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Sustainability and
responsibility
In our sustainability reporting, we comply with the guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) from the version GRI Standards (2016), including the most recent updates of selected indicators from 2018.
In doing so, we conform to the highest application level “In accordance – Comprehensive,” which means that we fully account for all the material topics. As an active member of the Global Compact, we adhere to its universal principles for responsible corporate management as well as to the sustainable development goals of the United Nations (SDGs). We actively contribute to achieving them along our entire value chain, from the generation of raw materials and product development to our customer relationships. The following chapters focus on our sustainable activities throughout these stages of the value chain.
We have integrated all quantitative and qualitative transparency information, our strategic approach and the management concepts of our material topics into our sustainability record in accordance with the GRI and thus meet the requirements of the CSR Directive Implementation Law (CSR-RUG) pursuant to Section 289b (3) of the German Commercial Code (HGB). All information has been externally audited in accordance with the AA1000 Assurance Standard.
Corporate report
Focus
- Integrated corporate strategy
- Central non-financial management key figures
- An overview of sustainability management
and material topics - Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) along the value chain
Sustainability-record
Focus
- All key figures and information are in accordance with the GRI standards
- Non-financial report pursuant to Section 289b (3) of the German Commercial Code (HGB)
- Progress report for the Global Compact
Available at:
cr2019.symrise.com/sustainability/sustainability-record
Increase in eco-efficiency*
% Reduction
in CO2from
2010 to 2019
% Reduction
in COD**from
2010 to 2019
% Reduction in sensitive waste
from 2010 to 2019
Occupational safety
% Reduction in MAQ***from
2013 to 2019, goal attainment
Sustainability in the supply chain
% Share of main suppliers based
on procurement volume and rated according
to sustainability criteria
*All figures in terms of added value of € 1 million
**COD = chemical oxygen demand
***MAQ = work accidents (> 1 lost day) x 1 million/working hours
2019 Partnerships
Entry into the Development and Climate Alliance
生物多样性的一个星球业务（OP2B）
RE100 initiative
Our material topics
Our material topics
Comprehensive materiality analysis
在2019年的报告年份中，我们将唯物理分析更新，作为广泛的在线调查的一部分，结合基于专家访谈的利益攸关方的质量调查，从投资者和客户到非政府组织，科学家和政治家以及我们的员工到我们的员工执行董事会。
在适当的情况下，我们已经修改了材料主题的名称和焦点。例如，曾经是“合规性”主题的是“良好的公司治理和遵守”。一旦单独测量，主题“可持续林业”，“可持续农业和水产养殖”和“生物多样性”已被组合以创造“保护生物多样性”，由于重叠的重叠领域。“供应链卓越”已融入相关主题。系统的气候保护活动现已明确解决“气候保护和减排”主题，该主题超出了减少排放量。
6月一个之间的不同进行了调查d August 2019 and have provided us with knowledge about the expectations of our stakeholders, the relevance of sustainability topics for business and the impact that the business activities of Symrise have on people, the environment and society. More than 1,500 fully completed online surveys and just under 30 qualitative expert interviews were evaluated.
The three central topics of focus identified among all of the stakeholders were “responsible sourcing,” “climate protection and emission reduction” and “responsible use of raw materials.” During the qualitative interviews, external experts also emphasized dependence on natural raw materials in the “race for resources” and the importance of a company’s climate protection activities.
Symrise employee
»The biggest social and environmental challenges […] are climate change, supplier management and increasingly complex supply chains.«Sustainability expert
*Sustainable partnerships, good corporate governance & compliance form the basis of all our material topics, the business activities of Symrise and all our activities.
