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DyStar has published its Integrated Sustainability Report for FY2023/24. For the past 14 years, DyStar has formally reported on its sustainability performance in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards. This report also adopts the Integrated Reporting <IR> framework, which outlines the company's environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices through the lens of six major capitals.

DyStar has demonstrated the effectiveness of its strategy in the latest report. For instance, their efforts in implementing energy-efficient initiatives across its operations have started to yield credible results. DyStar’s Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions totaled 42,084 tCO2e, representing a 67% decrease from 2011’s baseline year and a 26% decrease compared to FY2022. Scope 3 accounted for 8.2% of DyStar’s total emissions profile, with over 80% primarily stemming from the transportation of goods and services.

In terms of energy management, the Group has increased its use of renewable energy by 20%. Additionally, several energy conservation initiatives have been implemented as part of a concerted effort to reduce energy consumption globally.

Operationally, there have been several improvements to procedures aimed at boosting water efficiency and achieving cost savings at all manufacturing sites.

Wastewater discharge was reduced by 37%, improving the intensity level to 8.04 m³ per ton of production compared to 8.71 m³ per ton the previous year. This improvement is also partially due to some of their sites operating under a “Zero Liquid Discharge Scheme” mandated by local authorities.

Key highlights of FY2023 include:

• Participated at ITMA Milan, where DyStar introduced a new range of bio-based DyStar products, dyes and auxiliaries containing renewable feedstock, as well as the Eco-Advanced Indigo Dyeing process.
• Recognition by the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE), achieving second place on IPE’s Green Supply Chain Corporate Information Transparency Index (CITI).
• Celebrating diversity and inclusivity through global campaigns.

Der ab sofort digital verfügbare Nachhaltigkeitsbericht 2023 liefert Einblicke in das vergangene Geschäftsjahr und fasst die wesentlichen ökologischen, ökonomischen und sozialen Entwicklungen übersichtlich zusammen. Nachhaltigkeit ist in der CHT Gruppe integraler Bestandteil der Unternehmensstrategie.

• Mit den Begriffen PEOPLE, PLANET und PERFORMANCE schärft die CHT Gruppe weltweit ihr Bekenntnis zu den 3 Dimensionen der Nachhaltigkeit und setzt sich weiterführende Ziele. Die CHT Gruppe richtet ihre Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie konsequent auf alle drei ESG-Dimensionen aus
• Die Verantwortung für das Thema Nachhaltigkeit obliegt dem Chief Sustainability Officer
• Der Klimaschutz nimmt weltweit eine zentrale Stellung ein – der Corporate Carbon Footprint (Scope 1-3) 2023 summiert sich auf 456 kt CO2(e)
• Die Unternehmensgruppe verfolgt das Ziel, bis 2045 klimaneutral zu werden
• Die CHT Gruppe hat Ende 2021 die Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) zur Einhaltung der Ziele des Pariser Klimaabkommens gezeichnet und sich zum 1,5 °C-Ziel bekannt
• SBTi hat die Reduktionsziele der CHT Gruppe validiert – bis 2030 werden die Scope 1+2 Emissionen um - 42 % und die Scope 3 Emissionen um - 25 % reduziert. 82 % des Umsatzes wurden mit nachhaltig klassifizierten Produkten erreicht
• 2024 zeichnet EcoVadis das Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement der CHT Gruppe für 2023 erstmalig mit dem Gold-Level aus

Stratasys Ltd. published its second Mindful Manufacturing™ ESG and Sustainability Report in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards, fulfilling its commitment to transparency. The report includes an extensive overview of activities and advancements in Stratasys’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) programs.

Some highlights of the Mindful Manufacturing ESG and Sustainability report, by category, include:

Environmental

• Stratasys reduced water intensity by 32.5 percent across global operations, leading to an overall reduction in water usage by the company.
• Solar panels installed at Israeli facilities generated 441,339 kWh of renewable energy, which contributed to 207 metric tons of reduced CO2 emissions, or the equivalent of planting 3,423 trees
• Double digit (11.3 percent) increases in the number of spools, cartridges and canisters recycled through a new recycling program.

Social

• More than 38,000 hours of employee training were provided, equaling 18 hours of training per employee.
• Approaching world-class status with employee engagement, with a 78 percent participation rate in the last all-employee survey, with an all-time high engagement score of 73.
• 81 percent of managers participated in management training.
• 4 diversity KPIs were set in 2022, focusing on hiring practices. Targets were:
• 100 percent of candidate slates for manager and above will have a diverse slate
• 35 percent of management hires will be women
• 25 percent of tech hires will be women
• 40 percent of intern/student hires to reflect a range of ethnicity and gender diversity.

