Audited ESG Report 2022 shows accelerated progress toward industry-leading targets for 2025
GENEVA, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Firmenich, the world's largest privately-owned fragrance and taste company, today releases its annual Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, tracking progress toward the group's groundbreaking sustainability targets. Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 was marked by strong sustainability performance across the Group's three key pillars, climate, nature, and people, backed by growing, best-in-class independent evaluation and reinforced ESG governance.
"I am proud that we continued to accelerate our industry-leading ESG actions despite the challenging economic climate and kept making measurable progress toward our 2025 targets, even exceeding them for renewable ingredients and Living Wage," said Gilbert Ghostine, CEO Firmenich. "Our Firmenich Inclusive Capitalism business model is gaining more traction and proving more and more relevant in today's world. Every year, new climate extremes are having a growing impact across the globe: Firmenich's bold environmental ambition is a vital business investment today and for the future."
"Firmenich ESG strategy keeps progressing across our own operations and along our supply chain," said Thomas Andro, Senior Director, Corporate Sustainability. "Furthermore, consumer demand for sustainable products is a structural growth trend in our industry and Firmenich's outstanding ESG credentials, combined with our leadership and innovation in natural and renewable ingredients, are becoming even more relevant for our customers as they progress with their own sustainability roadmaps."
FY2022 ESG Performance Highlights
2Overall, Firmenich achieved an upgraded rating from Sustainalytics with a score of 7.5, in the global top 50 of approximately 15,000 companies, that highlights the Group's low ESG risk profile. A second consecutive Platinum rating by Ecovadis with an industry-leading score of 88% placed Firmenich in the top 1% of all companies assessed worldwide. The Group was also rated for the first time as one of the "2022 World's Most Ethical Companies" by Ethisphere®, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices.
Firmenich continued to work actively in alliances and partnerships, including the UN Global Compact, the Union for Ethical Biotrade (UEBT), One Planet Business for Biodiversity (OP2B), and the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi), to drive positive change at scale and foster effective action on climate, nature, and people in the business community.
More detailed information on Firmenich's ESG journey is available online in the ESG Report 2022.
The attached visuals from pp 9-10 of the report provide a snapshot of ESG performance highlights and progress against targets in the climate, nature and people pillars.
Disclosure
The Firmenich ESG Report 2022 is aligned with the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, the SASB Materiality Map®, and is prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) standards. The ESG Report's contents also provide an update on the Group's progress with the implementation of the ten principles of the UN Global Compact, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as B Corp certification. The document has been independently audited, receiving a reasonable level of assurance.
About Firmenich
Firmenich, the world's largest privately-owned fragrance and taste company, was founded in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1895, and has been family-owned for 127 years. Firmenich is a leading business-to-business company specialized in the research, creation, manufacture and sale of perfumes, flavors, and ingredients. Renowned for its world-class research and creativity, as well as its leadership in sustainability, Firmenich offers its customers superior innovation in formulation, a broad and high-quality palette of ingredients, and proprietary technologies including biotechnology, encapsulation, olfactory science, and taste modulation. Firmenich had an annual turnover of 4.7 billion Swiss Francs at end June 2022. More information about Firmenich is available at www.firmenich.com.
[1] Firmenich moved to majority ownership of ArtSci in May 2022. This entity is not included in the scope of the report and will be integrated gradually in the Group's ESG framework in FY2023.
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