for growth with around 10 billion euros sales
Continued optimization of consumer portfolio: clear focus on core brands and businesses with attractive growth and margin potential and a stronger basis for M&A across consumer space
Significant synergies and efficiency gains expected through the combination
Launch of share buyback program of up to 1 billion euros: leverage strong balance sheet and cashflow, optimize the capital structure and signal strong confidence in the future potential for profitable growth
Preliminary results for 2021 published: Organic sales growth ‏(OSG) of +7.8 percent, EBIT margin* of 13.4 percent and earnings per preferred share* ‏(EPS) growth of +9.2 percent ‏(at constant exchange rates)
Outlook for 2022: OSG: 2 to 4 percent, EBIT margin*: 11.5 to 13.5 percent, EPS* development: -15 to +5 percent ‏(at constant exchange rates), reflecting high level of market uncertainty and volatility
New mid- to long-term financial ambition for Henkel: OSG of 3 to 4 percent, EBIT margin* of around 16 percent and mid- to high-single-digit percentage EPS* growth ‏(at constant exchange rates, incl. M&A)

Professor Achim Kampker, Chair Holder and Partner at PEM (left), and George Kazantzis, Corporate Vice President Adhesive Technologies, Automotive Components, Henkel (right)

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Henkel’s E-Mobility business unit establishes a strategic partnership with PEM Motion

Henkel has entered a strategic partnership with RWTH Aachen University’s Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components ‏(PEM Motion GmbH) to collaborate on research projects in the field of e-mobility. By building a strong partnership between industry and academia, the organizations will pioneer next generation battery technologies, explore material requirements for their realization and in the development of safer and more sustainable batteries. The cooperation agreement was signed at Henkel’s Inspiration Center in Düsseldorf on February 4, by Dr. Christoph Deutskens, CEO of PEM Motion, Professor Achim Kampker, head of the chair “Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components” ‏(PEM) of RWTH Aachen University and Partner at the spin-off PEM Motion, and George Kazantzis, Corporate Vice President Adhesive Technologies, Automotive Components at Henkel.

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Henkel presents Martha Schwarzkopf Award for Women in Science

Henkel is launching a new research award – the Martha Schwarzkopf Award for Women in Science. The application phase starts today, at the “International Day of Women and Girls in Science”. Female researchers with a background in natural sciences, medicine or computer sciences can apply with a project in the field of hair research or a related area of research and have the chance to win a prize money of 10,000 euros.

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Henkel to acquire Shiseido’s Hair Professional business in Asia-Pacific

Attractive portfolio with strong and successful premium brands
Step-change for Hair Professional business in Asia-Pacific
Henkel becomes one of the leading players in dynamic growth region
Trademark licensing of SHISEIDO PROFESSIONAL Brand by Shiseido
Shiseido to retain 20 percent share in Japanese entity to support business growth

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