Basic Values

Corporate values

Our corporate values—"sparing no effort", "courage to innovate" and "responsible action"—provide a general guide for employees in their daily work and decisions. Employees make a key contribution to the success of the company through their core competencies: creativity, specialization, self-renewal and reliability, which form the heart of the Evonik brand.

Binding regulations which form a sort of "corporate constitution" define basic standards that employees throughout the Group are required to live up to. Their main elements are:

Code of Conduct:

This outlines the main corporate policy principles and standards and provides a guide to the ethical and legal obligations of Evonik’s employees.

Global Social Policy:

This outlines the basic principles of our global social responsibility to all Evonik employees.

Environment, Safety and Health Values:

This document sets out Evonik’s values in the areas of environmental protection, safety, health and quality. More detailed policies and guidelines are derived from these.