Sustainability

The following tables provide an overview of Evonik's most important company-specific key figures. They are structured along our six fields of action. The 15 key topics of Evonik are highlighted in color. Detailed information can be found in the respective chapters of the Sustainability Report 2023.

Protecting the climate and the environment is a global challenge. Evonik takes climate and environmental protection very seriously as a central element of its corporate responsibility. Evonik pays particular attention to greenhouse gas emissions along the value chain.

The Evonik Carbon Footprint includes Evonik's direct energy and process emissions (Scope 1), emissions from purchased electricity and heat (Scope 2), and relevant upstream and downstream emissions (Scope 3). These include emissions from the production of purchased raw materials, services and capital goods, energy-related emissions outside of Scope 1 and Scope 2, emissions from inbound and outbound transport, from the disposal of waste, from business travel and employee commuting, from the energy demand of office buildings, and emissions from the use, disposal and recycling of products sold.

With this brochure, we would like to introduce you to selected products and solutions that are characterized by a distinct sustainability profile: Evonik's Next Generation Solutions (NGS). We pay particular attention to the contribution of the NGS to the four Sustainability Focus Areas (SFA), which bundle our contributions to sustainable transformation and describe their sustainability benefits ("handprint").

First, we will introduce Evonik's SFA and Portfolio Sustainability Assessment (PSA) methodology, and then explain the handprint evaluation of some NGS. These assessments serve as evidence of a positive PSA score and allow for a better understanding of how an NGS contributes to the particular SFA.

The purpose of the 2023 Supplement is to provide more detailed information on selected products and solutions with a clearly positive sustainability profile. After introducing the SFAs and the Evonik Portfolio Sustainability Assessment (PSA) methodology, the handprint evaluation of some NGSs is detailed. The handprint of selected NGSs will be described including the report of the greenhouse gas emission reductions – so-called ”avoided emissions“ for the year 2023. Their associated environmental or social impact will be detailed paying special attention to their contribution to one of the four sustainability focus areas if credible quantification data is available. Where possible, a quantitative estimation of the handprint is given. Due to the profound interest in quantitative and precise information on handprints in some value chains and good data availability, several examples from automotive and food applications are described in this brochure.

The contents of the sustainability elements in the financial report include the aspects of employee, environmental and social concerns, respect for human rights, the fight against corruption and bribery, and the supply chain. Here we report on concepts, processes, measures and key figures for the individual aspects.