Governance

• 100 percent of new suppliers in 2021 and 2022 signed the Supplier Code of Conduct, which includes environmental, social and ethical standards.
• More than 97% of all employees completed compliance training.
• No product-related health and safety incidents of non-compliance occurred in 2021 or 2022.

“From Earth to Earth”: The new plan defines goals and concrete actions in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) areas to foster value creation for all stakeholders and put new sustainability regulatory requirements at the centre of attention.

A project, designed to enhance RadiciGroup's transparency and commitment to develop a responsible business along its entire value chain from an economic, social and environmental perspective and focus on the ever more widespread and stringent sustainability regulatory requirements. These are the features and goals of the Sustainability Plan presented by the Group and called "From Earth to Earth", precisely to emphasize the intent to focus on the Earth and future generations.

In the context of a complex and constantly changing scenario, the Group has therefore decided to capitalize on the goals achieved and look beyond them with a plan defining the medium-term targets and the actions to be taken to fulfil them and covering all areas considered to be "material”, i.e., relevant from the point of view of ESG and financial risks, opportunities and impacts. Indeed, the ultimate goal of "From Earth to Earth" is to support business continuity and the growth of the company and all its stakeholders.

The project was the result of a multi-year collaboration with Deloitte, which contributed an external and objective viewpoint on the definition of the material targets and themes. However, it was not an armchair exercise, but the result of an extensive listening process involving internal and external stakeholders, all of whom were sustainability experts who helped define a shortlist of strategic themes for both the Group and its main stakeholders. These issues were then analysed in detail using working tables on the different themes to identify the objectives in Environmental, Social and Governance areas and the related concrete actions needed to achieve them, in line with the European decarbonization and energy transition policies and the
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, a global blueprint for sustainable growth.

In particular, RadiciGroup’s environmental goals include: a 20% increase and differentiation in renewable source electricity consumption, an 80% reduction in total direct greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 2011, attention to water consumption to limit the impact on local communities and biodiversity, the extension of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology to measure the environmental impact of 70% of the products (in terms of weight) manufactured by the entire Group, collaboration among the various actors in the supply chain from an ecodesign perspective and the search for increasingly more sustainable and circular packaging solutions.

The Tuscan tannery Vesta Corporation has presented to its stakeholders a report outlining its current commitment and future objectives, with a view to innovating, safeguarding and fostering high-end leather material processing.

Ever since it was founded in 1966 in Ponte a Egola, the Tuscan hub for the production of leather for vegetable tanned soles, Vesta has been a supplier and partner of haute couture and sportswear brands, from lightweight calf and half-calf leather, to heavy leathers made with hind and rump hide, for leatherware and shoes.

To draft this Report, reference was made to the “Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Reporting Standards” established by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). The information in the balance sheet refers to the year 2022 (from 1 January to 31December 2022). Wherever possible, data for the previous year are included, to allow for a comparison of data over time and to assess the trend of Vesta activities. Sustainability is an objective-driven process. This means that comparing data allows for concretely measuring the company’s progress, as it pursues this accounting process year after year.

The improvement actions already implemented by Vesta involve corporate responsibility from an environmental, social and governance perspective. An example are the improved heating and processing plants (which entails the construction of a new tumbling department based on 4.0 technology). This guarantees significant energy, water and economic savings. Along with numerous corporate certifications, the company has passed the Raw Material Traceability test with a score of EXCELLENT, as well as the Carbon and Water footprint analysis.

As confirmation of its commitment to improving corporate performance levels, Vesta has been upgraded from BRONZE (2020) to GOLD in 2023, as assessed by the Leather Working Group (which measures leather manufacturers’ environmental performance for ecological production and for a systemic management of quality, environmental, safety and ethical factors).

Becoming energy-independent is a major step in the pipeline, involving the installation of a photovoltaic plant. This is complemented by the implementation of a project aimed at totally compensating its CO2 emissions for the year subject to accounting and certification. This neutrality will be achieved through the acquisition of credits deriving from projects certified by the United Nations. For example, with the construction of an important hydro-electric plant to which Vesta is contributing. With regard to production, corporate research is currently focused on developing solutions to reduce water and energy use. It is also implementing circular trends by adopting an increasing number of bio-based products, to guarantee the most sustainable end-of-life and waste management for its products.

