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Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

H+R KGAA is a specialty chemicals company, not a financial institution.

Its core business does not involve lending, insuring, moving, or storing money for consumers. Therefore, all KPIs related to financial products, customer financial data, lending practices, and financial literacy initiatives are not applicable to the company's operations. While the company's Code of Conduct prohibits discrimination and it supports student scholarships, these activities do not fall under the specific financial inclusion metrics of this value.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

In 2024, 98% of employees in the German branches of the ChemPharm Refining segment were covered by collective bargaining agreements.

Additionally, three employee representatives were elected to the Supervisory Board. The Lost Time Injury Frequency (LTIF) was 3.0 per million working hours in 2024, which translates to 0.6 per 200,000 working hours. The overall Group voluntary employee turnover rate was 6.3% in 2024.

Kind to Animals

The company's animal research programs and facilities are accredited by AAALAC International, and all vivariums comply with ETS123 Appendix A and the ILAR guide.

In 2023, almost 145,000 animals were used in their work, with 97% being rodents. The company's policy forbids non-essential testing and requires high-level sign-off for exceptions. It is developing and implementing alternative tests, including PyroMAT®, ZooMAb®, Blazar™, and Organ-on-a-chip, and has convinced EU regulators to approve an alternative method for testing medical pump parts. The company has implemented innovative social group housing for rodents and rabbits. It allocates approximately 2% of its R&D budget to cell-based and in silico models. The company is a member of industry consortia like eTRANSAFE and TfS, and advocates for specific welfare standards, including signing the Marseille declaration. It conducts due diligence and monitoring of contract laboratories and expects external partners to adhere to its stringent animal welfare standards. The company has re-homing programs for all species used in its work.

Planet-Friendly Business

In 2023, 4.0% of the company's capital expenditure was aligned with the EU Sustainable Taxonomy.

The company has a goal to achieve carbon-neutral production by 2035.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

The company provides an anonymous whistleblower system, the "Speak-up Line," for employees and states that suggestions and complaints from the public are investigated.

However, there is no specific information on the percentage of operational sites covered by these mechanisms. For complaint resolution, a final summary and feedback on reports will be provided at the latest after three months (90 days) after receipt of the report. The company supports the Landmann Foundation, which provides €12,000 annually for students in chemistry and engineering, and is involved ad hoc in sport and youth programs. This is a fixed amount, not a percentage of non-core revenue. The management handbook for the IMS is available to all employees in multiple languages, and video-based induction training is provided in the languages most commonly used by contractors. The company states that training courses cover general topics such as social and intercultural skills, but does not provide a percentage of employees completing cultural sensitivity training. The company investigates complaints received through its compliance hotline and takes countermeasures if necessary, but lacks a specific framework for cultural incidents.

Safe & Smart Tech

In 2022, the company reported 3 minor personal data breaches to the supervisory authority out of 57 total minor cases, with no sanctioned complaints or incidents concerning customer privacy, data leaks, theft, or loss of customer data.

The company achieved a 98% completion rate for e-learning courses in 2022, covering ten languages. Its Data Privacy Policy and corresponding standards and procedures define principles for processing personal data. The company reported 4 violations of its Data Privacy Guidelines in 2022, following 3 in 2021, 3 in 2020, and 1 in 2019. While it mentions EU GDPR compliance, it is still taking steps to meet local data privacy requirements.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

H+R KGAA has established a waste officer position at its German production sites and conducts external waste audits at its Hamburg and Salzbergen sites to ensure compliance with legal frameworks and ISO 14001.

The company has not reported any waste disposal violations in the past three years. However, its waste generated per ton of feedstock increased to 4.61 kg in 2023, which is higher than both 2022 and the 2011 benchmark of 3.09 kg/ton, indicating a material efficiency that is 10-20% worse than the industry average. The company aims to source 70% of its core products from renewable raw materials by 2030, representing a target volume of approximately 210,000 tons. It also focuses on defossilization by using renewable, recycled, or synthetic raw materials and increasingly uses co-products from specialty production as cracker/coker feed, applying circular design principles to several product categories. The company's waste management system is certified under ISO 14001, indicating waste reduction initiatives are part of its environmental management system, with a focus on professional disposal and reduction/reuse.