We provide comprehensive, transparent information on our sustainability activities and key figures in our online sustainability record:
cr2019.symrise.com/sustainability/sustainability-record
Footprint
Innovation
Sourcing
Care
Footprint
Innovation
Sourcing
Care
The highest-ranked topic from the previous year, “compliance with human rights,” continues to be extremely important. But this year it shares the spotlight with other prominently ranked topics associated with the key sustainability issues of “innovation” and “ecological footprint” as well as the overarching strategic, company-wide topics “good corporate governance” and “sustainable partnerships.” Collaboration and transparency were generally considered to be key drivers for sustainability from both an external and internal perspective.
The results were then discussed and validated by the Sustainability Board. See the following summary table for an overview of all the material topics, their definitions, goals, goal attainment, and management methods.
Goals and management of our sustainability topics
Goals and management of our sustainability topics
Definition
Transparency in terms of the origin of raw materials as well as supplier auditing in accordance with environmental and social standards to ensure fair working conditions and environmental protection throughout the entire value chain.
Selected goals
Increase the share of main suppliers rated according to sustainability criteria to100 %到2025年。
Goal attainment
All of the main suppliersof Symrise (in terms of procurement volume) rated according to sustainability criteria.
Management methods
Supplier screening, certifications and audits; involvement in international (industry) initiatives (SAI, FSC, CDP supply chain program, Rainforest Alliance, RSPO, GIZ, Save the Children, IFFO, etc.)
Definition
减少气候，噪音和气味排放和能耗以及可再生能源使用的增加。
Selected goals
Symrise将是climate-positiveas of 2030.
Goal attainment
Increase in eco-efficiency based on a reduction of7,2 %in greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 and 2).
Management methods
TCFD承诺，CDP气候变化
Definition
Efficient, economical use of finite raw materials, focus on renewable raw materials.
Selected goals
Reduction of60％in chemical oxygen demand in the water as well as our sensitive waste compared to 2010 by 2025.
Goal attainment
The chemical oxygen demand increased by3.2 %在报告年份，由于生产量显着增加。
Reduction of3.9 %与2018年相比敏感的废物。
Management methods
Green chemistry approach, recovery through patented SymTrap®process
Definition
遵守立法，指南和内部规则，负责任的公司管理，适当处理风险。
Selected goals
By 2025, we are planning for an above-average global tax rate of26 to 28 %。
Ensure that all Symrise sites are audited in accordance with relevant standards.
Goal attainment
In 2019, our global tax rate was27.1 %。。
100 %of Symrise sites audited in accordance with relevant standards.
Management methods
Further development of the Integrated Management System (IMS), external certifications, internal and external audits
Definition
Establishment of long-term partnerships and knowledge exchange to increase sustainability.
Selected goals
Establish and increasetrust, knowledge transfer and synergiesbetween Symrise companies and NGOs, suppliers, political institutions and local partners.
Goal attainment
Continuation oflong-term project partnerships。
加入new initiativesin 2019, including Development and Climate Alliance and One Planet Business for Biodiversity.
Management methods
Involvement in a variety of international industry collaborations, partnerships and competitive approaches
Definition
Development of eco-friendly and socially compatible production innovations in fragrances and flavorings.
Selected goals
More than12 %of our sales with new product developments by 2025.
Systematic integration of the名古屋协议requirements into our research and development activities by 2020.
Goal attainment
With16.4 %of sales from new product developments, we have once again exceeded our target value.
Operational instructions implemented in accordance with EU Regulation 511/2014 for research and development as well as additional relevant functional areas.
Management methods
市场趋势研究，监管要求的考虑，产品可持续性记分卡，绿色化学方法乐动体育下载
综合管理系统，名古屋协议委员会，名古屋政策
Definition
Careful, efficient use of water, particularly in areas with water shortages.
Selected goals
Increased water efficiencyat production sites located in regions affected by water stress.
Goal attainment
Water consumption at production sites in water stress regions increased by3.2 %in the reporting year, due to an average increase of15 %in production in these countries.
Management methods
Symrise water policy, CDP water
Definition
Promotion of biodiversity, minimization of direct and indirect human impact on natural ecosystems, environmental protection measures related to sustainable agriculture and aquaculture.
