Summary on Performance, People, Planet

Performance

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Financial Capital in CHF m

 

  

2018

  

2017

1

Contains the contribution to growth from both Top Line Innovation as well as Life Cycle Innovation. Potential cannibalization of existing sales caused by Life Cycle Innovation in certain cases has not been excluded from the calculation.

2

Including own employees and external staff

Sales

  

6 623

  

6 377

EBITDA before exceptional items

  

1 018

  

974

EBITDA margin before exceptional items (%)

  

15.4

  

15.3

EBIT before exceptional items

  

693

  

673

Net income

  

356

  

302

Basic earnings per share (in CHF)

  

1.02

  

0.84

Adjusted earnings per share (in CHF)

  

1.50

  

1.47

Operating cash flow

  

530

  

428

Investment in property, plant, and equipment

  

237

  

248

Research & Development expenditures

  

209

  

211

Growth through innovation (%)1

  

>3.0

  

2.5

Personnel expenditures2

  

1 518

  

1 516

Raw material procurement

  

2 948

  

2 674

Total assets

  

7 981

  

8 299

Equity

  

2 970

  

2 939

Equity ratio (%)

  

37.2

  

35.7

Net debt

  

1 374

  

1 539

Gearing ratio (%)

  

46

  

52

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Intellectual Capital

 

  

2018

  

2017

Patents (year end)

  

6 700

  

6 600

Active innovation projects

  

>375

  

>370

Of which Class 1 Projects with double-digit million sales potential or of strategic relevance

  

>70

  

>65

Scientific collaborations

  

>125

  

>125

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Manufactured Capital

 

  

2018

  

2017

1

For 2018, the production volume is based on a reduced reporting scope, which includes sites that are responsible for 95% of total production.

Research & Development Centers

  

8

  

8

Technical Centers

  

>50

  

>50

Production sites

  

125

  

125

Countries with production facilities

  

39

  

39

Raw materials procured (in m t)

  

3.57

  

3.14

Production (in m t)

  

4.341

  

4.60

People

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Human Capital in FTE (Full Time Equivalents)

 

  

2018

  

2017

Total staff

  

17 901

  

18 135

Employees

  

10 405

  

10 482

Of which male

  

7 115
(68%)

  

7 264
(69%)

Of which female

  

3 290
(32%)

  

3 218
(31%)

Workers

  

7 496

  

7 653

Of which male

  

6 890
(92%)

  

7 066
(92%)

Of which female

  

606
(8%)

  

587
(8%)

Total training hours

  

234 240

  

192 000

Training hours (Ø per participant)

  

15

  

20

Staff in Research & Development

  

>1 100

  

>1 100

Lost Time Accident Rate (LTAR: accidents with at least 1 day lost/200 000 work hours)

  

0.15

  

0.20

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Relationship Capital

 

  

2018

  

2017

1

Surveys are conducted every two years.

Employee participation in engagement survey

  

2 466

  

n.a.1

Raw material suppliers

  

7 000

  

7 000

Raw material supply base by spend covered by sustainability evaluations (%)

  

74

  

65

Survey responses obtained from customer contacts

  

2 791

  

n.a.1

Customers who want to continue doing business with Clariant (%)

  

90

  

n.a.1

Planet

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Natural Capital

 

  

20181

  

2017

1

Every three years, Clariant validates environmental data from all production sites. The last full reporting campaign was in 2017. In interim years, including 2018, the reduced reporting scope comprises the larger sites responsible for 95% of production.

Total energy consumption (in m kWh)

  

3 209

  

3 245

Energy consumption (in kWh/t production)

  

739

  

706

Total water consumption (in m m3)

  

49

  

49

Total wastewater generation (in m m3)

  

13

  

13

Total greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 & 2 CO2 equivalents) (in m t)

  

0.93

  

0.97

Total indirect greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 3 CO2 equivalents) (in m t)

  

5.69

  

5.21

Greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 & 2 CO2 equivalents) (in kg/t production)

  

215

  

211

Total quantity of waste (in thousand t)

  

232

  

198

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