MOSCOW (MRC) -- The sustainability rating agency Oekom Research has awarded Evonik with the prime status for the comprehensive commitment to sustainability management, reported Evonik on its site.
Evonik was rated for the first time and immediately received an overall rating of B- in the chemical industry. This assessment of its sustainability performance placed the group in the top field of the chemical industry.
Oekom Research particularly appraised Evonik’s environmental management, climate strategy, the measures taken to evaluate substance or product risks, but also the corporate governance.
As MRC reported before, Evonik Industries is making an investment in the double-digit-million euro range in a new research center at the Rheinfelden site. Starting at the beginning of 2016, research into silanes will be carried out in modern laboratories in the four-story building. Silanes are used in the electronics industry, in the tire industry, for the production of adhesives and sealants as well as plastics, and in the construction industry.
Evonik, the creative industrial group from Germany, is one of the world leaders in specialty chemicals. Evonik is active in over 100 countries around the world. In fiscal 2013 more than 33,500 employees generated sales of around EUR12.7 billion and an operating profit (adjusted EBITDA) of about EUR2.0 billion.
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