Selected goals
100 %可持续采购我们的战略农业和水产养殖原材料，截至2025年。
Goal attainment
Strategic biobased raw materialsfrom agriculture and aquaculture wereidentified2019年，将于2025年从可持续来源中寻呼。
Management methods
Sustainable supply chain management, raw material certifications, backward integration, CDP forest
Involvement in a variety of international (industry) initiatives
Definition
确保安全，高品质的产品。
Selected goals
Maintaining a high level of productsafety management。
Goal attainment
No significant product safety incidentsin 2019.
Management methods
Internal and external audits; safety certifications
Definition
Obligation to comply with social standards at the company and throughout the entire supply chain as well as measures for fulfilling these standards.
Selected goals
Increase the share of main suppliers rated according to sustainability criteria to100 %到2025年。
Goal attainment
All of the main suppliersof Symrise (in terms of procurement volume) rated according to sustainability criteria.
Management methods
Internal and external audits and certifications; supplier screening (Sedex)
Definition
Compliance with occupational safety provisions, measures to prevent work accidents and work-related ill health, promotion of employee health.
Selected goals
“Zero-accident culture” and reduction in frequency of accidents toMAQ < 1.5 by 2025。
Goal attainment
Routinemanagement safety visitsby global managers.
Management methods
管理安全访问，ISO 45001截至2020年，内部和外部审核，连续安全培训课程
Definition
Compliance with safety regulations to avoid and minimize harmful impacts on people, the environment and assets at company sites.
Selected goals
Maintain a high level ofsafety managementat the facilities.
Goal attainment
没有重大的设施安全事件in 2019.
Management methods
Internal and external audits, certifications and inspections
Definition
个人和专业员工通过积极的人才管理，培训课程，长期规划进行培训，教育和人才发展。
Selected goals
维护和扩展training courses and employee supportat all sites.
Goal attainment
2019: Symrise作为培训公司承认that systematically promotes cross-border mobility in vocational training and instruction in Europe.
Management methods
人才管理，人事发展和雇员招聘
Definition
Management diversity, the promotion of equal opportunity for all employees, fair remuneration, inclusion, measures to help balance work and family life.
Selected goals
At least25 %在执行局下方的第一个全球管理水平的妇女，至少40 %at the second global management level by 2025.
Goal attainment
2019年全球10,340名员工在全球范围内，4,059 were women, which corresponds to a proportion of38.5 %。
The share of women at the first level of management beneath the Executive Board amounted to24 %in 2019; at the second level of management it amounted to41 %。
Management methods
Integrated Management System, talent management, employee recruitment
Definition
Internal and external perception as an attractive employer, measures to promote site attractiveness.
Selected goals
Maintain and increase网站吸引力, establish Symrise as an“选择的雇主”。
Goal attainment
2019年再次认可为one of the best training companiesin northern Germany by two respected German business newspapers.
Management methods
Site activities, employee recruitment
Definition
Measures to protect the health and well-being of animals, proper care, compliance with regulations, and voluntary commitments.
Selected goals
Fulfillanimal welfare standardsin our supply chain.
100 %of our chicken-based raw materials procured from sustainable sources in the US by 2023 and in Europe by 2026.
Goal attainment
The introduction of ourHigher Animal Welfare (HAW) policyin the US had to be shelved due to the sale of a business unit; the impact of the new acquisition of ADF/IDF on the HAW policy can only be assessed in 2020.
Management methods
Animal welfare policy, commitment to international animal welfare standards with partners, supplier qualification, supplier assessments and audits, traceability
Definition
Active discussion, investment in and support for local communities and stakeholders.
Selected goals
Maintain and expandcollaborationwith local partners and communities.
Goal attainment
Tailoredsupport for local communities(charitable, social) in areas where Symrise sources its strategic raw materials.
