Evonik is convinced that only companies that manage identified environmental, social and economic impacts, and create long-term value for society can be successful. Our products and solutions can support customers with their specific environmental and social objectives, helping to position them for the future. 

We have integrated sustainability into our strategic management process. This provides the framework for sustainability management and includes material, ecological, economic, and social aspects. We continue to assess and develop our portfolio using defined environmental, social and economic criteria. 

Leading beyond chemistry to improve life, today and tomorrow.

Why we Care

Our Care Solutions business is highly motivated to contribute to defined environmental and social improvement programs. We work together in many regions and functions for a successful portfolio transformation towards next generation solutions.   

1. Global Footprint Network: https://www.footprintnetwork.org/ | 2. Climate Action: https://climate.ec.europa.eu/
1. Global Footprint Network: https://www.footprintnetwork.org/ | 2. Climate Action: https://climate.ec.europa.eu/

How we do this : The CAREtain®/CLEANtain Guidebook

Advanced

Comprehensive

Systematic

4 TARGETS

8 FOCUS AREAS

  • Transparency is the basic ingredient for innovative ingredients that align with defined environmental and social criteria.
  • With CAREtain® and CLEANtain, we are supporting customers to transform their portfolio according to clearly defined principles
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Increased biomass content including next-generation feedstocks

  • Preserve valuable high carbon stock areas.
  • Reduce the use of specific tropical oils in line with a defined baseline.
  • Set up traceable and segregated supply chains to enable support traceability, community engagement processes and human rights due diligence in covered supply chains. 

 

Reduce identified sourcing risks for agricultural raw materials

  • Increase the share of specified renewable oleochemical feedstocks in selected products against a defined baseline. 

 

Diversification of feedstocks

  • Drive diversification of feedstocks.
  • Support defined biodiversity measures in selected sourcing regions.
  • Evaluate specified side streams and production residues as feedstocks

 

Processes and products assessed for greenhouse gas emissions

  • Drive innovation in process technology to meet defined company-wide carbon emissions objectives. 

 

Selected products tested for biodegradability

  • Develop products that can be defined as biodegradable.

 

High efficacy, versatility during application

  • Achieve high application efficacy and application performance assessed against defined energy, water and material-use criteria. 

 

Measurable consumer and community value 

  • Deliver measurable environmental attributes and support defined social initiatives along the value chain.

 

Transparency

  • Use transparency as a core internal assessment principle and the key to assess the environmental performance and support regulatory assessment and documentation for relevant markets. 

Our Innovative Solutions

CS KV Prod Cat Biosurfactants

Glycolipid Biosurfactants

CS KV ECOHANCE_1080

ECOHANCE® Program

CS F_006_1080

CAREtain®

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