Environmental & Social Information • Feb 19, 2020
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| CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY AT KEMIRA 2 |
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| Sustainable Development Goals 3 |
| Recognitions 2019 8 |
| OUR MANAGEMENT APPROACH 9 |
| Materiality 9 |
| Sustainability 11 |
| Performance 2019 13 |
| Governance 14 |
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| Sustainable products and solutions 17 |
| Responsible operations and supply chain 21 |
| People and integrity 27 |
| OUR PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 30 |
| Economic 30 |
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| 51 |
| REPORTING PRACTICE 65 |
| Assurance report 71 |
| GRI content index 73 |
PRIORITY SUSTAINABILITY THEMES
Sustainability is an integral part of how we do business at Kemira. It is not seen as something separate, but instead, it is built into all processes, policies and operations. This means that our leadership and all our employees must overlay their decisions with a sustainability lens.
As we continue to integrate sustainability in Kemira, we have separated out how we manage sustainability from our priority sustainability themes.
In the former, our focus is on developing and improving sustainability considerations across our value chain, guided by our materiality assessment and the leading sustainability research, standards and examples. While this approach tends to be very technical by nature, it is essential in order to build a strong safety net for Kemira and our customers.
The majority of our stakeholders are not sustainability experts though, and they tend to prioritize in terms of themes. This is why we have overlaid our management approach with three priority Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are a common language that we share with our stakeholders for sustainability. They allow us to show clearly how we can best contribute to overcoming shared societal challenges.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer us a framework through which to evaluate how Kemira currently is, and could be, contributing to sustainable development. The SDGs provide a common language around sustainability and help us align our activities with those of our stakeholders by offering a shared vision.
Drawing from the Chemical Sector SDG Roadmap published by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (2018), we have mapped Kemira's impact and potential across the 17 SDGs. Our activities span all the SDGs to different degrees, and we recognize the interconnectedness of the SDGs. However, we wish to focus our efforts where Kemira can make the biggest difference. As a result of this mapping, we have identified three priority themes for Kemira:
To obtain our mapping, we assessed the relevance of each SDG by referring to the global indicator framework. The targets and indicators of each SDG give a detailed picture of where we must work together to achieve each SDG and provides a reference to assess Kemira's impact and potential to contribute.
We compared Kemira's strategy, business model and corporate sustainability priorities to the indicator framework, to identify what our current impact is and our potential to contribute to the SDGs. In cases where Kemira both has positive and negative impacts or low and high potential, the mapping combines these to arrive at an overall average. The assessments have been done in relative terms within Kemira. In other words we do not compare Kemira to other companies. The mapping is not an assessment of how well we are performing on each SDG, instead it allows us to better prioritize our efforts.
POTENTIAL TO CONTRIBUTE TO SDGs
Clean water is essential not just for life itself, but for making sure we can live high-quality, enjoyable lives. Climate change and the growing global population mean that ensuring everyone
has access to this most precious of resources is one of our biggest challenges.
It's estimated that worldwide, 780 million people do not have access to an improved water source, and an estimated 2.5 billion people, or more than 35% of the global population, lack access to improved sanitation.
Only 3% of the earth's water is fresh, and an even smaller percentage of that is available for drinking. At Kemira we see our role as a custodian of this valuable resource because we have the products and ability to help make the most of this finite resource.
As a single company we can't tackle this problem on our own, but through collaboration with our customers – cities and municipalities, and water-intensive industries – we can make a real difference.
We do this in three main ways. Firstly, through our work with cities' and municipalities' water treatment plants, we help ensure citizens have access to the clean, safe, and affordable drinking water they need for a healthy life. Secondly, we help municipalities and industries ensure that discharged wastewater meets environmental permit standards, reducing the load on local water bodies. Thirdly, we help water-intensive industries use less water and make their processes more sustainable, for example by enabling them to use recycled water rather than freshwater in their processes.
In our own operations, we are continuously evaluating opportunities to decrease water withdrawal, consumption, discharge, and associated impacts through water recycling and reuse. This includes process redesign and optimization projects in our upgraded and new production lines. Using the World Resources Institute's Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, less than 1% of total water withdrawal takes place in area of water stress (areas in which more than 40% of available water is used by industry, household and agriculture).
Water scarcity is a problem that is not going away anytime soon. The World Health Organization estimates that half of the world's population will be living in water-stressed areas by 2025, which is only a few years away. At Kemira, we want to help society adapt and build resilience, so we all start using water in the most sustainable way possible.
The circular economy can help us minimize impacts on the environment and achieve sustainable growth. At Kemira, we see that chemistry is at the
heart of enabling the circular economy, and we have a key role in helping our customers achieve their circularity and sustainability ambitions.
Kemira is in the business of innovating in chemistry to solve problems for our customers and society. This includes resource scarcity and consumption. As global consumption grows, this puts increasing pressure on our planet and resources. To decouple growth from natural resource consumption we need to adopt a circular mindset where we design out waste and increase resource productivity.
We enable our customers globally and across industries to improve their water, energy and raw material efficiency. As experts in chemistry, we enable circularity through the design of our products and increasingly adopt circular economy business models in our own operations.
We are increasing our resource productivity, for example. In 2019, 24% of raw materials used in Kemira's global manufacturing came from recycled sources or industrial by-products. In our inorganic coagulants line, 70–80% of raw material comes from recycled sources (scrap iron and spent pickle liquor). These are used in the treatment of wastewater, drinking water, and in many other industrial water treatment applications.
In 2018, Kemira went a step further and started mining a landfill that contains several million tons of ferric sulfate – helping put some 30 years of accumulate industrial byproduct back into our circular economy.
We also provide product-as-a-service business models through Total Chemistry Management and KemConnect. This combines smart technology with payment for performance and aligns incentives away from volume towards value.
Kemira participates in sharing platforms through our manufacturing sites. Integrated operations with our customers ensure maximum efficiencies in energy use, but we also go further. We also provide excess process heat to local district heating networks around our sites. In Helsingborg, for instance, our site operates an industrial park that provides 60% of the total park's energy needs, transformed via an energy hub into steam, electricity, compressed air and cooling. 30% of the energy goes beyond the fence line and is delivered to the city's district heating network. This district heating component has saved about 1.6 million tons of CO2 cumulatively.
In these and many other ways, Kemira is adding to the circular economy, either through our own operations or by helping our customers and communities.
In 2018, Kemira started decoupling growth from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, increasing production and reducing absolute emissions. This trend continued in 2019, supported by
renewed focus in this area and working towards setting a new climate change target for Kemira.
Kemira's previous target on GHG emissions was a 20% reduction by the end of 2020 from a 2012 baseline, indexed to the sites representing our largest sources of emissions (cumulatively representing 90% of Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions).
At the end of 2019, Kemira set a target to reduce combined Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions by 30% across the entire company by 2030 compared to a 2018 baseline of 930 thousand tons CO2 eq. In aligning our company's climate target with the expectations of our stakeholders our ambition is to be carbon neutral by 2045 for combined Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions. This new target shows that Kemira fully supports the ambition of the UNFCCC Paris Agreement and that we recognize our contribution to the collaboration needed across sectors and stakeholders to ensure the implementation of solutions.
The key solutions allowing us to reduce GHG emissions include: sourcing zero-emission electricity, switching to renewables for our sites, electrification of processes at our sites, and energy efficiency. Offsetting through nature-based solutions remains an option, but at the lowest level in our mitigation hierarchy.
For our Scope 3 GHG emissions, Kemira is committed to working with suppliers to decrease the carbon footprint of our purchased goods and services. To that end, we will also be encouraging suppliers to set their own ambitious GHG reduction targets aligned with the Paris Agreement. Our R&D function is working towards developing more products from bio-based and industrial by-products raw materials, helping to further reduce our Scope 3 emissions.
Kemira's climate action is also readily visible in our products and solutions. Over half of our revenue comes from products that improve end-use resource efficiency. Energy efficiency improvements are a key contributor to this resource efficiency, but we also help customers in other ways like improving biogas yields at wastewater treatment plants.
While Kemira has chosen three SDGs to focus on, our mapping shows that Kemira has an impact on and contributes to all the SDGs. We also recognized that the SDGs are interconnected. In this image, we show the main connections between our priority SDGs and the other SDGs. We have also highlighted our main contributions to these SDGs.
