DRIVING PERFORMANCE
Performance
Our long history of success has been made possible by best-in-class products that are safe to use. That is how we have earned the trust of our customers and consumers. We constantly re-earn that trust by creating safe, sustainable innovations.
By driving performance through our wide range of products and technologies, we aim to support and actively advance economic, environmental, and social transformation together with our partners. In doing so, we can make a meaningful contribution to sustainable development both locally and globally, while managing our business responsibly and strengthening our economic success. To achieve this, we focus on providing our customers and consumers with reliable, top-quality, and safe products while integrating sustainability in our portfolio and in our business processes, including our innovation process.
At the same time, we ensure that when used as intended our products are safe for people and the environment. This reflects our commitment to operating our business in an ethically and legally appropriate manner, which is crucial to fostering and maintaining trust in our products.
A high degree of innovativeness is essential for sustainable and efficient transformation, which is why criteria for assessing the sustainability of our products are systematically anchored in our innovation process.
Commitments
Create Transparency and ensure measurable progress
DRIVING SUSTAINABLE IMPACT ACROSS THE BUSINESS UNITS PORTFOLIO
Sustainability is becoming an integral part of how Adhesive Technologies and Consumer Brands both shape their portfolios and steer their businesses. To create transparency and ensure measurable progress, the business units have established robust assessment tools that evaluate the sustainability performance of their products across the entire value chain and consider different sustainability dimensions.
The business units have different focus topics along those dimensions, due to their portfolio differences. Based on clear criteria and documented evidence, products are grouped into four categories: Transitioners, Performers, Contributors, and Pioneers. This structured approach helps to identify where sustainability leadership already exists – and where further transformation can unlock greater impact.
Sustainable Product Portfolios
Our business units align their brands and technologies to sustainable development in line with the specific challenges of their product portfolio and have prioritized their focus points accordingly. Sustainability is deeply integrated into brand, business, and innovation strategies. New products are systematically assessed using tools such as life cycle analyses and material profiles to identify improvements early in the development process.
Product Safety
All raw materials, ingredients, and finished products undergo extensive scientific testing and evaluation before being launched on the market. These tests ensure safety throughout production, use, and disposal. New products and technologies are also subject to safety risk assessments, which help to define the necessary precautionary measures. These are updated as new scientific data becomes available. Expert product development and safety teams conduct these rigorous evaluations worldwide.
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