Summary on Performance, People, Planet

In 2019, Clariant decided to dispose the Business Units and Pigments. The two Business Units concerned have been reclassified to discontinued operations in the financial reporting. Clariant’s Integrated Report 2019 follows this structure for selected figures and separately reports on continuing and discontinued operations.

Performance

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Financial Capital in CHF m

 

  

Continuing
operations

  

Discontinued
operations

  

Total 2019

  

2018

1

Contains the contribution to growth of the innovation portfolio from both Top Line Innovation and Life Cycle Innovation. Potential cannibalization of existing sales by Life Cycle Innovation has not been excluded.

2

Including own employees and external staff

Sales

  

4 399

  

2 127

  

6 526

  

6 623

EBITDA before exceptional items

  

740

  

203

  

943

  

1 018

EBITDA after exceptional items

  

461

  

158

  

619

  

871

EBITDA margin before exceptional items (%)

  

16.8

  

9.5

  

14.4

  

15.4

EBITDA margin after exceptional items (%)

  

10.5

  

7.4

  

9.5

  

13.2

EBIT before exceptional items

  

444

  

168

  

612

  

693

EBIT after exceptional items

  

165

  

124

  

289

  

546

Net income

  

–34

  

72

  

38

  

356

Basic earnings per share (in CHF)

  

–0.17

  

0.20

  

0.03

  

1.02

Adjusted earnings per share (in CHF)

  

0.87

  

 

  

 

  

1.50

Operating cash flow

  

 

  

 

  

509

  

530

Investment in property, plant, and equipment

  

 

  

 

  

273

  

237

Research & Development expenditures

  

 

  

 

  

207

  

209

Growth through innovation (%)1

  

>3.5

  

<0.5

  

<3.0

  

>3.0

Personnel expenditures2

  

1 068

  

410

  

1 478

  

1 518

Raw material procurement

  

1 758

  

884

  

2 642

  

2 948

Total assets

  

6 681

  

1 298

  

7 979

  

7 981

Equity

  

 

  

 

  

2 677

  

2 970

Equity ratio (%)

  

 

  

 

  

33.6

  

37.2

Net debt

  

 

  

 

  

1 372

  

1 374

Gearing ratio (%)

  

 

  

 

  

51

  

46

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Intellectual Capital

 

  

Continuing
operations

  

Discontinued
operations

  

Total 2019

  

2018

Patents (year-end)

  

>5 400

  

>1 100

  

>6 500

  

6 700

Active innovation projects

  

>315

  

>60

  

>375

  

>375

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

  

>60

  

>5

  

>65

  

>70

Scientific collaborations

  

 

  

 

  

>125

  

>125

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Manufactured Capital

 

  

Continuing
operations

  

Discontinued
operations

  

Total 2019

  

2018

1

For 2018 and 2019, 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

  

66

  

52

  

118

  

125

Countries with production facilities

  

 

  

 

  

38

  

39

Raw materials procured (in m t)

  

2.79

  

0.34

  

3.13

  

3.57

Production (in m t)1

  

3.99

  

0.26

  

4.25

  

4.34

People

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Human Capital in FTE (Full-time Equivalents)

 

  

Continuing
operations

  

Discontinued
operations

  

Total 2019

  

2018

1

Restated due to one reclassified injury, which was not considered by the statutory insurer as an incident but determined to be a personal health issue.

Total staff

  

11 941

  

5 282

  

17 223

  

17 901

Employees

  

7 510

  

2 649

  

10 159

  

10 405

Of which male

  

4 939

  

1 955

  

6 894 (68%)

  

7 115 (68%)

Of which female

  

2 571

  

694

  

3 265 (32%)

  

3 290 (32%)

Workers

  

4 431

  

2 633

  

7 064

  

7 496

Of which male

  

4 065

  

2 538

  

6 603 (93%)

  

6 890 (92%)

Of which female

  

366

  

95

  

461 ( 7%)

  

606 ( 8%)

Total training hours

  

167 150

  

38 711

  

205 861

  

234 240

Training hours (Ø per participant)

  

16.7

  

10.0

  

14.8

  

15

Staff in Research & Development

  

>960

  

>90

  

>1 050

  

>1 100

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

  

0.15

  

0.13

  

0.15

  

0.141

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Relationship Capital

 

  

Continuing
operations

  

Discontinued
operations

  

Total 2019

  

2018

1

Survey is conducted every two years.

2

Duplicate counts possible. One supplier may supply to continuing and discontinued operations.

Employee participation in engagement survey

  

 

  

 

  

n.a.1

  

2 466

Raw material suppliers2

  

3 503

  

3 896

  

6 805

  

7 000

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

  

80

  

74

  

78

  

74

Survey responses obtained from customer contacts

  

 

  

 

  

n.a.1

  

2 791

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

  

 

  

 

  

n.a.1

  

90

Planet

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Natural Capital1

 

  

Continuing
operations

  

Discontinued
operations

  

Total 20192

  

2018

1

Every three years, Clariant validates environmental data from all production sites. The last full reporting campaign was in 2017. In the interim years, including 2018 and 2019, the reduced reporting Scope comprises the larger sites responsible for 95% of production.

2

The difference in the sum of continued and discontinued operations compared to the group total is due to the resource consumption of non-production sites.

Total energy consumption (in m kWh)

  

2 400

  

652

  

3 058

  

3 209

Energy consumption (in kWh/t production)

  

601

  

2 547

  

720

  

739

Total water consumption (in m m3)

  

25.7

  

17.3

  

44.3

  

49.0

Total wastewater generation (in m m3)

  

6.7

  

3.7

  

11.9

  

12.6

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

  

0.68

  

0.16

  

0.84

  

0.93

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

  

 

  

 

  

4.99

  

5.69

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

  

171

  

609

  

198

  

215

Total quantity of waste (in thousand t)

  

215.7

  

32.6

  

250.2

  

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