A large part of our business comes from treatment of waste and storm water, enhancing the availability of safe clean water in cities.
Our commitment to safety and the chemical industry's Responsible Care® program ensures that we minimize waste and emissions into the environment.
Our choice of businesses and our strategy focus on the treatment of our customers water, minimizing withdrawals through better reuse and ensuring that any discharge meets environmental regulations to ensure the well-being of life on land or below water.
Kemira provides almost 5,000 employees with decent work and wages, and we ensure this across our supply chain by requiring our business partners to adhere to our Code of Conduct
We invest in best available process technology and systems at our sites.
We collaborate with academia, research institutions, customers and suppliers to develop and deliver innovative products on to the market.
Kemira received a B score in CDP's 2019 rankings. This puts Kemira in the top quartile of the chemicals sector companies requested to disclose to CDP, reflecting the company's continued commitment to transparency, increasing energy efficiency and sourcing renewable energy for our operations. This 2019 result does not yet reflect Kemira's updated climate change target. However, the 2019 result shows that Kemira is on the right track, balancing sustainability with profitability. The score aligns well with Kemira's focus on products that help customers do more with less – less raw materials, water and energy.
The high number steady growth of companies included in the CDP disclosure – now representing over 50% of global market capitalization – provides Kemira with a true performance benchmark.
Kemira has been awarded the Gold Recognition Level for the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) performance for the fifth consecutive year by EcoVadis, a collaborative platform providing sustainability ratings and performance improvement tools for global supply chains. With a score of 75/100 points, Kemira is among the top 1% of the 55,000 companies participating in EcoVadis. The EcoVadis methodology framework assesses companies' policies and actions as well as their published reporting related to the environment, labor and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.
The EcoVadis methodology is based on the international sustainability standards of the Global Reporting Initiative, United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), and ISO 26000. Ecovadis reporting gives confidence to our customers and allows us to position Kemira across a broad range of sustainability themes: environment, fair labor and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.
In 2019, Kemira won the European chemical industry's prestigious Responsible Care® award for environmental responsibility. It was awarded to Kemira's ferric sulphate plant in Pori (Finland), that utilizes recycled industrial byproduct in its drinking water and wastewater treatment products.
Before 2017, Kemira's plant in Pori received its main raw material as a by-product from a titanium dioxide plant in the same industrial area. In January 2017, supply from the plant was interrupted and, to ensure the continuous availability of raw material, Kemira investigated the ferric sulphate landfill nearby that had accumulated from excess unused sidestreams from titanium dioxide production.
Following a successful testing period, Kemira is now utilizing a landfill that contains several million tons of ferric sulphate raw material, putting some 30 years of accumulated industrial by-product back into use, and securing supplies for many years to come.
Our corporate sustainability work is guided by our commitments to the Code of Conduct, internationally defined sustainability principles, and stakeholder expectations, as seen in our strategy, corporate policies and integrated management system.
The Kemira Code of Conduct is the foundation for our business conduct at Kemira. Our values are embedded in our corporate culture and connect each of us around the world. Our Code sets a framework around our values and reflects our commitments towards our key stakeholders. We also expect our suppliers and other business partners to maintain the same high standards in their own operations, as defined in our Code of Conduct for Business Partners (CoC-BP).
The United Nations Global Compact has been signed by Kemira Oyj as our commitment to respect and promote human rights, implement decent work practices, reduce our environmental impact, and combat corruption.
Responsible Care® is a voluntary commitment by the global chemical industry to drive continuous improvement and achieve excellence in environmental, health and safety and security performance. Through Responsible Care, global chemical manufacturers commit to pursue an ethic of safe chemicals management and performance excellence
worldwide. This helps to enhance public confidence and trust in the industry's dedication to safely manage chemicals throughout their lifecycle while ensuring that chemistry can continue to contribute to a healthier environment, improved living standards and a better quality of life for all. Kemira is committed to operate according to the principles of Responsible Care®.
Our key stakeholders include our customers, shareholders, lenders, employees and suppliers. Other relevant stakeholder groups include the local communities where Kemira operates, regulatory bodies, trade associations, decisionmakers and opinion leaders.
• Our employees see sustainable business conduct as an important factor behind their engagement with Kemira, according to our employee surveys.
Our approach to stakeholder engagement includes activities ranging from information sharing to active dialogue and collaboration on issues of mutual interest. We regularly review our stakeholders' expectations and potential concerns.
| LIST OF STAKE HOLDER GROUPS |
IDENTIFYING AND S E L E CT I N G STAKEHOLDERS |
APPROACH TO STAKEHOLDE R ENGAGEMENT |
KEY TOPICS AND CONCERNS RAISED |
K E M I R A' S R E S P O N S E |
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| Customers | • Our customers are Kemira's main source of value creation • Our customers' expectations and needs drive our product portfolio and offerings |
• Direct customer contacts • Customer webinars, events , newsletters • Customer satisfaction measure Net Promoter Score has risen to 39 (33 in 2018) and is currently on a "good" level. • Key drivers in customer satisfaction are the technical service, speed and proactivity, as well as our ability to offer new solutions |
• Sustainable product offerings and chemical safety • Capability to proactively understand customer needs and to offer new products and solutions • Business ethics • Our sustainability management and performance throughout the value chain |
• R&D project portfolio management • Updated sustainability check in New Product Development Process • Product lifecycle management for all aspects of product safety • Improve understanding of customer needs beyond current offerings • Sustainability performance data submitted on request |
| Shareholders and lenders |
• Share of our value creation through dividends and interest payments • Expectations for return on investment, good corporate governance practices and sustainability performance |
• Regular events like roadshows, conference calls and one-to-one meetings. In 2019, we had 22(20) roadshow days, and 260 (280) institutions were met in 130 (150) meetings |
• Overall management approach to sustainability issues, including climate change impact mitigation • Potential business risks and opportunities related to sustainability of products, operations, ethics and compliance |
• Transparent and regular reporting and disclosure • Participation in CDP Climate Change program • Responding to rating company and investor questionnaires |
| Employees | • Share of our value creation through compensation and benefits • Employees' engagement, well-being and competencies influence our operational performance and value creation |
• Performance management and development process • Regular Town hall meetings globally • Co-operation with employee representatives eg. Kemira European Forum • Engagement surveys • Ethics and Compliance hotline • Local wellbeing programs in all regions |
• Understanding Kemira's strategy and future direction • New ways of working • Ways of developing competences for the future • Company sustainability impact and efforts |
• Strategy refresh communication and action planning • Performance and development discussions • Leadership development • Systematic competence development • Team engagements on sustainability |
| Suppliers | • Share of our value creation through payments for goods and services • Suppliers' sustainability performance may impact our operational efficiency and business risks |
• Working closely with core suppliers to help them meet our sustainability performance expectations, and take corrective actions if needed |
• Safety • Business ethics and compliance |
• Suppliers are asked to commit to Kemira Code of Conduct for Business Partners • Supplier sustainability assessments and audits |
| Local communities | • Share of our value creation in the form of tax payments and employment. • The safety and environmental performance of our operations may impact the acceptance of our local presence |
• Dialogue and collaboration with local communities at major sites to ensure we understand and address their concerns • Collaboration with schools and universities |
• Exposure to safety and environmental risk • Employment opportunities |
• Environmental impact and process safety risk assessments • Regular and open dialogue with local communities (e.g. open door days) |
| Regulatory bodies, trade associations, decision makers and opinion leaders |
• These stakeholders have the capability to influence or make political decisions on legislation with an impact on our operations and business |
• Memberships in industrial trade associations • Subject-specific dialogue with regulatory bodies on national and EU level |
• Resource efficiency • Chemicals safety • Climate change mitigation |
• Position paper on relevant topics such EU review on urban waste water treatment • Actively participating in dialogue on EU directive proposal on single-use plastic • Participation in CEFIC • Participation in the Chemical Industry Federation of Finland and their "Carbon Neutral Chemistry 2045" roadmap development |
Sustainability is at the core of what we do and supports execution of our strategy and long-term value creation.
