Our committment to sustainability
For us at Röhm, leading a strong and future-oriented business means to act economically and ecologically sustainable, every step of the way. This includes ensuring safety for all who work with us, preserving precious resources, and striving for continuous improvement of our solutions to protect our planet.
We strive for sound corporate governance, complying with all legal requirements and maintaining a balanced control system, and economic sustainability by introducing sustainable market solutions that are viable for the future, for us and our customers.
“At Röhm, we see environmental protection, social responsibility and good corporate governance - in short, sustainable management - as the basis for profitable growth and as an opportunity to offer innovative solutions that set us apart from the competition.”
Hans-Peter Hauck
Chief Operating Officer
ESG report
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Overarching ESG context
Our understanding of sustainable growth: As a specialized chemical company with a global footprint we build our business on safety, compliance and sustainable innovation.
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Customers have the choice
Röhm offers a wide range of sustainable and certified raw materials and products.
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Our goal: zero pellet loss
As a member of Operation Clean Sweep® (OCS), Röhm is committed to a sustainable approach to plastic granulate.
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Top ranked in EcoVadis 2023
Röhm achieved Gold-certification in the EcoVadis Rating 2023 and, for the first time ever, made it into the top five percent of a total of more than 100,000 participating companies.
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Guidelines for our ESG activities
The ten principles of the UN Global Compact are binding and essential in the development of Röhm.
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Nothing works without water
We adopt a responsible approach to water as a resource in all of our locations.
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Good CDP results
Röhm has made a significant contribution to the disclosure of environmentally relevant figures, strategies, targets and measures within the (CDP) achieved good results.
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Where we stand in 2023
Röhm was able to confirm the Ecovadis Gold rating with an improved result.
We offer our customers seven proTerra products with reduced carbon footprint.
We developed a time bound climate action plan to reduce our Corporate Carbon Footprint by 30% until 2030.
302 new suppliers underwent a dedicated prequalification process.
Our water stress analysis is complete and covers all 13 manufacturing sites globally in all regions.
No incidents of corruptive or anti-competitive behavior.
The share of women among new hires rose from 21% to 25% in Germany.
Röhm has introduced a globally valid Diversity & Inclusion Policy.
Röhm is currently training 185 young people in Germany in twelve professions. This corresponds to a training rate of 7%.
Total Recordable Incident Rate according to OSHA 0.72.