About This Report
Corporate Report 2019
The Corporate Report for 2019 encompasses the annual and
sustainability reports. With it, the ALTANA Group informs
the public, its employees and business partners, as well as
public authorities, nongovernmental organizations, and
all other interested parties about the Group’s development in
economic, ecological, and social respects. In addition to the
Group Management Report and the Consolidated Financial
Statements (condensed version), as well as information on
the Group’s corporate governance, this report contains a description
of ALTANA’s understanding of sustainable man-
agement and the progress the Group has made in implement-
ing it in the past fiscal year. As a result, this report for
2019 updates the content that was published in the 2018
Corporate Report (published on March 15, 2019). At
the same time, it serves as the annual Communication on
Progress of Global Compact.
The Reporting Period
All financial and human-resource information in the Group
Management Report and the Consolidated Financial Statements
for 2019, as well as the environmental key performance
indicators and data on occupational health and safety,
refer to the period from January 1 to December 31.
Reporting Principles
In terms of the Group Management Report and the Consolidated
Financial Statements, the reporting adheres to the
specifications of the International Financial Reporting Standards
(IFRS), as adopted by the EU, and the additional requirements
of German commercial law pursuant to section
315 e of the German Commercial Code (HGB). As in the
previous years, this was audited and confirmed by an independent
auditor. The complete Consolidated Financial Statements
including the Notes to the Consolidated Financial
Statements are available online at www.altana.com/consolidated_
financial_statements_2019.
This corporate report has been prepared in accordance
with the GRI Standards: Comprehensive option. It is also oriented
to the International Integrated Reporting Council’s
(IIRC) reporting framework. In 2019, ALTANA did not have the
key performance indicators based on the standards of
the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) tested by an independent
auditor. Detailed information is available online at
www.altana.com/facts_figures_sustainability_2019.
Information on the selection of content based on GRI
Standards and regarding the definition of sustainability issues
important for the ALTANA Group and its stakeholders can
be found in the “Sustainability Management” section (page 7
of this report). A detailed list of all criteria based on the GRI
Standards that ALTANA provides information about is avail-
able online at www.altana.com/facts_figures_sustain-
ability_2019.
This report is available in German and English.
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