Our sustainability priorities are based on the most material impact of our business model, on the increasing expectations of our customers, investors and other stakeholders, and on our commitment to the Kemira Code of Conduct and internationally defined sustainability principles.
Kemira measures progress in the priority areas through Group level KPIs and targets which are approved by the Management Board and reviewed by the Board of Directors.
We have three priority areas which cover the six most material topics and their impact.
Sustainable products and solutions
Responsible operations and supply chain
People and integrity People: Engagement and competence development of our employees
Integrity: Responsible business practices in our own operations and with our business partners
Product sustainability in end-use: Products improving our customers' sustainability and use-phase resource efficiency
Product stewardship: Chemical safety management throughout the lifecycle of our products
Responsible management of our operations to ensure safety of our people, and to protect our assets and environment. Key topics are Workplace safety and Climate change
Supplier management for risk and compliance management
Sustainable products and solutions
Share of revenue from products used for use-phase resource efficiency. At least 50% of Kemira's revenue generated through products improving customers' resource efficiency.
Responsible operations and supply chain
Achieve zero injuries in long term; TRIF* 2.0 by the end of 2020.
* TRIF = Number of Total Recordable Injury Frequency per million hours, Kemira + contractors
Reduce by 30% combined Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emission across the whole company by 2030 compared to 2018 baseline (930
C L I M AT E C H A N G E IN PROGRESS
People and integrity
Engagement score above the external industry norm.
KPI to measure compliance with the Kemira Code of Conduct. The target is to maintain the Integrity Index level above the industry benchmark of 77%.
Based on responses to the integrity focused questions in the Voices@Kemira biennial survey.
Two leadership development activities per people manager position during 2016-2020, the cumulative target is 1,500 by 2020.
% of direct key suppliers screened through sustainability assessments and audits (cumulative %). The target includes five sustainability audits for highest risk ** suppliers every year, and cumulatively 25 by 2020.
The Management Board approves our corporate sustainability priorities, key performance indicators (KPIs) and targets. The Board of Directors is duly informed about these targets, and our related performance, and they also approve the sections of the Annual Report which cover sustainability information -the Business Overview, Corporate Sustainability and non-financial information statement in the Board Review. Climate-related risks and opportunities are part of the overall governance.
Responsibility for individual corporate sustainability targets is shared between the members of the Management Board.
The Director of Sustainability is responsible for ensuring that relevant management processes relating to material corporate sustainability topics are being developed and implemented as part of our strategy and integrated management system. The Corporate Sustainability Management Team has members from different functions and the business segments. It acts as a collaboration forum to ensure the implementation and follow-up of sustainability as part of daily business operations.
| C O R P O R AT E S U STA I N A B I L I T Y PRIORITIES |
A C C O U N TA B I L I T Y O F M AT E R I A L TO P I C S O N T H E M A N A G E M E N T BOARD LEVE L |
R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y BY POSITION |
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| Sustainable products and solutions |
• Product sustainability |
• Chief Technology Officer |
| • Product stewardship |
• EVP, Operational Excellence |
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| Responsible operations and supply chain |
• Workplace safety |
• EVP, Operational Excellence |
| • Climate change • Emissions from our own energy production, Scope 1 • Emissions based on purchased energy, Scope 2 |
• Segment Presidents • EVP, Operational Excellence |
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| • Supplier management |
• EVP, Operational Excellence |
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| People and integrity | • Leadership and employee engagement |
• EVP, Human Resources |
| • Responsible business practices and compliance with Code of Conduct |
• Group General Counsel |
Globally, we aim to bring together all of our operations under the Kemira Integrated Management System. The Kemira management system defines the way our organization is working through the set of policies, standards, procedures and processes. It also defines the requirements and accountabilities at each level of the organization.
Conformance to Integrated Management System and compliance to legal requirements are ensured by regularly monitoring the performance indicators and by conducting internal and external audits and management reviews. The management reviews are performed at all levels of the organization from manufacturing to regional management and the Management Board.
Kemira has a principle that all operations under our Integrated Management System meet the international standards ISO 9001:2015 for Quality, ISO 14001:2015 for Environment, and OHSAS 18001:2007 for Occupational Health and Safety. Our Energy Management System is certified to ISO 50001:2001.
Our Integrated Management System is externally audited through a three-year audit scheme. In 2019, we had 54 (54) internal and external management systems audits, including manufacturing sites, major office locations and R&D centers.
| EMEA | AMERICAS | APAC | Total* | |
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| ISO 9001 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 52 (85%) |
| ISO 14001 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 51 (84%) |
| OHSAS 18001** | 31 | 15 | 6 | 52 (85%) |
| ISO 50001 | 5 |
* Number of sites included in the scope was 63 in 2019. Two manufacturing sites started operations in late 2019 in APAC (one will be certified in 2020 and the other in 2021). One ISO 9001 certified site was closed in 2019.
** One site had its EHSQ Management System certified under ISO 45001:2018 (equivalent of OHSAS 18001).
Our Code of Conduct and respective policies cover all areas of Kemira's operations and define the framework for our Integrated Management System. Kemira issues and maintains policies to document and communicate Kemira's expectations concerning important internal processes and activities. Our policies create a framework for consistent practices and enforce compliance in our daily operations. All Kemira policies can be found in the document management system, and there is training available if so required for effective implementation. The policy owner ensures that an adequate monitoring system is implemented to monitor the level of compliance with the policy.
| C O R P O R AT E | ||
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| SUSTAINABILITY TOPICS | K E Y P O L I C I E S | POLICY OWNERS |
| Sustainable products and solutions |
Product stewardship policy | Head of Product Stewardship and Regulatory Affairs |
| Trade compliance policy | Head of Product Stewardship and regulatory affairs |
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| Intellectual Property Rights policy | Chief Technology Officer | |
| Responsible operations and supply chain |
EHSQ policy (including Energy policy) | Head of Environment, Health, Safety and Quality |
| Sourcing and procurement policy | EVP, Operational Excellence | |
| Logistics and transportation policy | Head of Global Supply Chain Management | |
| People and integrity | Recruitment policy | EVP, Human Resources |
| Global competition law compliance policy | Group General Counsel | |
| Gifts, entertainment and anti-bribery policy | Group General Counsel |
At Kemira, we use our chemistry to add sustainability into our customers' manufacturing processes and products. Through our chemistry, we play our part to enable the world to move towards more bio-based, recyclable and reusable materials.
Products and solutions addressing the sustainability requirements of our customers are a crucial part of Kemira's long-term strategy and core business. The use of our products and solutions benefits customers by improving the resource efficiency and quality of their products. Our business model is business-to-business.
In 2018, we introduced a KPI to measure the share of revenue from products used to improve use-phase resource efficiency. This KPI provides a crucial linkage to our purpose and strategy and is one factor to steer New Product Development (NPD) project selection.
Products included in the KPI are aimed at material, energy and water efficiency at the customer use phase and are linked to the following types of main applications:
The product categories falling into the scope of the KPI are mainly coagulants, polymers and process chemicals.
Kemira's NPD process follows a stage-gate model. Successful projects must demonstrate both improved sustainability and business benefits at each decision gate to justify the project's continuation, and ultimately the product launch. Our sustainability evaluations examine the economic, environmental and social impact of any new product, both in Kemira's operations and in our customers' operations. The NPD projects also aim to identify and evaluate more sustainable and bio-based alternatives for raw materials, in terms of sources, and use in whole life cycle and safety.
Proactive product stewardship throughout the products' lifecycle. Our management commitment is to ensure the safe production and use of our products throughout their lifecycle.
Customer health and safety, marketing and labeling, socioeconomic (product) compliance.
Regulatory requirements related to product safety are always evolving. These requirements can both influence and reflect our stakeholders concerns. The outcome of regulatory processes can lead to authorization or restrictions of use which can be a risk to Kemira.