The data and the information reported examine the performance relative to the companies Marchi & Fildi S.p.A. and Filidea S.r.l. during the year 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2022. In addition, with the aim of putting the data into a context of developments, a comparison with data pertaining to 2021 was also made.

Amongst the numerous data and insights provided by the analyses given in the Report, some relevant performance factors relating to environmental achievements emerge.

With reference to Marchi & Fildi, and in comparison to 2021, the year 2022 demonstrated:

• A unit reduction in water consumption of 57% and unit reduction of waste water of 19%
• A unit reduction in electric power consumption of 13%

An overall reduction in CO2 emissions (Scope I + Scope II) of 22% In the same period, for Filidea the following results are shown:

• A unit reduction in water consumption of 26%, unit waste water of 22%
• A reduction in unit natural gas consumption of 7%
• A reduction in unit electric power consumption of 14%
• An overall reduction in CO2 emissions (Scope I + Scope II) of 7%

These data offer quantitative feedback on the constant commitment to the optimisation of resources and use of production technologies with low energy impact, which the Group has adopted for years.

Massimo Marchi, Marchi & Fildi’s President, has this to say about the choice to invest in this form of reporting:
“The decision to write a Sustainability Report represents for us one of the elements which guide us towards the constant improvement of company performance with reference to ESG. This is one of the stages towards the formalisation of a strategic plan for the management of sustainability, a journey which the Group has been committed to for years and in which we believe 100%.”

Der ab sofort digital verfügbare Nachhaltigkeitsbericht 2022 fasst die wesentlichen ökologischen, ökonomischen und sozialen Entwicklungen zusammen: Die CHT Gruppe hat Nachhaltigkeit als integralen Bestandteil der Unternehmensstrategie definiert und verankert.

• Die Unternehmensgruppe verfolgt das Ziel, bis 2045 klimaneutral zu werden
• Die CHT Gruppe hat Ende 2021 die Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) zur Einhaltung der Ziele des Pariser Klimaabkommens gezeichnet und sich zum 1,5 °C-Ziel bekannt
• 77 % des Umsatzes wurden mit nachhaltig klassifizierten Produkten erreicht

Die Nachhaltigkeitsthematik ist bereits seit 70 Jahren in der DNA der international agierenden Unternehmensgruppe im Stiftungsbesitz verankert. Daraus leitet sich der Anspruch ab, alle Kunden mit den innovativsten und nachhaltigsten Produkten und Lösungen zu unterstützen, um so zum führenden Anbieter für nachhaltige chemische Produkte und Lösungen in allen Zielmärkten zu werden.

„Klimaneutralität“ und soziale Verantwortung
Bei der Umsetzung der Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie der CHT Gruppe nimmt das Handlungsfeld „Klimaneutralität“ eine zentrale Rolle ein. Die CHT Gruppe hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, sowohl in der eigenen Produktion als auch in der Lieferkette ab dem Jahr 2045 klimaneutral zu sein.

Neben dem Klimaschutz steht in der CHT Gruppe die soziale Verantwortung an oberster Stelle. Die kontinuierliche Verbesserung von Gesundheitsschutz und Arbeitssicherheit hat für das Unternehmen höchste Priorität.

Qualifizierte und engagierte Mitarbeiter tragen aus CHT Sicht maßgeblich zum künftigen Unternehmenserfolg bei. Daher fördert die CHT Gruppe die berufliche und persönliche Entwicklung der Belegschaft in hohem Maße und investiert in eine zukunftsorientierte und zielgerichtete Aus- und Weiterbildung der Belegschaft.

Die Achtung der Menschenrechte ist für die CHT Gruppe eine unverzichtbare Säule der Unternehmenskultur und essentieller Teil des gruppenweiten Verhaltenskodex. 2022 wurde die Grundsatzerklärung zur Einhaltung der Menschenrechte erarbeitet und Compliance Prozesse und Maßnahmen eingeführt, die jegliche Verstöße verhindern und menschenrechtsbezogene Risiken identifizieren und mindern sollen.

Carbios published its first Sustainability Report using 2021 as the baseline year. The report outlines Carbios’ commitment to developing environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives that go beyond the industrial development of its innovative plastics biorecycling technologies. Although not subject to the regulatory requirement of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD), Carbios has nonetheless structured its report in accordance with the requirements of the European directive on Extra-Financial Performance Statements.

Carbios’ sustainability strategy is based on three pillars (governance and ethics, the environment, social and societal issues) divided into 22 priority material challenges. Carbios’ Sustainability Report reflects the company’s dedication to transparency in action and highlights its efforts in areas such as environmental sustainability; employee relations, diversity and inclusion; and corporate governance.

