Symrise shared its Sustainability Record 2023 highlighting achieved key sustainability targets, said to have enabled the company to achieve its overarching climate goals.
Record highlights include:
- The Holzminden-based Group was able to increase the share of strategic biological raw materials from sustainable sources to 95%, said to have resulted from the more stringent monitoring of its entire value chain and closer collaboration with its suppliers.
- Symrise improved the eco-efficiency of chemical oxygen demand in wastewater by 10.7%, and also made progress in cutting water consumption, with a reduction of 30.9% at dry locations in countries such as Egypt, India, Mexico, Spain, and Chile.
- The company reduced greenhouse gas emissions from purchased raw materials and services in the supply chain (Scope 3) by around 43% between 2016 and 2023.
From 2030, Symrise aims to operate net zero for direct emissions (Scope 1) and indirect emissions from purchased energy (Scope 2). The company is seeking to reduce emissions in the supply chain (Scope 3) by 30%. It intends to achieve net zero company-wide by 2045.
Symrise Houston Program
To achieve future sustainability targets, Symrise launched the Houston program. The central element of the program is designed to target the uniform calculation of the carbon and water footprints at product and company level across the organization.
The Houston Program is said to make a key contribution to the effective implementation of Symrise’s Low Carbon Transition Plan. It consists of many individual measures to reduce CO2 emissions.
“We source most of our raw materials directly from nature. Consequently, we see it as our duty to protect the climate and biodiversity,” explains Bernhard Kott, chief sustainability officer at Symrise. “In addition, our customers are increasingly demanding sustainable products. We therefore aim to continue investing in process efficiency, thereby minimizing our environmental footprint, and promoting biodiversity. This should result in much lower energy and CO2 costs. With this strategy, we are ensuring that Symrise remains the industry pioneer in both environmental and business terms.”