Management methods
Needs assessments according to site
Sustainability along the value chain
乐动体育下载可持续发展植根于我们的公司战略and reflected throughout our entire value chain, including the cultivation and decomposition of our key raw materials, our local partners and suppliers around the world, product development and optimization of our manufacturing processes at the Symrise sites, and sale of our products to our customers and consumers worldwide. We keep an eye on each and every stage of this value chain to ensure a transparent, traceable and sustainable supply chain.
The 17 global sustainability objectives pave the way for sustainable development and provide the framework for what we as a company can and must achieve to guarantee successful operations in the future as well. Due to our broad positioning and our multilayered business model, we ultimately have to keep an eye on all of the goals. However, we are aware that we cannot tackle every goal equally but must focus on those where we can make the most effective contribution. On the basis of the SDG subgoals, we identified six SDGs (8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17) in 2018, with which we at Symrise, in collaboration with our partners, can achieve a particularly high impact with regard to our business activities and the effects of our actions on the environment and society – throughout our entire value chain.
Knowledge transfer and synergies between the company, suppliers, political institutions, actors from civil society and local partners form the basis of the business activities of Symrise and thus all of our operations.
Knowledge transfer and synergies between the company, suppliers, political institutions, actors from civil society and local partners form the basis of the business activities of Symrise and thus all of our operations.
Raw materials
Global biodiversity is an indispensable source of inspiration and natural raw materials for Symrise when it comes to creating new flavors, fragrances and other products in customer industries. Protecting biodiversity and thus natural habitats on land and underwater is therefore an essential concern for Symrise. With the sustainable sourcing of our raw materials, the assessment of our main suppliers in accordance with sustainability criteria and our involvement in international initiatives and partnerships for biodiversity and supply chain transparency, we as a global company have an effective lever for helping to achieve SDGs 14 and 15. Throughout the process, we also take into account the working conditions of our employees, partners and suppliers in order to make a direct contribution to humane economic growth in accordance with SDG 8.
Global biodiversity is an indispensable source of inspiration and natural raw materials for Symrise when it comes to creating new flavors, fragrances and other products in customer industries. Protecting biodiversity and thus natural habitats on land and underwater is therefore an essential concern for Symrise. With the sustainable sourcing of our raw materials, the assessment of our main suppliers in accordance with sustainability criteria and our involvement in international initiatives and partnerships for biodiversity and supply chain transparency, we as a global company have an effective lever for helping to achieve SDGs 14 and 15. Throughout the process, we also take into account the working conditions of our employees, partners and suppliers in order to make a direct contribution to humane economic growth in accordance with SDG 8.
Product development & manufacturing processes
The core business of Symrise and its products are closely linked with sustainable production cycles, the efficient use of natural resources, environmentally compatible use of chemicals and waste minimization, thanks to avoidance, reduction, recycling and reuse. We and our partners have a direct impact on SDG 12 particularly in the product development phase. As a production company in a high-energy industry, we also have considerable responsibility and leverage when it comes to SDGs 8 and 13 and implementing humane working conditions, comprehensive climate protection measures and concrete reductions in CO2at our production facilities and sites around the world.
Product development & manufacturing processes
The core business of Symrise and its products are closely linked with sustainable production cycles, the efficient use of natural resources, environmentally compatible use of chemicals and waste minimization, thanks to avoidance, reduction, recycling and reuse. We and our partners have a direct impact on SDG 12 particularly in the product development phase. As a production company in a high-energy industry, we also have considerable responsibility and leverage when it comes to SDGs 8 and 13 and implementing humane working conditions, comprehensive climate protection measures and concrete reductions in CO2at our production facilities and sites around the world.
Customers and consumers
The central concern of Symrise is to meet basic human needs for health, nutrition and well-being. Due to our sustainable product solutions in line with SDGs 12 and 13 (see previous stage of the value chain), we thus have the responsibility and leverage – at our own sites and beyond – to both satisfy and initiate/re-initiate the future consumption patterns and behaviors of our customers and consumers.
