Policies

Climate change is one of the pressing global challenges that requires urgent and concerted action to mitigate its effects and ensure a sustainable future for generations to come. At Evonik, we are taking on this challenge.

Water is crucial for the manufacture of our products, but also as a medium along the production chain. In the chemical industry, water is used as a coolant and cleaning agent as well as a component of products. Against this backdrop, Evonik has long been committed to highly efficient water use and sustainable water use along our value chain, especially at its production sites.

Circular Economy is a systems approach involving industrial processes and economic
activities along the whole value chain that are restorative or regenerative by design,
aiming for a climate-neutral and resource-efficient economy by maintaining the value
of products, materials, and resources as long as possible.

As a good corporate citizen, Evonik complies with statutory requirements as well as fulfils voluntary commitments that go beyond regulations. Material signals related to certain hazardous substances and regulatory trends are integrated into the Portfolio Sustainability Assessment. For the responsible handling of chemicals, we pursue a holistic approach to the entire value chain of our products from the procurement of the raw materials to the delivery to our customers.