About This Report
Corporate Report 2021
The Corporate Report for 2021 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, which also contains information
on corporate governance, and the Consolidated Financial
Statements (condensed version), this report contains a
description of ALTANA’s understanding of sustainable management
and the progress the Group has made in implementing
it in the past fiscal year. As a result, this report for
2021 updates the content that was published in the 2020
Corporate Report (published on March 19, 2021). At the same
time, it serves as the annual Communication on Progress
of the UN Global Compact.
The Reporting Period
All financial and human resources information in the Group
Management Report and the Consolidated Financial Statements
for 2021, 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 applicable in 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_2021.
This Corporate Report complies with the “Comprehensive”
option of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). It is
also based on the framework of the International Integrated
Reporting Council (IIRC). The accident indicators WAI 1,
WAI 2, and WAI 3, as well as selected energy indicators, including
greenhouse gas emissions, are presented
in the
Group Management Report and were part of the audit carried
out by an independent auditing company. These and
other sustainability indicators can be found in detail online
at www.altana.com/facts_figures_sustainability_2021.
Details on the selection of relevant reporting content in
accordance with the GRI standards and on the definition
of the sustainability topics important for the ALTANA Group
and its stakeholders can be found in the following section.
A detailed list of all criteria in accordance with the GRI standards
on which ALTANA provides information is available
online at www.altana.com/facts_figures_sustainability_2021.
This report is available in German and English.
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