Strategy

Our sustainability strategy is a direct reflection of our Company’s commitment to “Purposeful Growth.” We are committed to driving transformational change by creating more value for our stakeholders, developing our business successfully, and acting sustainably for the benefit of current and future generations to keep us future-ready.

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Targets & Achievements

Our sustainability strategy revolves around implementing our targets through concrete measures to achieve measurable progress.

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Levers to Drive Change

In our strategy, we have defined how we aim to make progress across our value chain by defining three central levers that will help us achieve and scale up the progress we need.

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Sustainability Management

The implementation of our sustainability strategy is based on globally uniform codes, policies and standards, as well as integrated management systems with clearly defined responsibilities.

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Our 2030+
Sustainability Ambition Framework

In our 2030+ Sustainability Ambition Framework we connect our efforts to the aspiration of achieving a “Transformational impact for the good of generations.”

When we developed our framework and the related actions, we built on our longstanding intensive work on a wide range of sustainability topics, as well as our broad product portfolio and our presence in a large number of markets.

In addition, dialog with our stakeholders continously helps us to obtain insights and perspectives from inside and outside our Company. Our framework includes the three dimensions of ESG in our vision for sustainability, and we have defined key areas of focus to guide our actions:

OUR PURPOSE
Pioneers at heart for the good of generations.
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TRANSFORMATIONAL IMPACT FOR THE GOOD OF GENERATIONS

ENVIRONMENT

REGENERATIVE PLANET
We strive to achieve a circular economy, a net-zero future, and the regeneration of nature.

CLIMATE
Become a net-zero business by decarbonizing our operations, and raw materials.

CIRCULARITY
Advance circularity through our products, packaging, and technologies.

NATURE
Protect and restore biodiversity with a focus on forests, land, and water, and ensure responsible resource stewardship.

SOCIAL

THRIVING COMMUNITIES
We actively contribute to people being able to lead a better life through our business and brands.

EQUITY
Strengthen diversity, equity, and inclusion, respect human rights and enhance the livelihoods of people.

EDUCATION
Support lifelong learning and education, and motivate people to take action for sustainability.

WELLBEING
Foster health and wellbeing, and help drive social progress.

GOVERNANCE

TRUSTED
PARTNER
We adhere to high product quality and safety standards while ensuring business success with integrity.

COLLABORATION
Scale sustainability impact with our partners, leading to responsible business practices in our supply chains.

PERFORMANCE
Reliably deliver best-in-class product performance and safety as the foundation of our business success.

TRANSPARENCY
Integrate sustainability into our business governance with transparent reporting, disclosure, and engagement.

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Our Levers to drive Change

Products

People

Partnerships

Three priority areas
where we want to lead

Climate

Net-zero emissions
by 2045

Transition to a net-zero future

We will cut emissions in our direct operations and work with partners along our value chain to achieve our net-zero target by 2045.

Employees

Advanced employee equity
globally *

Equal opportunity and fair pay for all

We are committed to creating equal opportunities and ensuring fair pay so that everyone can fully develop their potential – regardless of origin, gender, or individual circumstances.

* In compliance with local laws and regionally tailored approaches.

Suppliers

≥ 85 % of spend covered by responsible sourcing standards

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Getting partners on board

We systematically evaluate our business partners’ performance in safety, health, environmental protection, social and fair business practices.

OUR ESG COMMITMENT

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Environment

We are on a journey toward an environmental transformation of our business model. To achieve this ambition, we intend to transform our processes, products, and use of raw materials in the direction of a resource-efficient, net-zero future. We are focusing on climate change mitigation measures, a functional circular economy, and the protection of nature and biodiversity.

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Social

We do everything we can to help people live better lives. Our social responsibility is to promote equity, strengthen diversity, and respect human rights. We offer our employees lifelong learning opportunities, and an attractive and healthy working environment. We advocate for social progress and access to education worldwide, and we provide assistance in emergency situations.

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Governance

We draw on our value-oriented corporate culture and our scientific and technological expertise to strengthen our performance while maintaining our integrity. We deliver safe and best-in-class product and technology solutions to our customers and consumers. We integrate sustainability into our portfolio and our business processes, and we provide transparent reporting about this to our stakeholders.

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