Customers and consumers
The central concern of Symrise is to meet basic human needs for health, nutrition and well-being. Due to our sustainable product solutions in line with SDGs 12 and 13 (see previous stage of the value chain), we thus have the responsibility and leverage – at our own sites and beyond – to both satisfy and initiate/re-initiate the future consumption patterns and behaviors of our customers and consumers.
Sustainability along the value chain – using vanilla as an example
Sweet, smoky, nutty – natural vanilla is one of the most complex spices in the world, consisting of 400 to 500 individual flavor components that influence the taste and scent of the beans. The global demand for vanilla is increasing every year, with demand for natural vanilla exceeding the supply – both an opportunity and challenge for creating value at Symrise.
在马达加斯加在马达加斯加产生了大约80％的香草豆年度需求，小型农民每年收获大约2000吨香草豆类。香草兰花仍然需要用手授粉，这是一个艰苦的过程。Vanilla通常通过宽敞的中间供应商网络来源，这使得追踪豆类的起源是不可能的。Symrise has been doing things differently since 2006: We’re the only company in the industry to maintain a local presence in the heart of global vanilla production, the northeastern SAVA region, where we work locally and directly with over 7,000 small-scale farmers in 74 villages. In collaboration with the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), Symrise supports the local farmers with training courses in culture diversification and soil management, health services and the development of local co-ops of small-scale farmers. Our work in the region benefits nearly 50,000 people in over 70 villages. This form of direct sourcing creates trust and enables product traceability for a sustainably integrated supply chain.
在马达加斯加在马达加斯加产生了大约80％的香草豆年度需求，小型农民每年收获大约2000吨香草豆类。香草兰花仍然需要用手授粉，这是一个艰苦的过程。Vanilla通常通过宽敞的中间供应商网络来源，这使得追踪豆类的起源是不可能的。Symrise has been doing things differently since 2006: We’re the only company in the industry to maintain a local presence in the heart of global vanilla production, the northeastern SAVA region, where we work locally and directly with over 7,000 small-scale farmers in 74 villages. In collaboration with the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), Symrise supports the local farmers with training courses in culture diversification and soil management, health services and the development of local co-ops of small-scale farmers. Our work in the region benefits nearly 50,000 people in over 70 villages. This form of direct sourcing creates trust and enables product traceability for a sustainably integrated supply chain.
全球对香草的需求远远超过自然供应，这就是为什么合成香草林如此重要。通过将两个或更多个提取物或混合提取物与其他原料（例如柠檬油）组合来制造香草味。Symrise每年生产超过4,400吨的香草味。我们的专业知识从自然香草的提取到合成和自然相同的香草蛋白的生产。
在创造最好的香味型材时，香草也是一个关键的组件。这些日子，每年可以推出高达500的香水，而1乐动安卓974年相比只有大约20个新香水。我们的香水，估值师和营销员工团队每年更新这一全面的Symrise系列香水。这些香水通过乐动安卓对洗涤剂和除臭剂的香水和功能性香味创作来达到客户和消费者。
在创造最好的香味型材时，香草也是一个关键的组件。这些日子，每年可以推出高达500的香水，而1乐动安卓974年相比只有大约20个新香水。我们的香水，估值师和营销员工团队每年更新这一全面的Symrise系列香水。这些香水通过乐动安卓对洗涤剂和除臭剂的香水和功能性香味创作来达到客户和消费者。
Symrise conducts regional insight and trend studies in order to fulfill widely varying consumer desires all over the world. With sales growth of nearly 70 % within the past five years, Brazil is the largest perfume market in the world. At a combined 80 %, the world’s largest markets for vanilla are the US, Germany and France, where the vanilla flavors of Symrise enhance a whole host of beverages and foods, including Wall’s ice cream brands Cornetto, Calippo and Solero. Since spring 2019, consumers in the UK have been able to view information about the origin of vanilla via a QR code on these products and support a nonprofit project with their purchase(Read more)。
Recent years have seen a sharp rise in global demand for green and healthy products such as Rainforest Alliance, Fairtrade and organic products for use in fragrances and flavorings and thus an increase in demand for health, well-being, naturalness and sustainability.
