36 Looking to the Future
ALTANA paved the way to CO² neutrality in 2019. For Martin Babilas, taking responsibility for climate
“With our CO² neutrality program up
to 2025, we are fulfilling our responsibility
for climate protection and consistently
pursuing our sustainability course,” says
Martin Babilas, CEO of ALTANA AG. The
goal is to achieve climate neutrality, and to
do so already from 2025 onwards, by
which time the company will have reduced
its CO² impact from production and en-
ergy procurement to zero worldwide. And
already starting in 2020, the company’s
entire power supply will be converted to
renewable energies. ALTANA will compensate
for the unavoidable use of natural
gas, as well as CO² emissions arising
from necessary business trips, company
cars, and the transport of goods, by financing
equivalent climate protection projects.
As a result, the specialty chemicals
group will achieve climate neutrality in its
direct sphere of influence by 2025.
Anyone committed to sustainability must create facts.
ALTANA has achieved considerable CO² savings faster
than planned and has now set itself an ambitious new
target. In the eyes of Martin Babilas, responsibility
for climate protection is a matter for top management.
protection is a matter for top management.
“FOOTPRINT ON
INNOVATION,
NOT ON EMISSIONS”