Azelis publishes its 2021 Sustainability Report, presenting solid progress in all areas of Action 2025
We are excited to release the latest edition of our Sustainability Report, which covers the 2021 group-wide sustainability performance. This report showcases Azelis’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) commitments reinforcing its ambitions to be the world-leading provider of sustainable solutions and services.
2021 was a year of significant achievement for Azelis and we were proud to receive the EcoVadis® Platinum rating making us the only global company in our industry to have achieved this accolade. We launched our sustainability strategy Action 2025, implemented integrated reporting across the organization, established new baselines and made strong progress towards our targets. Main 2021 developments across all four pillars of the Azelis sustainability strategy include:
- People - Highlights in this area included increasing the proportion of our employees around the world who are in talent pools. Nearly two thirds of promotions in the year went to women, reflecting the gender diversity of our workforce.
- Products and Innovation - In 2021 we launched our pioneering innovation centers concept complementing our application labs, e-Labs and customer portals. This network is helping our customers accelerate the time-to-market for innovative products and is informing the R&D programs of our main principals. We also continued assessing our suppliers on their sustainability policies and practices. Assessed suppliers covered 55.8% of our total annual 2021 revenue, excluding the revenue generated by the newly acquired entities in 2021.
- Governance – In this area, we ran wide-ranging fitness checks of our compliance policies, published a new policy on dawn raids, and worked closely with legal advisers to adapt to our new status as a listed company.
- Environment - By investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency, we achieved solid progress towards our targets for cutting our emissions, reducing our carbon intensity to 3.58% in 2021. Working with Together for Sustainability®, we are participating in a landmark global project for measuring Scope 3 emissions in the chemical industry.
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More information about Azelis’ sustainability strategy and program can be found on the company website and in the Azelis sustainability report 2021 which has been released this month.