Kemira's Product Stewardship Policy defines the minimum requirements for our operations to ensure that our products can be safely used by our stakeholders, and that chemical risks and their impact are incorporated in decision-making relating to our business. Chemical hazard assessments are not only prepared for products but also for raw materials, process aids and intermediates; and are incorporated in change management process during their full lifecycle. Product stewardship is the key pillar in the Responsible Care program. Product Stewardship involves the proactive management of the health, safety and environmental aspects of a product throughout its lifecycle. Our
customers have their own health, safety and environmental requirements for their input materials, and they typically follow several voluntary certification schemes, including eco-labeling schemes, which set further expectations on our product offerings. Public discussion and concerns relating to specific chemicals and their hazards also affect our approach to product stewardship and chemical management. Product stewardship provides a platform that helps us to identify risks at an early stage and manage those risks along the value chain to fulfll the expectations of different stakeholders.
The manufacturing and sale of chemicals are widely regulated around the world. Continuous follow-up of the regulatory development activities is the prerequisite for business compliance and plays a key role in ensuring product safety for customers, value chain and stakeholders.
All of our products, handled raw materials and intermediates need to comply with all applicable chemical regulatory requirements in the countries where we manufacture and/or sell chemicals. Assessments examining regulatory compliance, human health impact, safety issues and environmental protection aspects all form part of our Product Lifecycle Management process from conception and development to manufacturing and sales, and finally to product elimination. All data related to chemical products and substances including raw materials is managed in Enterprise Resource Planning system and is linked to Product Lifecycle Management tool/process.
We actively track our portfolio for priority substances that are subject to future regulatory restrictions or associated with particular concerns, and prepare management plans for these substances. Our priority substance management plan aims to define the specific risks associated with each substance, examine options for managing these specific risks, and formulate action plans for the preferred options. These options to mitigate risks may include, for example, substitution, phase-out or limiting exposure.
Kemira is committed to reducing, refining and replacing animal testing wherever possible. Kemira does not itself perform any animal experimentation in-house. All animal testing commissioned by Kemira is done to the highest of animal welfare standards following national and international legislation on the protection of animals and only if specifically required by legislation or for product safety purposes.
When using palm oil derivatives, Kemira screens and relies on suppliers who have shown commitment to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) supply chain standard for sustainable palm oil. However, RSPO certified palm oil currently has limited availability and Kemira is also forced to use palm oil derivatives without certification.
Value from product stewardship
High-performing Environmental, Health, Safety and Quality (EHSQ) management is fundamental to our business. Our daily EHSQ work is guided by regulations and statutory requirements, by our EHSQ policy, by respective standards and operating practices. Our operations are managed to also meet the expectations of our stakeholders in our operating environment. The way to reach these goals is through continuous improvement in our EHSQ management, managing hazards pro-actively and engaging with our employees, contractors and business partners.
All aspects of safety management are fundamental to our operations: people safety, process safety, chemical safety and transportation safety. Incidents in our operations can have consequences for our people as well as to those third parties that are working for us at Kemira sites or at a location where Kemira is present.
Our long-term vision for safety is "Zero harm for people". We believe all incidents are preventable. Our target is to be world class in workplace safety. We measure our safety performance with Total Recordable Injury Frequency per million hours (TRIF) covering Kemira employees and contractors. We have set a new TRIF target beyond 2020 of ≤1.5 for 2025.
In 2019, our safety performance was TRIF= 2.1 (3.5), a result that was significant improvement over 2018. We continued our work towards improving health and safety culture to prevent incidents and mitigating health and safety hazards.
We have now achieved a TRIF level from which further development is highly dependent on the safety behavior of people.
This year a global program to ensure the comprehensive assessment of employee work-related exposures was initiated. Although our manufacturing locations already had programs for the management of occupational exposures, a global program was needed to improve consistency across all Kemira. This program included the Assessing and Managing Occupational Exposures Standard, which requires not only regulatory compliance but also is based on industry best practice. Implementation will continue into 2020.
In order to protect external stakeholders at our manufacturing locations, we continued an aggressive training program to inform visitors, contractors and truck drivers of the potential hazards and safety requirements of our plants. This took the form of e-learning training modules with detailed manufacturing location-specific safety information. These modules allow visitors to complete the training prior to arrival on-site, thus able to be fully engaged and focused on their task while on-site. These e-learnings were implemented in some regions in 2019 and will be fully implemented globally in 2020.
For more information, see GRI 403-2 on page 55.
Kemira is committed to climate action and has introduced a new target to reduce combined Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 30% by 2030, from a 2018 baseline of 930,000 tons CO2 eq. Our longterm ambition is to be carbon neutral by 2045 for combined Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions.
For our Scope 3 emissions, we are committed to working with suppliers to decrease the carbon footprint of our purchased goods and services. We also encourage suppliers to set ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets aligned with the Paris Agreement.
Kemira fully supports the ambition of the UNFCCC Paris Agreement, and stresses the importance of collaboration across sectors and stakeholders to ensure the implementation of solutions.
The key near-term measures to reduce our emissions include:
Our Sourcing function is globally responsible for strategic spend management, while our Supply Chain Management function provides supply chain related services on a regional level to our business segments.
• We have approximately 14,800 suppliers consisting of 1,700 direct material suppliers and 13,100 indirect suppliers. Despite the large number of suppliers, approximately 10% of all suppliers account for around 90% of the total spend. Geographically, approximately half of our suppliers reside in Europe.
Supplier management and supplier risk and compliance management are cornerstones of our sustainable sourcing roadmap that ensure responsibility in our supply chain. Our Supplier Management focus is on improving economic performance, anticipating risk and initiating approaches with suppliers that are responsible and innovative. It is described in three main processes: Supplier Segmentation, Supplier Performance Evaluations (SPE) and Vendor Value Program.
performance. The majority of our strategic, critical and volume suppliers are part of regular supplier reviews.
• Our Vendor Value Program is aimed at developing capabilities that will enable us to identify, partner with, and manage those suppliers, along the various value chains associated with Kemira's product lines.
Our supplier risk and compliance management defines the requirements for suppliers to do business with Kemira, as well as provides tools and processes for mitigating the sustainability risk with our suppliers (sustainability assessments and audits).
All of our suppliers must follow our Code of Conduct in relation to all of their dealings with Kemira. Our Code of Conduct is communicated to all suppliers through the ordering process as part of Kemira terms and conditions.
• Supplier adherence to these principles is controlled in different stages of our Sourcing processes starting from the new supplier screening/new vendor creation process, to contracting where the commitment to our CoC-BP is integrated in the contract templates. Finally, we have
| ST R U CT U R E O F K E M I R A' S S U P P L I E R BAS E | DIRECT MATERIALS | I NDIRECT GOODS AND SERVICES |
|---|---|---|
| Number of suppliers, approximately | 1,700 | 13,100 |
| EMEA | 800 | 7,200 |
| Americas | 600 | 4,200 |
| APAC | 300 | 1,700 |
| Number of suppliers that form 80% of the category spend |
10% | 8% |
continuous monitoring in place for those contracts exceeding certain spend thresholds to make sure we are reasonably covered (GRI 308-1: Supplier Environmental assessment; GRI 414-1: Supplier social assessment).
Both Supplier assessments and audits are part of sourcing processes and Sourcing function target setting and are monitored on monthly basis. On total level all related KPIs were met in 2019.
In 2019, as part of our Vendor Value Program we collected 64 value proposals from our suppliers. Majority of the value proposals were around improving supplier product offering either though better performance, cost or sustainability, improving the operations in the supply chain or sharing market intelligence. Value Proposals, in liaison with operational performance and contractual commitment, is one of the key criteria determining which suppliers to award. Currently we are in progress of selecting the third annual round of suppliers to award during Q1 of 2020.
Our values and the principles of our Code of Conduct are the foundation for creating a strong company culture and commitment to people. We aim to offer employees the right mix of opportunities and challenges in a global and diverse working environment. Our resultoriented and collaborative culture empowers employees to solve the challenges of tomorrow. Together, we can have a major impact on our future. Our offering to employees includes working with a company with the purpose of improving water quality and commitment to sustainability, talent management, leadership development, performance management and competence development, reward and recognition, and safety and well-being.
