About this Report
The Clariant Integrated Report 2018 provides an in-depth overview of the company’s holistic approach to multidimensional value creation, covering both tangible and intangible, and financial and non-financial aspects of the business.
Comprehensive information on financial results can be found in the Financial Report. Details on governance and compensation are available in the Corporate Governance Report and the Compensation Report. Additional information on the company’s engagement regarding sustainable value creation can be found in the GRI Report.
The core ideas of Clariant’s integrated reporting are based on the framework developed by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), which fosters sustainable change by promoting a holistic approach to corporate reporting that focuses on financial and non-financial value creation.
Integrated Reporting extends traditional formats of corporate disclosure in order to communicate the full range of factors that significantly affect a company’s ability to create value through its business model. In this third annual report published in the form of an Integrated Report, Clariant provides a comprehensive overview of its value creation process. The resources Clariant uses and affects are categorized into the following six »capitals«: financial, intellectual, manufactured, human, relationship, and natural.