36 Sustainability Incorporated
“W e antw ot bceemo ever
better and more sustainable –
completely objectively”
Living out Sustainability
The ECKART employees in the city of
Zhuhai in southern China can see every
day why it is worth protecting the environment.
Situated on the South China
Sea, Zhuhai is regarded as China’s most
sustainable and livable city, and this was
confirmed
by a city ranking undertaken
by Qinghua University in Beijing and the
consultancy
company McKinsey. ECKART
is doing its part to ensure that Zhuhai remains
worth living in. For example, modern
filter systems clean exhaust air. Water
consumption, CO² emissions, and waste
volumes have decreased steadily in recent
years. The occupational safety there is
exemplary, and a strict code of ethics guarantees
fair business practices.
Still, sustainability is an elastic term that is
subject to interpretation. For this reason,
ALTANA uses independent audits to objectively
measure its own performance in
this area and to continually improve it. Riko
Huang does not leave sustainability to
chance either. The Environment, Health
and Safety (EH&S) manager at ECKART
in Zhuhai has contributed significantly to
making “Made in China” a trademark
of the ALTANA Group when it comes to
environmental protection as well – and
rightly so, as an independent sustainability
audit in December 2015 attests.
BASF, a key customer of ECKART in China
and the ALTANA Group as a whole, initiated
this audit. ECKART Zhuhai mainly
Riko Huang, EH&S Manager ECKART Zhuhai