During 2019, we initiated our continuous feedback and listening model for prioritized areas. Because we have adopted these new methods for the first time in 2019, we cannot directly compare engagement scores, trends or participation rates from Voices@Kemira 2018 to MyVoice 2019. Glint is our new supplier with a track record in this field of expertise and will work with us as we transition to new agile methods of engagement measurement, benchmarking
and taking action. We will continue to embed this as a way of working for managers and employees. In 2019 we piloted the model for prioritized scope including for competence development for commercial teams, EHSQ lifesaving rules for Manufacturing and Sales, and onboarding new hires. In November 2019, we completed a MyVoice short survey on strategy awareness and engagement. Engagement score was 79, which is 6 points above the external manufacturing benchmark. This score puts Kemira in the top 20% of Glint customers globally across all industries and it is the first time Kemira has reached this percentile. The participation rate was 67% with 3,354 responses.
The Voices@Kemira 2018, our previous biennial employee engagement survey, was conducted in April 2018. Employee Engagement was 71% (target 69%), and 4% higher than in the previous survey in 2015. Strategy and Change was agreed to be the company-wide area for action planning and extensive communications have been completed as part of the refreshed strategy communication.
Our Talent Management culture is well in place, with both the systematic processes and leadership capabilities to identify and develop employees with potential for leadership positions globally. We continued to build a strong leadership bench to meet our business needs in relation to executing our strategy and driving our long-term growth. We rolled out a new program for identified non-executive leadership talents to fast-track their development and increase their exposure to senior
leaders. We are working to ensure that strong development plans are in place for talents and for key position successors. Leadership development plans included on-the-job learning, learning from others, as well as formal program. Our leadership development target 2016–2020 is 1,500 activities, that is on average at least two leadership development activities per people manager. By the end of 2019, we were at 1,839 activities and ahead of the target.
Kemira's performance management process aligns our strategic targets with each employee's personal targets, competencies and development plans. This process is wellestablished within Kemira as part of our leadership culture, and it forms the backbone of our management system.
To ensure the process also meets future needs the process was redesigned during 2019 utilizing design thinking principles and tools. The process was further developed engaging with several hundreds of employees and managers across Kemira. The renewed process was successfully launched in the beginning of 2020.
Our management approach to integrity and responsible business practices is based on our corporate values and our Code of Conduct. These principles demonstrate our commitment to conduct our business in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, and according to ethical standards.
Our Code of Conduct sets the minimum standards of expected behavior for our employees and business partners. Our internal policies and procedures provide more detailed guidance to steer our daily work and decision-making. Kemira's Code of Conduct was reviewed, updated and approved by the Board of Directors in 2017, followed by an extensive global training and communication campaign during 2017 and 2018. Every employee is expected to comply with Kemira's Code of Conduct. All people managers and leaders are responsible for implementing the Code within their teams. Since 2013, we have required all of our employees to regularly complete the Code of Conduct training, which is currently available in 21 languages. We also train selected employee groups on more specific compliance matters, such as anti-bribery, competition compliance and insider information.
We expect our business partners to follow our Code of Conduct for Business Partners (CoC-BP) in their business activities. Both of these Code of Conduct documents, as well as our corporate values can be found at www.kemira.com.
Our Ethics and Compliance Program aims to enhance compliance management at Kemira on a continuous basis. The program addresses all of the following measures taken to manage ethics and compliance risks:
We promote a culture that encourages our employees to speak freely. We actively encourage our employees to contact their managers, local HR, Legal or Ethics and Compliance function to express their concerns and ask questions.
All of our employees also have access to an externally hosted Ethics and Compliance hotline, which is a 24/7 service enabling them to report potential violations of our Code of Conduct or other ethical concerns. All employees can anonymously submit such reports in their own languages, by phone or through a web form, which can be accessed through Kemira's intranet, wherever such channels are not restricted by local legislation. Information about the availability of the Ethics and Compliance hotline is shared to all employees on Kemira's intranet. We provide regular training and communications to our employees on all of our available channels to report concerns and to assure the anonymity of the report. The hotline system and the process of handling the reports are managed by the Ethics and Compliance function.
The email address compliance(at)kemira.com can be used by third parties to report cases of potential misconduct relating to Kemira or our business partners. This information is available on our website and in the Kemira Code of Conduct for Business Partners.
All allegations of potential violations of our Code of Conduct made in good faith will receive a fair and comprehensive investigation utilizing internal and/or external assistance. Any reporting of potential Code violations are treated as strictly confidential and anonymous to the fullest extent possible.
| C O N C E R N S O F A LL E G AT I O N S O F P OT E N T I A L | C A S E S | O P E N | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C ODE OF CONDUCT VIOLATIONS REPORTED | N U M B E R O F | CLOSED W I T H | CASES CLOSED | C A S E S A S O F |
| IN 2019 | CASES | MERIT | WITHOUT MERIT | DEC 31, 2019 |
| Cases reported via hotline | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Cases reported via other channels | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| Total number of cases | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| CASES CLOSED WITH MERIT BY ISSUE CATEGORY | NUMBER OF CASES |
|---|---|
| Corruption and bribery | 0 |
| Conflict of Interest | 1 |
| Employee relations and fair treatment | 5 |
| Harassment | 1 |
| Transactions and company records | 3 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 10 |
Kemira generates economic value from expertise, products and sustainable solutions, enabling our customers to improve their water, energy and raw material efficiency. Kemira distributes the generated economic value to various stakeholders. This includes suppliers and service providers through payments for raw materials and services, employees through compensation and benefits, capital providers through dividends and interest payments, public sector through taxes, and society through local community projects, sponsorship and donations. Taxes have a significant impact on our businesses, financing and growth opportunities. Kemira's approach to tax is to support responsible business performance in a sustainable way. A separate tax footprint report is available at www.kemira.com > Company > Investors.
The economic value retained is reinvested in the company for capital investments, R&D and technology development. The economic value retained increased to EUR 299 million in 2019 (123 in 2018).
| STAKEHOLDE R | ECONOMIC VALUE | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUR million | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
| Direct economic value generated: Revenues |
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| Customers | Income from customers on the basis of products and services sold, and financial income |
2,687 | 2,614 | 2,453 | 2,386 | 2,350 |
| Direct economic value distributed |
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| Suppliers | Payments to suppliers of raw materials, goods and services |
1,861 | 2,001 | 1,831 | 1,701 | 1,709 |
| Employees | Employee wages and benefits | 366 | 352 | 362 | 364 | 356 |
| Investors & lenders | Dividends, interests paid and financial expenses | 122 | 114 | 117 | 114 | 113 |
| Government & Public sector | Corporate income taxes | 39 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 12 |
| Economic value retained | 299 | 123 | 118 | 184 | 160 |
Community investments were EUR 0,1 million in 2018 through sponsoring and local community participation
by region %
EMEA LOCATION % by region %
EUR million
EMEA Americas APAC
Kemira conducted a global ethics and compliance risk assessment in 2016, covering key business operations and functions in all regions. Anti-corruption was one of the key focus areas in the assessment and the results of the assessments were utilized in Kemira's ethics and compliance and internal audit plans for the following years. No significant risks related to corruption were identified through ethics and compliance activities or internal audits in 2019.
Kemira's principles for anti-corruption are included in the Kemira Code of Conduct and in the Kemira Group Gifts, Entertainment and Anti-bribery Policy. Both documents are available to all employees on Kemira's intranet, and the Code of Conduct is also publicly available at www.kemira.com.
Kemira's Code of Conduct has been approved by the Board of Directors, and as part of our mandatory and regular Code of Conduct training our anti-corruption principles are communicated to all of our employee groups and regions on a regular basis. All members of Kemira's Board of Directors have been trained on our anti-corruption principles.
Kemira provides mandatory anti-bribery training to its white collar employees, who need to have a comprehensive understanding of Kemira's anti-corruption principles. The table below demonstrates the scope of the training, with a breakdown by employee category and regions.
