At a Glance
All in one. With this report, Clariant wants to take you on a journey of numbers. Behind each number there are successes and failures, lessons learned and experiences, accomplishments and impacts. Clariant wants to tell these stories: where the numbers come from, how they connect, and what impact they have.
In this second annual report published in the form of an Integrated Report, Clariant provides an in-depth view of its holistic approach to creating added value for customers, employees, shareholders, and the environment. According to its three brand values – Performance, People, Planet – Clariant takes financial and non-financial aspects of value creation into account. This is why Clariant shares not just financial figures, but also the numbers that represent the various capitals used and affected: financial, intellectual, manufactured, human, relational, and natural. These numbers highlight Clariant’s most precious values, and the stories behind them – all in one.
Performance
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2017 |
2016 |
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Sales |
6 377 |
5 847 |
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EBITDA before exceptionals |
974 |
887 |
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EBITDA margin before exceptional items (%) |
15.3 |
15.2 |
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EBIT before exceptional items |
673 |
622 |
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Net income |
302 |
263 |
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Basic earnings per share (in CHF) |
0.84 |
0.78 |
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Adjusted earnings per share (in CHF) |
1.47 |
1.12 |
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Operating cash flow |
428 |
646 |
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Investment in property, plant and equipment |
248 |
297 |
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Research & Development expenditures |
211 |
206 |
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Growth through innovation (%)1 |
2.5 |
1.5 |
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Personnel expenditures2 |
1 516 |
1 435 |
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Raw material procurement |
2 674 |
2 221 |
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Total assets |
8 229 |
8 365 |
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Equity |
2 939 |
2 546 |
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Equity ratio (%) |
35.7 |
30.4 |
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Net debt |
1 539 |
1 540 |
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Gearing ratio (%) |
52 |
60 |
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2017 |
2016 |
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Patents (year end) |
6 600 |
6 500 |
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Active innovation projects |
>370 |
320 |
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Of which Class 1 Projects with double-digit million sales potential or of strategic relevance |
>65 |
60 |
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Scientific collaborations |
>125 |
125 |
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2017 |
2016 |
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Research & Development Centers |
8 |
8 |
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Technical Centers |
>50 |
>50 |
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Production sites |
125 |
1201 |
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Countries with production facilities |
39 |
40 |
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Raw materials procured (in m t) |
3.14 |
2.82 |
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Production (in m t) |
4.60 |
4.09 |
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People
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2017 |
2016 |
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Total staff |
18 135 |
17 442 |
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Employees |
10 482 |
9 881 |
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Of which male |
7 264 |
6 734 |
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Of which female |
3 218 |
3 147 |
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Workers |
7 653 |
7 560 |
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Of which male |
7 066 |
6 995 |
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Of which female |
587 |
565 |
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Total training hours |
192 000 |
201 884 |
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Training hours (Ø per participant) |
20 |
19 |
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Staff in Research & Development |
~1 100 |
~1 100 |
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Lost Time Accident Rate (LTAR: accidents with at least 1 day lost/200 000 work hours) |
0.20 |
0.19 |
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2017 |
2016 |
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Employee participation in engagement survey |
n.a.1 |
11 000 |
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Raw material suppliers |
7 000 |
5 250 |
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Raw material supply base by spend covered by sustainability evaluations (%) |
65 |
63 |
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Survey responses from customer contacts obtained |
n.a.1 |
2 693 |
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Customers who want to continue doing business with Clariant (%) |
n.a.1 |
91 |
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Planet
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2017 |
2016 |
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Total energy consumption (in m kWh) |
3 245 |
2 950 |
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Energy consumption (in kWh/t production) |
706 |
719 |
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Total water consumption (in m m3) |
49 |
48 |
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Total waste water generation (in m m3) |
13 |
13 |
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Total greenhouse gas emissions (scope 1 & 2 CO2 equivalents) (in m t) |
0.97 |
0.89 |
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Greenhouse gas emissions (scope 1 & 2 CO2 equivalents) (in kg/t production) |
211 |
218 |
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Total quantity of waste (in thousand t) |
198 |
147 |
Clariant’s three brand values, under which the different capitals considered in integrated reporting have been categorized in this report: Performance (financial and intellectual capital), People (human and relationship capital), and Planet (manufactured and natural capital). VIEW ENTIRE GLOSSARY