Raw materials
Natural raw materials form the basis of our products and thus represent a key starting point for our business. When it comes to sourcing our raw materials, we rely on an environment rich in biodiversity as well as the collaboration and trust of local communities and small-scale farmers. We actively promote discussion and dialogue and thus nurture sustainable partnerships.
Knowledge
exchange in the
onion ring
As a flavor carrier, base material and spice, onions are used in 95 % of all sauces, ready meals, frozen foods, fish and meat preparations. Symrise has been processing them for nearly 70 years and puts its array of flavors to use in onion juice concentrates, essential onion oils and other flavors in around 8 % of all products. Symrise obtains the majority of its onions from farmers within 50 kilometers of the plants where the vegetables are processed – in Germany, around the company’s headquarters in Holzminden in the Weser Uplands of Lower Saxony. Working with the farmers, Symrise has established the so-called onion ring, where pest control, fertilizers and cultivation of various onion varieties are tested in close collaboration with universities, institutes and chambers of agriculture, with the aim of reducing and optimizing their use over the long term. Symrise also helps the farmers with the technological infrastructure, which includes an extensive network of weather stations on the fields that prepare scientific climate data in real time, supply information about the right time to implement fertilizer and pest control measures, and develop a system for a robust yield forecast model. Optimized methods for processing the onions also make it possible to reduce food waste by using plant byproducts. This close collaboration also offers options for implementing new projects and income opportunities for farmers. One such example is the recent cultivation of the hemp plant, which is increasingly in demand in the cosmetics and food industries.(Read more)
A dialogue between
佛手柑和薄荷
Symrise actively encourages farmers to share their proven working methods and experience with each other, even if they cultivate different crops in different regions. For instance, we’ve connected the family-run company Capua, based in Calabria, which is our partner for sourcing the citrus fruit bergamot, with our partner for mint oils in North America, Norwest Ingredients, which is also a family-run company. The Italian partners provided the Americans with unique insights into their activities associated with the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) and their commitment to biodiversity. With this type of mutual knowledge exchange, Symrise makes an active contribution to the sustainable success of the next generation of farmers and thus ensures access to high-quality natural raw materials.
Learning partner-
ships in the Sustain-
able Alliance network
Learning partner-
ships in the Sustain-
able Alliance network
与联合国全球契约的“缩小差距”的公关ogram in collaboration with GIZ, Unilever, Save the Children and Kellogg’s, Symrise enables learning partnerships between suppliers and customers – and thus a unique, direct connection throughout the entire value network. These transparent networks allow Symrise to help design effective intervention programs that improve local conditions for the farmers and offer our customers an uninterrupted overview of their extended supply chain. For example, steps will be taken to ensure that, by 2023, more than 70 % of our farmers will be using climate-intelligent farming practices, financial resources will be more accessible, and tailored support will be available locally for young entrepreneurs. Symrise and its project partners will thus be investing € 10 million in the coming four years as well as another € 15,000 through our employees to support Save the Children in Madagascar’s SAVA region. This quality-assured chain of custody provides customers with a transparent certificate of origin, which minimizes supply chain risks such as human rights violations and negative environmental impacts locally.
Biodiversity coali-
tion across multiple
sectors
In collaboration with 17 other international companies, Symrise has founded the coalition One Planet Business for Biodiversity (OP2B). The partners are committed to working together to develop environmentally friendly agricultural methods and to change how they create value. The aim is to preserve biodiversity as the basis for a stable agricultural system in times of global change. The initiative focuses on developing sustainable farming methods to protect the soil, increasing product range diversity for food manufacturers to protect endangered crop varieties and developing strategies to maintain and restore threatened ecosystems. The coalition aims to achieve these three goals by 2030.
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