We expect our suppliers and other business partners to conduct their business with integrity and commit to Kemira's Code of Conduct for the Business Partners (CoC-BP) in their business activities with Kemira. According to the CoC-BP, Kemira expects our Business Partners to ensure that they, and third parties acting on their behalf, do not offer, give or
accept improper or corrupt payments, and that they will not engage in any form of bribery. We aim to communicate the CoC-BP to all of our suppliers, agents and distributors. All of our suppliers (engaged with a SAP Purchased Order) receive a written reference to Kemira's CoC-BP as part of the Kemira general terms of purchase on the back of the Purchase Order.
| NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES | % OF EMPLOYEES | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NUMBER OF PERMANENT | RECEIVED TRAINING ON | RECEIVED TRAINING ON | ||
| EMPLOYEES, NOT ABSENT | ANTI-CORRUPTION | ANTI-CORRUPTION | ||
| White collars | 891 | 856 | 96 | |
| Americas | Blue collars | 674 | 0 | |
| White collars | 466 | 450 | 97 | |
| APAC | Blue collars | 481 | 0 | |
| White collars | 1571 | 1507 | 96 | |
| EMEA | Blue collars | 903 | 0 | |
| TOTAL | 4986 | 2813 | 56 | |
| TOTAL NUMBER SUPPLIERS* THAT | PERCENTAGE OF SUPPLIERS* THAT | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| OUR ANTI-CORRUPTION PRINCIPLES | OUR ANTI-CORRUPTION PRINCIPLES | ||
| REGION | TOTAL NUMBER OF SUPPLIERS* | HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATED TO | HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATED TO |
| EMEA | 7959 | 7959 | 100 |
| Americas | 4833 | 4833 | 100 |
| APAC | 1968 | 1968 | 100 |
| TOTAL | 14760 | 14760 | 100 |
* The numbers include suppliers engaged with a SAP Purchase Order. In addition to SAP transactions, some small purchases are processed via the travel claim process.
There were no confirmed incidents of corruption or public legal cases regarding corruption in 2019.
In 2019, Kemira had the following pending or completed legal actions initiated under national or international laws designed for regulating anti-competitive behavior, anti-trust, or monopoly practices:
Kemira continued to defend itself against a legal action filed by CDC PROJECT 13 SA against Kemira Chemicals Oy (former Finnish Chemicals Oy) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, related to an alleged historical infringement of competition law in the sodium chlorate business by Finnish Chemicals Oy between 1994 and 2000. Kemira acquired Finnish Chemicals in 2005.
In the United States, Kemira was involved in two class action lawsuits and 10 individual suits which had been filed during 2015–2018 based on alleged violations of anti-trust laws relating to the sale of certain water treatment chemicals between the years 1997 and 2011. In those lawsuits, Kemira had been named as a defendant among other defendants. The individual legal suits were opt-out suits, whereby the plaintiffs opted out of the class actions. According to Kemira's assessment, all of these class actions and individual lawsuits against Kemira lacked merit. Kemira settled all these class actions and opt-out suits during 2019.
The renewable materials used include mainly starches, tall oil, and fatty acid derivatives.
The recycled input materials are industrial by-products and recycled materials from external partners. These materials include mainly inorganic materials such as scrap iron, ferrous sulphate and spent pickling liquor bath. Industrial by-products are mainly from smelters, as well as steel and metal manufacturing. Inorganic byproducts and recycled materials are mainly used in the production of inorganic coagulants, which are used in water treatment, and in which category recycled input material may account for up to 70–80% of all raw materials used. In 2019, approximately 24% (21% in 2018) of raw materials across all Kemira business segments were recycled input materials. In 2018 and 2017, the use of recycled input materials reduced due to the fire at a major supplier in Finland, causing significant drop in ferrous sulphate supplies.
| MATERIALS million tonnes |
GRI disclosure | 2019 | 2018 | 2017* | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL MATERIALS USED | 301-1 | 3,342 | 3,329 | 3,510 | 3,536 | 3,293 |
| Non-renewable materials | 301-1 | 3,284 | 3,268 | 3,448 | 3,458 | 3,220 |
| Renewable materials | 301-1 | 0,058 | 0,061 | 0,062 | 0,078 | 0,072 |
| Share of renewable materials, % | 301-1 | 1.7% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2.2% | 2.2% |
| Recycled input materials used Industrial by-products and recycled material from external partners |
301-2 | 0,804 | 0,710 | 0,799 | 0,945 | 0,904 |
| Share of recycled materials, % | 301-2 | 24.1% | 21.3% | 22.8% | 26.7% | 27.5% |
* Data corrected due to more accurate information available
Energy balance
E N E R GY C O N S U M P T I O N BY GEOGRAPHY IN 2019
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\text{Final} 42\% \quad \text{USA} 35\% \quad \text{Seword} \quad 23\%
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GRI 302-1: Energy consumption within the organization GRI 302-3: Energy intensity GRI 302-4: Reduction of energy consumption
Energy costs amount to approximately 14% of our total sourcing spend. By continually improving energy efficiency at manufacturing sites, we are consistently reducing our energy usage and equivalent costs.
In 2019, our operations in Finland accounted for 42% of our total energy consumption. The USA accounted for 35%, and other countries 23%.
Approximately 91% of our total energy consumption is used by 14 large manufacturing sites. A substantial portion of our energy management activities is focused on these most energy-intensive sites, which include seven sodium chlorate manufacturing plants in Finland, USA, Uruguay and Brazil.
Electricity is our most important energy source, accounting for 71% of the total energy input. Sodium chlorate plants purchase 90% of the electricity. Therefore, the management of volatile electricity prices play an important role in capacity utilization planning.
| ENERGY BALANCE GWh |
GRI disclosure | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL FUEL AND PURCHASED ENERGY INPUT | 4,857 | 4,959 | 4,890* | 4,719* | 4,144 | |
| Consumed fuel as energy source | 756 | 838* | 841* | 886* | 582 | |
| Non-renewable | 302-1a | 756 | 838* | 841* | 886* | 582 |
| Renewable | 302-1b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Purchased electricity | 302-1c | 3,454 | 3,446 | 3,322 | 3,135* | 2,935 |
| Non-renewable | 2,666 | 2,560 | 2,467 | 2,573* | 2,301 | |
| Renewable | 788 | 887 | 855 | 562* | 634 | |
| Purchased heat and steam | 302-1c | 648 | 675 | 727 | 699 | 627 |
| Non-renewable | 281 | 268 | 323 | 311 | 262 | |
| Renewable | 366 | 407 | 404 | 430 | 365 | |
| TOTAL FUEL AND PURCHASED ENERGY INPUT BY SOURCE |
302-1a, b | 4,857 | 4,959* | 4,890* | 4,731* | 4,144 |
| Non-renewable | 3,704 | 3,666* | 3,631* | 3,770* | 3,145* | |
| Renewable | 1,154 | 1,294 | 1,259 | 992* | 999* | |
| TOTAL ENERGY SOLD | 495 | 528 | 479 | 492 | 465* | |
| Heat1 sold off-site |
302-1d | 414 | 448 | 401 | 414 | 390 |
| Electricity sold off-site | 302-1d | 81 | 80 | 78 | 78 | 76 |
| TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION2 | 302-1e | 4,363 | 4,431* | 4,411* | 4,227* | 3,679 |
| CHANGE IN TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION3 | 302-4 | -68 | 20* | 183 | 548* | -7 |
| Production volume, 1,000 tonnes | 5,128 | 5,312* | 5,164* | 5,028 | 4,845 | |
| ENERGY INTENSITY, GWh per 1,000 tonnes of production4 302-3 | 0.85 | 0.83* | 0.85* | 0.84* | 0.76 |
* Minor updates to data were provided by sites during 2019 data collection.
Sum of steam, district heat, condensate, and other heat delivered off-site.
During 2019, we continued upgrading our E3plus (Energy Efficiency Enhancement) program established in 2010. The E3plus program aims to reduce the overall specific energy consumption, measured as kWh per tonne of product, at each of our manufacturing sites.
The key focus areas of the E3plus program are:
During 2019, we strengthened our global Energy Management Team (EMT), whose members represent the top management of our manufacturing sites, as well as our global energy sourcing management. The EMT coordinates, steers and supports energy management activities across all regions.
Kemira has joined the voluntary national Energy Efficiency Agreement in Finland ("Energiatehokkuussopimus"), which is a part of EU's response to the Paris Climate Agreement, for the period 2017–2025 (EU-level program). Until now, more than 30 implemented energy savings projects have been reported to the National Energy Authority ("Energiavirasto").
Our energy efficiency measures and activities have a special focus on sites, which have the highest energy consumption. Site-specific energy efficiency targets are defined for the largest energy consuming sites, based on energy consumption baseline data, the findings of E3 Energy Reviews, and the availability of resources.
