Disclosure 403-1 Workers representation in formal joint management–worker health and safety committees

The management at the Clariant locations conducts regular safety and health trainings within the scope of AvoidingAccidents@Clariant and other local initiatives. Clariant operated about 125 production facilities worldwide in 2017, of which 90 had a committee dealing with safety issues. The remaining facilities either did not establish such a committee because of their small number of employees, or they deal with safety issues in other appropriate panels. This means that 84% of staff employed per capita in production are represented by a safety committee. Taking the workforce as a whole (production, procurement, sales, and management), 79% of staff per capita are also represented. At Clariant, safety issues are also addressed in committees that do not primarily deal with this topic.

Disclosure 403-2 Types of injury and rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of work-related fatalities

Avoiding occupational accidents is an essential component of Clariant’s production activities. The program »AvoidingAccidents@Clariant« helps to systematically reduce the accident rates and consequences. Significantly decreasing accident rates are the results of this program. In 2017, Clariant saw a total of 38 work accidents with more than one workday lost (up from 37 a year before), involving 34 men and four women. However, every single accident could be avoided – therefore the target remains: zero accidents. Thanks to AvoidingAccidents@Clariant the accidental downtime could be maintained at a very low level in 2017. The so-called Lost Time Accident Rate (LTAR) of the group was at 0.20 after 0.19 in 2016 and 0.17 in 2015. LTAR refers to the number of accidents with lost work time of at least one working day per 200,000 operational working hours. Before AvoidingAccidents@Clariant was introduced, this rate was above one.

The lost workdays (LWDs) caused by occupational accidents decreased compared to the preceding year. In 2017, the lost workdays added up to 1,135 (including 221 LWDs carried over from 2016), compared to 1,955 and 1,161 respectively in the two previous years. The »Lost Workday Rate« (LWDR, loss of workdays caused by occupational accidents in relation to 200,000 hours of work) decreased to 5.95 after 9.8 in the period before.

Disclosure 403-3 Workers with high incidence or high risk of diseases related to their occupation, 403-4 Health and safety topics covered in formal agreements with trade unions

The health of employees is regularly examined by Clariant. Depending on the workplace, sometimes extensive health checks are carried out in order to detect signs of illness as early as possible. For some activities, special health certificates and vaccinations are required, and special attention is paid to ensure that these are obtained and given. Clariant exceeds the legal provisions by far with these programs, and therefore, Clariant does not consider itself to have a formal obligation towards third parties, namely the representatives of the employees’ interests. However, in some regions, such as countries in North and South America, these programs are explicitly regulated with the corresponding unions.

The Clariant guideline »Prevention from Hazards to Health« serves to avoid work-related diseases. This directive covers all potential risks at Clariant, both in its chemicals business as well as in other areas. At workplaces with high noise emissions of more than 85 dB (A), as well as with the handling of carcinogens, mutagens, or reprotoxic substances (CMR substances) and dust, there are strict rules and minimum requirements.