WE GO BEYOND TO ENABLE TRANSFORMATION
We at Evonik have a common aim:
To power our customers’ business with superior innovations and technologies.
WE GO BEYOND
In pursuit of this goal, we go far beyond chemistry. With courage, creativity, nd the determination to work with our partners to positively influence the lives of present and future generations.
Only people who break out of familiar routines and push the boundaries of what can be done will find solutions to the most important questions of our shared future. At Evonik, we are already well on our way.
Evonik. Leading Beyond Chemistry
Financial and Sustainability Report 2025
WE CREATE SOLUTIONS FOR A BETTER WORLD
A good future combines growth, responsible action, and prosperity. We are contributing to this development with our deep understanding of customers and markets.
Our experts are among the world’s best, offering tailored innovations perfectly dovetailed with our customers’ needs.
We harness our leading technological know-how and high-performance plants to set benchmarks across Europe, Asia and the Americas – efficient, scalable and reliable.
This one-of-a-kind symbiosis of innovation and industrial excellence from a single source makes us a strong partner to industry.
Bottom line: We deliver sustainable products and solutions that improve the lives of millions of people – and guarantee our customers that all-important competitive edge.
SUSTAINABILITY KEY FIGURES 2025
The following tables provide an overview of Evonik's most important company-specific key figures. They are structured according to the four ESRS thematic standards. The 13 key topics of Evonik are highlighted in color. Detailed information can be found in the respective chapters of the Sustainability Report 2025.
Compilation of information on our handprint
In this brochure, we would like to introduce you to selected products and solutions that are characterized by a distinctive sustainability profile: Evonik's Next Generation Solutions (NGS). We pay special attention to their "handprint".
We define handprint as positive sustainability impacts that Evonik products enable along the value chain compared with other established products and applications on the market. Often this positive contribution occurs downstream of Evonik’s production processes (i.e. in customer’s production processes or during consumer use). These products make a relevant contribution to a direct (measurable) improvement regarding one or more environmental and/or social indicators. This is reflected in a strong or weak positive rating in the Signal Category (SC) 5 (environmental and social performance compared to alternative solutions) of our Portfolio Sustainability Assessment (PSA).
This handprint reflects the material sustainability ambitions addressed in SC 3 that the PARC (Product Application Region Combination) is delivering on. During the annually conducted PSA, special attention is paid to revising the market reference as it might quickly evolve over time or the Evonik solution might even become the market reference itself (and would consequently have no more handprint as defined for the SC 5).
A handprint can be assessed qualitatively or (semi-)quantitatively (e.g. when the handprint is about a health benefit). Our goal is to increase the number of quantitative analyses, to gain deeper knowledge of our product benefits and transparency.
Evonik uses the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Content Index to provide structured information for investors on SASB-relevant topics. In the industry classification system provided by SASB, Evonik is assigned to the SASB Resource Transformation Chemicals industry standard. The SASB content index refers to Evonik’s sustainability report, which has been prepared in accordance with the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS).
Evonik also reports in accordance with the standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), which are the most widely used standards for sustainability reporting worldwide.
Awards
Building Public Trust Award 2025
Evonik Industries AG was honored in 2025 for outstanding achievements in sustainability reporting and received the Building Public Trust Award in the category “Best CSRD Report in the MDAX.” The prize is awarded by the Sustainable Finance Research Group and highlights Evonik’s commitment to transparent and impactful communication.
Building Public Trust Award 2024
Evonik Industries AG received the BPTA 2024 for the best reporting on social topics in the MDAX 40, thus being recognized as CSRD‑ready—in particular for excellence in the area “Workforce of MDAX companies.”