In 2019, we continued to focus on large-scale manufacturing processes, with investments made in more energy efficient equipment and production lines. The continuous modernization of the process equipment used in our most energy-intensive sodium chlorate plants, especially those in Joutseno (Finland), Äetsä (Finland), Fray Bentos (Uruguay) and Ortigueira (Brazil), has enabled us to achieve and sustain a desired energy efficiency level. Furthermore, Kemira Oyj's Energy Management System in Europe and the manufacturing sites in Helsingborg (Sweden), and Äetsä and Joutseno (Finland), San Giorgio (Italy) and Fredrikstad (Norway), have been certified to ISO 50001.
Energy savings were additionally achieved during 2019 through the implementation of 27 projects (25 in 2018) across Kemira's operations. The resulting energy savings totaled 23,327 MWh (19,175 MWh in 2018) with cost savings of EUR 0.7 million (EUR 0.6 million in 2018). The cumulative cost savings that were achieved through the implementation of 532 such initiatives completed globally since 2010, now total EUR 11.1 million.
Our Energy Efficiency Index enables us to monitor the trend of energy efficiency improvement on a consolidated basis.
The Kemira Energy Efficiency Index measures the ratio of energy use to production volumes normalized to a 2012 benchmark for our 14 large manufacturing sites covering approximately 90% of energy consumption (91.1% in 2019). The index is not affected by changes in production volumes but may be affected by the product mix.
Greenhouse gas emissions
Emissions from fuels to produce energy in sites owned and controlled by Kemira
Emissions from purchased electricity, heat and steam consumed at Kemira's manufacturing sites
Emissions from purchased raw materials, fuel and energy related activities, upstream transportation, downstream transportation and distribution and other downstream activities
E M I S S I O N S BY G E O G R A P H Y I N 2 0 1 9
Scope 1 and Scope 2, market-based
Kemira's GHG emissions are primarily carbon dioxide (CO2 ), and negligible emissions of methane (CH4 ) and nitrous oxide (N2 O). Kemira estimates GHG emissions using factors in terms of CO2 equivalent (CO2 eq.) and does not specifically estimate and report mass emissions of CH4 and N2 O since CO2 comprises over 99% of CO2 eq. emissions.
The majority of the electricity used at our Kemira manufacturing sites is obtained from external providers. Many Kemira facilities consume steam and heat generated on-site.
manufacturing sites are from the following sources:
Indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions include, but are not limited to, the CO2 emissions from the generation of purchased or acquired electricity, heating, cooling, and steam consumed by an organization. Furthermore, many sites purchase or acquire electricity, heating, cooling, and steam resources from either the local municipal authority or from a separate manufacturing facility located within the same industrial complex.
Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions are a consequence of Kemira's business activities, but occur from sources not owned or controlled by our company.
Scope 1 emissions in 2019 were less than 2018 emissions, corresponding to a decrease in production compared to 2018. Two significant natural gas consuming sites also experienced prolonged shutdowns which decreased the amount of natural gas used as a fuel at the sites.
Scope 2 emissions were consistent with 2018 levels despite the decrease in production. In addition, the fuel mix for our centralized energy supplier in Finland consumed slightly more non-renewable fuels compared to 2018.
Scope 3 emissions in 2019 were consistent with previous year's emissions within the level of accuracy associated with the calculation methodology. Purchased goods and services (including capital goods) cover 51% (61%), and transportation and distribution emissions (upstream and downstream) 30% (18%) of our Scope 3 emissions. Waste generated and transported by our plants remained 5% (5%) of overall Scope 3 emissions.
The overall GHG emissions intensity for 2019 is within the range of historical levels.
GRI 305-1: Direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions GRI 305-2: Energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions GRI 305-3: Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions GRI 305-4: GHG emissions intensity GRI 305-5: Deduction of GHG emissions
| GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) EMISSIONS CO2eq 1,000 tonnes |
GRI disclosure | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL GHG EMISSIONS1 | 2,773 | 2,672* | 2,872 | 2,684 | 2,665 | |
| Direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions2a | 305-1 | 134 | 152* | 153 | 162 | 169 |
| Change | -18 | -1* | -9 | -7 | 25 | |
| Biogenic Direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions2b | 305-1c | 0 | 0 | 0 | n.a. | n.a. |
| Change | 0 | 0 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | |
| Energy indirect (Scope 2) emissions: market-based3a | 305-2 | 783 | 778 | 799 | 792 | 786 |
| Change | 5 | -21 | 8 | 6 | -6 | |
| Energy indirect (Scope 2) emissions: location-based3b | 897 | 1,044 | 1,048 | 999 | 994 | |
| Change | -147 | -4 | 49 | 5 | n.a. | |
| Other indirect emissions: Scope 34a | 305-3a | 1,856 | 1,697 | 1,920 | 1,730 | 1,710 |
| Change | 159 | -233 | 230 | 20 | 129 | |
| Other indirect emissions: Scope 3 Biogenic emissions4b | 305-3c | 0 | 0 | 0 | n.a. | n.a. |
| Change | 0 | 0 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | |
| CHANGE IN TOTAL GHG EMISSIONS | 305-5 | 101 | -245* | 188* | 19 | 149 |
| Production volume, 1,000 tonnes | 5,128 | 5,312* | 5,164 | 5,028 | 4,845 | |
| GHG EMISSIONS INTENSITY, tCO2 per tonnes of production5 |
305-4 | 0.54 | 0.50* | 0.56* | 0.53 | 0.55 |
* Minor updates to data were provided by sites during 2019 data collection.
2a. GHG emissions from sources that are owned or controlled by Kemira (Scope 1 of the WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol). GHG emissions are calculated as CO2 eq which includes CO2 , CH4 , N2 O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6 , NF3 .
2b. GRI Standard specifies reporting of biogenic emissions reported starting in 2017.
3a. GHG emissions from the generation of purchased electricity, steam and heat that is consumed by Kemira (revised Scope 2 of the WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol). Market-based emissions are used for target setting and following progress. Location-based emissions are also shown, but these are not used for other indicators. GHG emissions are calculated as
CO2 eq which includes CO2 , CH4 , N2 O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6 , NF3 . The sources for the emission factors used are the IEA, the UK government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Motiva Ltd. and energy utility companies.
3b. Location based Scope 2 emissions were calculated first time in 2015.
4a. GHG emissions from Kemira's value chain (Scope 3 of WRI/ WBCSD GHG Protocol). Minor changes have occurred for previous years as more updated data was available for this report.
4b. GRI Standard has introduced requirement of disclosure of biogenic emissions, which Kemira started to report in 2017.
During 2019 we reviewed the assumptions for categories 1. Purchased goods and services; 4. Upstream transportation and distribution; and 9. Downstream transportation and distribution. Based on more accurate data on transportation and distribution, we were able to calculate the category 4 and 9 emissions more accurately.
| OTHER INDIRECT (SCOPE 3) GHG EMISSIONS BY CATEGORIES |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO2eq 1,000 tonnes | GRI disclosure | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| TOTAL SCOPE 3 EMISSIONS | 305-3d | 1,856 | 1,697 | 1,920 | 1,730 | 1,710 |
| 1. Purchased goods and services | 950 | 1,040 | 960 | 840 | 870 | |
| 2. Capital goods* | * | * | * | * | * | |
| 3. Fuel and energy related activities | 230 | 240 | 240 | 230 | 230 | |
| 4. Upstream transportation and distribution | 290 | 110*** | 240 | 220 | 200 | |
| 5. Waste generated in operations | 90 | 80 | 80 | 40 | 20 | |
| 6. Business travel | 5** | 5** | 5 | 10 | 10 | |
| 7. Employee commuting | 10** | 10** | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| 8. Upstream leased assets (leased offices) | 10** | 10** | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| 9. Downstream transportation and distribution | 270 | 200*** | 370 | 370 | 350 | |
| 11. Use of sold products | * | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12. End-of-life treatment of sold products | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
* Emissions of Category 2: Capital goods are included in Category 1: Purchased goods and services.
** Categories 6–8 were not after 2017 because contributing less than 2% in earlier years. 2018 and 2019 were assumed to be at the same level as historical years. *** The average distance for water transportation decreased in 2018 compared to 2017.
