A substance added to products in small quantities to achieve certain properties or to improve a product (Clariant Business Unit Additives).

Usually solid substances which are able to selectively accumulate certain substances from adjacent gaseous or liquid phases (Clariant Business Unit Functional Minerals).

In 2013 Clariant adjusted its reporting segments and grouped its businesses with similar end-user markets and growth drivers. Today, the company reports in four distinct Business Areas: Care Chemicals, Catalysis, Natural Resources, and Plastics & Coatings.

Clariant’s seven Business Units include: Additives; Catalysts; Functional Minerals; Industrial & Consumer Specialties; Oil & Mining Services; Pigments.

Clariant Excellence is an initiative launched in March 2009 with the aim of establishing a culture of continuous improvement. The initiative is based on a change in mindset among all employees and at all levels of the company. It aims to improve competitiveness through gains in efficiency and to create added value. The four elements of Clariant Excellence are: Operational, Commercial, People, and Innovation Excellence.

Carbon Dioxide

CO₂ equivalent is a parameter describing the effect of greenhouse gas emissions. A factor known as the global warming potential (GWP) shows the effect of the individual gases compared with CO₂ as the reference value.

Compliance is a key element of Corporate Governance. It refers to compliance with the law and directives as well as with voluntary codes within the company.

In the context of the workforce, an (independent) contractor refers to a person not employed directly by Clariant who performs services under contract for Clariant in its premises. In this case Clariant takes responsibility for general safety of the working environment.

Environment, Safety & Health

Full time / Part time status has been derived from FTE per employee as follows: >/= 0.90 FTE has been defined as full time employment, < 0.90 FTE as part time

The Global Product Strategy aims to establish global product stewardship standards and practices for companies. The program, initiated by the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA), strives to ensure the safe handling of chemicals by reducing existing differences in risk assessment.

Global Reporting Initiative

International Organization for Standardization

Lost days in which an employee is absent from work due to a work-related injury or illness. They do not include: 1. the initial day of injury or illness, 2. any days on which the employee would not have worked even though able to work (i. e. holidays, weekends with no scheduled work, etc.).

Lost Time Accidents

Lost Time Accident Rate (the ratio of the number of occupational accidents where at least one day’s work was lost to every 200 000 hours of work)

LWDR = Lost Workday Rate (the ratio of the number of days lost due to accidents at work to every 200 000 hours of work)

These are plastic additives in the form of granules with dyestuffs or other additives used to dye or alter the properties of natural plastic.

Presentation of relevance of pertinent topics for Clariant’s stakeholders and the company itself.

Pigments are substances used for coloring; they are used in a technical manner, for example in the manufacture of dyes, varnishes, and plastics (Clariant Business Unit Pigments).

Research & Development

REACH is an E.U. regulatory framework for the registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals.

Responsible Care^® refers to a worldwide initiative by the chemical industry to continuously improve its performance in the fields of environmental protection, health and safety.

The SQAS safety and quality evaluation system is a norm of the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) to ensure safety and environmental compatibility of logistics providers.

Stakeholders are people or groups whose interests are linked in various ways with those of a company. They include shareholders, business partners, employees, neighbors, and the community.

UN Global Compact is a voluntary United Nations initiative, under which companies commit to ensuring that their business activities and strategies are in line with 10 principles relating to human rights, labor standards, environmental protection, and the fight against corruption.