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Summary on Performance, People, Planet

As part of Clariant’s portfolio optimization, the Business Units and have been reclassified to discontinued operations since 30 June 2019. The sale of the Masterbatches business was completed on 1 July 2020. Therefore, discontinued operations include first half-year 2020 Masterbatches and full year 2020 Pigments data unless otherwise stated.

Performance

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financial capital in CHF m

 

 

Continuing operations

 

Discontinued operations

 

Total 2020

 

2019

Sales

 

3 860

 

1 330

 

5 190

 

6 526

EBITDA

 

578

 

770

 

1 348

 

619

EBITDA before exceptional items

 

619

 

141

 

760

 

943

EBITDA margin (%)

 

15.0

 

57.9

 

26.0

 

9.5

EBITDA margin before exceptional items (%)

 

16.0

 

10.6

 

14.6

 

14.4

EBIT

 

298

 

770

 

1 068

 

289

EBIT before exceptional items

 

350

 

141

 

491

 

612

Net income

 

116

 

683

 

799

 

38

Basic earnings per share (in CHF)

 

0.28

 

2.02

 

2.30

 

0.03

Adjusted earnings per share (in CHF)

 

0.65

 

 

 

 

 

0.871

Operating cash flow

 

 

 

 

 

369

 

509

Return on invested capital (ROIC) (%)

 

7.0

 

 

 

 

 

3.01

Investment in property, plant, and equipment

 

 

 

 

 

288

 

273

Research & Development expenditures

 

 

 

 

 

1902

 

207

Growth through innovation (%)3

 

>2.0

 

>0.52

 

>1.52

 

<3.0

Personnel expenditures4

 

1 034

 

272

 

1 306

 

1 478

Raw material procurement

 

1 479

 

548

 

2 027

 

2 642

Total assets

 

6 250

 

683

 

6 933

 

7 979

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

2 381

 

2 677

Equity ratio (%)

 

 

 

 

 

34.3

 

33.6

Net debt

 

 

 

 

 

1 040

 

1 372

Gearing (%)

 

 

 

 

 

44

 

51

1

Continuing operations

2

Excluding Business Unit Masterbatches

3

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.

4

Including own employees and external staff

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intellectual capital

 

 

Continuing operations

 

Discontinued operations1

 

Total 20201

 

2019

Patents (year-end)

 

>5 100

 

>300

 

>5 400

 

>6 500

Active innovation projects

 

>320

 

>30

 

>350

 

>375

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

 

 

 

 

 

>55

 

>65

Scientific collaborations

 

 

 

 

 

>100

 

>125

1

Excluding Business Unit Masterbatches

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manufactured capital

 

 

Continuing operations

 

Discontinued operations

 

Total 2020

 

2019

Research & Development Centers

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

8

Technical Centers

 

 

 

 

 

>50

 

>50

Production sites

 

72

 

541

 

1261

 

118

Countries with production facilities

 

 

 

 

 

39

 

38

Raw materials procured (in m t)

 

2.69

 

0.23

 

2.92

 

3.13

Production (in m t)

 

3.90

 

0.201

 

4.101

 

4.252

1

First half-year 2020 data for Business Unit Masterbatches are estimated based on the last full reporting campaign in 2017.

2

For 2019, the production volume is based on a reduced reporting scope, which includes sites that are responsible for 95% of total production.

People

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human capital in FTE (Full-time equivalents)

 

 

Continuing operations

 

Discontinued operations

 

Total 2020

 

2019

Total staff

 

11 342

 

1 8931

 

13 2351

 

17 223

Employees

 

7 046

 

1 0201

 

8 0661

 

10 159

Male

 

4 619

 

7961

 

5 415 (67%)1

 

6 894 (68%)

Female

 

2 427

 

2241

 

2 651 (33%)1

 

3 265 (32%)

Workers

 

4 296

 

8731

 

5 1691

 

7 064

Male

 

3 945

 

8541

 

4 799 (93%)1

 

6 603 (93%)

Female

 

350

 

191

 

369 (7%)1

 

461 (7%)

Total training hours

 

101 7582

 

11 4322

 

113 1902

 

205 861

Training hours (Ø per participant)

 

10.3

 

4.2

 

9.0

 

14.8

Staff in Research & Development

 

>920

 

>301

 

>9501

 

>1 050

Lost Time Accident Rate (LTAR)3

 

0.16

 

0.14

 

0.16

 

0.15

1

Excluding Business Unit Masterbatches

2

A majority of in-person trainings was cancelled due to the pandemic and related travel restrictions.

3

LTAR: accidents with at least 1 day lost/200 000 work hours

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relationship capital

 

 

Continuing operations

 

Discontinued operations

 

Total 2020

 

2019

Employee participation in engagement survey

 

410

 

371

 

4471

 

n.a.2

Raw material suppliers3

 

3 795

 

3 991

 

6 486

 

6 805

Raw material supply spend covered by sustainability evaluations (%)

 

86

 

791

 

841

 

78

Survey responses obtained from customer contacts

 

 

 

 

 

1 735

 

n.a.2

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

 

 

 

 

 

88

 

n.a.2

1

Excluding Business Unit Masterbatches

2

Survey is conducted every two years.

3

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

Planet

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natural capital1

 

 

Continuing operations

 

Discontinued operations

 

Total 20202

 

20193

Total energy consumption (in m kWh)

 

2 512

 

555

 

3 071

 

3 2044

Energy consumption (in kWh/t production)

 

597

 

2 820

 

758

 

7544

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

 

0.69

 

0.14

 

0.83

 

0.864

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

 

3.34

 

0.86

 

4.20

 

4.784

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

 

178

 

721

 

205

 

2024

Total water consumption (in m m3)

 

24.1

 

15.6

 

41.0

 

44.3

Total wastewater generation (in m m3)

 

6.5

 

3.3

 

11.4

 

11.9

Total quantity of waste (in thousand t)

 

304

 

24

 

328

 

3374

1

First half-year 2020 data for Business Unit Masterbatches are estimated based on the last full reporting campaign in 2017.

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.

3

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

4

2019 data has been restated in consideration of changes in estimates or discovery of errors in previous years’ data as part of the 2030 sustainability target setting activities (with 2019 baseline).
Masterbatches

These are plastic additives in the form of granules with dyestuffs or other additives used to dye or alter the properties of natural plastic. View entire glossary

Pigment

Pigments are substances used for coloring; they are used in a technical manner, for example in the manufacture of dyes, varnishes, and plastics. View entire glossary

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