Sustainability

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.

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.