Clariant is procuring products and services from around 25 000 suppliers worldwide every year. This requires significant strategic and administrative efforts, not only in a purely economic and management sense, but also to reach and maintain an optimal degree of sustainability for the products and services procured every year. To this end, Clariant has also set strict standards for sustainability in procurement.

The corresponding standards are established in the procurement strategies, procurement policies and in Clariant’s general framework directives. These regulations include sustainable minimum standards expected by suppliers that need to also commit to a continuous improvement process, a steady increase in the proportion of renewable raw materials, a strict energy management with continuous optimization and active waste management at all Clariant production sites including the selection of a suitable disposal company.

Clariant’s suppliers are an important part of the worldwide Clariant network. For this reason, Clariant expects a noticeable commitment to sustainability from suppliers. Suppliers and partners are expected to apply the same standards in the areas of human rights, employment conditions, environmental protection and corruption prevention as Clariant applies itself. This is achieved by an increasingly closer collaboration across the value chain.