Within its 2021 Sustainability Report, Carbios has formalized several targets including:

ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES

• Use the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method to maximize circularity and aim for the lowest carbon impact
• Commit to depolymerizing 60 tons of PET in 2023 at the Demonstration Plant in Clermont-Ferrand: the equivalent of about 3.2 million plastic bottles or 4 million food trays

SOCIAL OBJECTIVES

• Contribute to local economic development in France: the world’s first industrial-scale enzymatic PET recycling plant in Longlaville will create 150 direct and indirect jobs
• In a context of strong growth, promote employee well-being and safety by developing training, and ensuring the management and prevention of psycho-social risks
• Strengthen commitment to supporting international research through academic partnerships and scientific publications

GOVERNANCE OBJECTIVES

• Achieve 40% female members of the Board of Directors by end 2023, and 40% on Executive Committee by end 2024
• Achieve 60% independent members of the Board of Directors by end 2024
• Structure CSR governance with the creation of a CSR committee and integrate sustainability objectives into Executive’s compensation starting fiscal year 2023

• Integrated Sustainability Report 2021 – 2022 published

DyStar, a leading specialty chemical company released its twelfth annual Sustainability Performance Report. The report is prepared in accordance with the updated GRI Standards 2021: Core option. DyStar continues to adopt the Integrated Reporting <IR> framework to communicate how the group has successfully created tangible value across multiple stakeholder groups in six major capitals.

DyStar reports that they have inched themselves closer to some of their 2025 target of reducing the environmental footprint by 30% for every ton of product, from 2011 levels. Here are some key highlights for FY2021:

• Recorded more than 29% increase in revenue compared to 2020
• Zero workplace fatalities, high-consequence injuries, and work-related ill health
• 40% reduction in Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity, compared to 2011
• 37% decrease in wastewater emission intensity, compared to 2011

The Group was able to remain resilient and steer itself toward optimistic growth and recovery from the global pandemic in FY2021. In face of recent geopolitical events and macroeconomic factors such as soaring energy costs, DyStar and the wider supply chain will continue to face challenges. As a result, the company believes it is crucial to stay committed to their 2025 Sustainability goals to continue generating value for all stakeholders in the longer term, well beyond these turbulent times.

The report communicates DyStar’s progress towards its sustainability agenda and material topics. As part of our commitment to environmental sustainability, only an e-magazine and a PDF version will be made available for download from www.DyStar.com/sustainability-reports/

• Nachhaltigkeitsbericht 2020 veröffentlicht

Die CHT Gruppe zählt zu den führenden Anbietern für Spezialitätenchemie. Das Unternehmen, das chemische Produkte für unterschiedlichste Anwendungen und Branchen liefert, legte seinen Nachhaltigkeitsberichts für den Zeitraum Januar bis Dezember 2020 vor.

Der Bericht wurde nach den GRI-Standards der Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) auf Basis der Kern-Option erstellt. Im Fokus stehen die Personalentwicklung, der Energie- und Wasserverbrauch sowie die unternehmensweiten Emissionen und das Abfallverhalten.

Hervorzuheben ist die gruppenweite Reduktion des spezifischen Ressourcenverbrauchs in den untersuchten Bereichen. Bezogen auf das produzierte Volumen ergeben sich folgende Kennzahlen:

• 21% Anteil regenerative Energien am Gesamtverbrauch
• 440.000 EUR Investitionen in den Umwelt- und Naturschutz
• 5,8% weniger Energieverbrauch und weniger CO2 Emission

62% des Umsatzes der CHT Gruppe 2020 wurden mit nachhaltigen Produkten erwirtschaftet. Dafür wurde 91% des strategischen Rohstoffvolumens von Lieferanten bezogen, die als nachhaltig eingestuft sind.

Im Fokus des Berichtes stehen die aktuellen Arbeitsthemen und Ausblicke, die das Nachhaltigkeits-Engagement und die Innovationskraft der CHT vorstellen, um die nachhaltigen Entwicklungsziele der Vereinten Nationen (SDGs) zu erreichen.

In elf dieser Entwicklungsziele sieht die CHT eine besonders hohe Relevanz für die Zukunft der Unternehmensgruppe. Daher orientiert sich die zuletzt neu aufgestellte globale Unternehmensstrategie unmittelbar an den Sustainable Development Goals der Vereinten Nationen.

Die aktuelle Ausgabe des Berichts, der erstmals ressourcensparend ausschließlich online veröffentlicht wird, steht hier zum Download bereit: https://sustainability-report.cht.com