4 Letter from the Management Board
CO² emissions. In order to continue to take responsibility for climate protection in the
future, we developed an ambitious program in 2019: ALTANA will become climate-
neutral in its direct sphere of influence starting as early as 2025, thus achieving targets
that are in line with the goals of the UN Global Compact initiative for responsible and
sustainable corporate management, which we joined in 2010. We are consistently pursuing
our sustainability course, having already achieved in 2017 the goal we set ourselves
in 2007 of reducing CO² emissions by 30 percent of gross value added by 2020.
These examples reflect the long-term nature of ALTANA’s activities. We are not guided by
short-term trends, but instead focus on moves that will strengthen our company in
the long term and thus create value for our customers, employees, owner, and society as
a whole. In the magazine section of this report, you can find out more about the areas
in which we are already paving the way for future success and how the long-term course
of the past years is already paying off. This has been made possible by ALTANA’s finan-
cial and innovative strength and, in particular, by the people in our company, who fill our
sustainable growth strategy with life.
We would like to warmly thank our employees for their contribution to the success
and development of ALTANA in the 2019 fiscal year. Thanks also go to the members of
the Supervisory Board for their constructive accompaniment and their trust in ALTANA’s
work.
Martin Babilas Stefan Genten Dr. Christoph Schlünken