Sustainability News Archive 2022

Gang crime is on the rise in Haiti. This makes life even tougher for the population, 80 percent of whom have to make ends meet on less than US$2 a day.

A decade ago a small group of dedicated employees founded the WACKER Women’s Circle. Now more than 160 women groupwide belong to the network, which stands for self-initiative and diversity in the company. They are taking the motto #Mutzugestalten (courage to create) literally and are collaborating on the creation of a large painting at their virtual anniversary celebration.

Together for Sustainability (TfS), a global alliance of some 40 chemical companies, has developed a guideline for calculating upstream Scope 3 emissions on product level with Product Carbon Footprints (PCF). WACKER was involved in drafting the joint standard, having previously set ambitious goals for reducing absolute greenhouse gas emissions on various levels by 2030.

Following tough lockdowns during the pandemic, many projects are now blossoming in the region around Gati, a village in the mountains of Nepal.

Sri Lanka is still reeling in the wake of the economic repercussions of the pandemic. In addition, following political unrest in the country, the security situation is tense. The school in Kosgoda supported by the WACKER Relief Fund is an anchor for children, young people and their families and gives them orientation in these hard times.

A splash of color in the cafeteria, created by trainees as a “Spring Surprise” for the children’s and youth charity, The Ark.

“Thriving spaces for insects” is the rough translation of Blühende Bänder – Insektenländer, an innovative conservation project in Bavaria’s Altötting district, in which Wacker Chemie AG is participating in partnership with the local Altötting Landscape Conservation Association (Landschaftspflegeverband LPV Altötting e.V.). The project got the go-ahead in early 2021 and after a year is making good progress, as the partners reported at an on-site event.

Since its founding in 2006, WACKER has been a partner the Munich Ark can rely on.

Active and former employees collected €279,050 for the Ukraine aid project run by the German Red Cross – the company has doubled the amount and rounded it off.

Eighty percent of the population in Haiti lives on less than US$2 a day. Children are hardest hit by poverty. The school in Gressier supported by the WACKER Relief Fund gives these children access to education: a gateway to a better future.

Norwegian power producer Statkraft and chemical company WACKER have signed agreements to secure that around 40 percent of the electricity needs at the silicon metal production site at Holla in Norway will be met by green electricity from hydropower in the future.

One of WACKER’s sustainable development goals is water stewardship.

Wacker Chemie AG and fuel-cell specialists SFC Energy AG have signed a letter of intent on the distribution of renewable methanol.

Wacker Chemie AG has re-applied for European Union funding for its project for producing green hydrogen and renewable methanol at its Burghausen site.

WACKER is making an immediate donation of €100,000 to help the people suffering in Ukraine.

After nine months in operation, WACKER’s vaccination center at its Burghausen site reports giving over 10,000 inoculations to protect against the coronavirus.

In February, WACKER POLYMERS will fill its dispersions into 1000-liter IBC storage tanks made of recycled plastic for the first time at its European production sites in Burghausen and Cologne.

WACKER has received the platinum recognition level from EcoVadis for 2022.