Brenntag publishes sustainability report

Brenntag, the global leader in chemicals and ingredients distribution, has published its sustainability report for 2021.

In the past year, Brenntag achieved and even exceeded important self-imposed sustainability targets such as an annual reduction of its total Scope 1 and 2 CO2 emission of 6.1 percent.

Brenntag also managed to improve comprehensive overview of the sustainability targets achieved and projects implemented in 2021 but also addresses the areas for improvement and provided insight in to Brenntag’s new, long-term ESG strategy.

Christian Kohlpaintner, chief executive officer – Brenntag SE, commented: “The challenging and very exceptional part year has once again shown the importance of Brenntag’s role in global supply chains. Equally, I am proud of what we have achieved in these circumstances.

“To meet our responsibility as global market leader going forward, we have developed an ESG strategy that underlines our commitment to sustainability in the focus areas of environment, social and governance. For example, one of our key and ambitious long-term goals is ‘net zero’ by 2045.  We are approaching this, along with our other important goals systematically, continuously and with full commitment.”

Brenntag’s new strategy in the focus areas of environment, social and governance, sets ambitious targets in topics such as safety, health, climate and environmental protection, resource efficiency and conservation, which are deeply anchored in the company’s corporate strategy and culture.

The targets include requiring all news sites to be certified green buildings by 2023.

Another target is to steer Brenntag’s purchasing policy toward particularly sustainable products and to support its suppliers regarding such products.

Andreas Kicherer, vice president sustainability Brenntag Group, said: “With our business model, we will contribute uniquely to EST in several areas at ones. It includes the way we are operating our sites and which services we are providing. On the one hand, we will increasingly focus on a green product portfolio but on the other hand, we will push ahead with the green building certification of our new buildings.

“Additionally, there is the possibility of offering recycling as a reverse distribution service to a greater extent in the future. The basic building blocks for all of this, are already in place at Brenntag.”

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