Scope 3 was restated in 2015 due to more accurate information available. As a more detailed calculation was carried out. Category 12 End-of-life treatment of sold products changed significantly. Category 12 covers all products sold. If a product is not known to have a new lifecycle, it is classified as waste. Category 11 emissions were estimated to be zero or close to zero, as Kemira does not sell combustible fuels, products that form GHG emissions during use, or products that contain GHG.
The calculation is based on the GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard and a supporting guidance document Guidance for Accounting & Reporting Corporate GHG Emissions in the Chemical Sector Value Chain. Scope 3 emissions have been calculated since 2012. GHG emission are calculated as CO2 eq. The sources for the emission factors used include the guidance document for the Chemical Sector, the DEFRA, the IEA, Ecoinvent, CEFIC and ECTA. Data covers all of Kemira's production sites according to Kemira consolidation rules. The margin of error for Scope 3 calculations is +/- 20%.
NOTE: Category 10 Processing of sold products is not calculated because it cannot be reasonably tracked; Category 13 Downstream leased assets is not relevant to chemical sector; Category 14 Franchises is not relevant to chemical sector; Category 15 Investments: No information available."
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions increased approximately by 5.5% compared to 2018 and is now at the same level as 2015. Sulfur oxides (SOx) emissions has decreased by approximately 10% from 2018 and approximately 24% since 2015.
Kemira almost exclusively uses zero and low carbon fuels such as hydrogen and natural gas for its on-site steam and heat requirements. Mobile equipment such as fork trucks also use low carbon fuels such as natural gas, propane, and low-sulfur diesel fuel. Therefore, Kemira's releases into air are not a material topic for GRI reporting purposes. However, Kemira continues to report these releases in accordance with GRI requirements and reviews materiality on a periodic basis.
| RELEASES INTO AIR | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tonnes | GRI disclosure | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Nitrogen oxides (NOx)1 | 305-7a.i | 192 | 182 | 161 | 160 | 194 |
| Sulfur oxides (SOx)2 | 305-7a.ii | 63 | 70 | 77 | 84 | 83 |
| Volatile organic compounds (VOC)3 | 305-7a.iv | 569 | 649 | 574 | 783 | 430 |
| Other air emissions4,5 | 305-7a.vii | 447 | 349 | 99 | 173 | 55 |
| Particulates (PM) | 305-7a.vi | 18 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 14 |
| Persistent organic pollutants (POP)5 | 305-7a.iii | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Hazardous air pollutants (HAP)5 | 305-7a.v | 9 | 10 | 13 | n.a. | n.a. |
| Ozone-depleting substances6 | 305-6 | n.a. | n.a. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOx consist of nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide.
SOx consists of sulfur dioxide and sulfur trioxide.
VOC is a sum of volatile organic compounds as defined in EU Directive 1999/13/EC.
Other standard categories of air emissions identified in relevant regulations. New reporting requirement starting in 2017. Includes former reporting requirement of Volatile Inorganic Compounds (VIC), which was reported as the sum of ammonia, hydrogen chloride and six other simple inorganic compounds through 2016. GRI Standard no longer requires reporting of VIC.
5 New reporting requirement starting in 2017. Changes in emissions between Other air emissions, and HAP may be attributable to how emissions are regulated in a specific location. For example, acrylonitrile is specifically regulated under the term "HAP" in the United States and would be reported as such. However, acrylonitrile may not be regulated using the term HAP in another country and may be reported under Other air emissions.
6 A value of zero represents emissions equal to or greater than 0 and less than 0.5 tonnes. Limited emissions are primarily from one manufacturing site. The manufacturing site eliminated the use of the ozone delpeting substance. Therefore, after 2016, emissions are reported as N/A. The emissions from the substitute material are reported under Other air emissions.
GRI 303-3: Water withdrawal GRI 303-4: Water discharge GRI 303-5: Water consumption GRI 306-1: Water discharge quality
Through our EHSQ Policy, we strive to minimize water consumption and minimize the negative impact of water discharge activities on the quality of receiving water bodies. Kemira's manufacturing processes require water primarily for use as cooling water and process water.
We are continuously evaluating opportunities to decrease water withdrawal, consumption, discharge, and associated impacts through water recycling and reuse, and process redesign and optimization projects in our upgraded and new production line projects. Where possible, water is recycled and/or reused at our sites to reduce water withdrawal, consumption, and discharge.
Wastewater and cooling water discharges at the manufacturing sites are subject to chemical sector regulations and local discharge requirements (permitting and effluent quality), including the profile of the receiving waterbody. Wastewater generated from Kemira's manufacturing processes are primarily treated in third-party wastewater treatment plants prior to discharge to a waterbody. Cooling water does not usually require treatment prior to discharge.
Information presented in this report is based on the GRI 303: Water and Effluents 2018 standard that was adopted
megaliters
| W AT E R WITHDRAWAL |
W AT E R DI S C H A R G E S |
W AT E R CONSUMPTION |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90,572 (100,112) |
81,721 (91,562) |
8,851 (8,550) |
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| Surface water | 65% | Surface water | 72% | |
| Groundwater | 3% | Groundwater | 0% | |
| Seawater | 19% | Seawater | 21% | |
| Third-party water | 13% | Third-party water | 7% | |
| Treatment not required (mainly cooling water) |
92% |
in Kemira for the 2019 GRI Disclosures. Water withdrawal and discharge in our manufacturing sites is categorized as freshwater (<1,000 mg/L Total Dissolved Solids), except for one site that uses seawater as cooling water and discharges to seawater (>1,000 mg/L Total Dissolved Solids).
In accordance with the guidance provided in GRI 303-5, water consumption consists of the water withdrawn and incorporated into products, evaporated, consumed by humans, or otherwise unusable by others such that it is not released back to surface water, groundwater, seawater, or a third-party. Water storage is not a significant water-related impact at our manufacturing sites and therefore, is not reported in our disclosure.
In 2019, there were no significant fines or non-conformities with regards to environmental laws or regulations or claims from external wastewater treatment plant authorities against Kemira.
In 2019, Kemira updated water risk assessment, using the World Resources Institute's Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, a global mapping tool to identify water risks. The mapping covered all manufacturing sites. The results indicated that our withdrawals do not significantly affect water sources and basins for the following reasons:
• About 89% of total water withdrawal was used as cooling water and none of Kemira's discharges are known to have, or are likely to have, a significant impact on the water body and associated habitats and users.
The total water withdrawal decreased by approximately 10% from 2018 and by approximately 8% compared to 2015. The total water consumption increased by approximately 4% from 2018 but has decreased by approximately 4% compared to 2015. The water withdrawal intensity (m3 per tonnes of production) decreased by approximately 6% from 2018 and by approximately 13% compared to 2015.
The total water discharges decreased by approximately 11% from 2018,and by approximately 8% compared to 2015. Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) discharges increased by approximately 98% from 2018 and the discharge of suspended solids increased by approximately 117%. The increase in COD and suspended solid discharges in 2019 are primarily
related to the biological wastewater treatment plant at one manufacturing site. Therefore, changes in COD and suspended solid discharge at the plant have significant influence in Kemira's total COD and suspended solid discharge. Wastewater discharges by quality (including COD and suspended solids) are not a material topic for Kemira for GRI reporting purposes. However, Kemira continues to report the discharges in accordance with GRI requirements and reviews materiality on a periodic basis.
| OVERVIEW OF WATER FLOWS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| megaliters | GRI disclosure | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
| All areas | Areas with water stress |
All areas | All areas | All areas | All areas | ||
| WATER WITHDRAWAL BY SOURCES, TOTAL | 303-3 | 90,572 | 433 | 100,112* | 98,166* | 102,347 | 98,212 |
| Surface water | 59,173 | 1 | 62,393 | 66,951 | 68,560 | 65,494 | |
| Groundwater | 2,386 | 146 | 3,251 | 3,061 | 2,728 | 3,606 | |
| Seawater | 16,893 | n.a. | 23,345 | 20,851 | 23,888 | 22,520 | |
| Third party-water | 12,120 | 286 | 11,122 | 7,303 | 7,171 | 6,592 | |
| Third party-water by source | Surface water | n.a. | 148 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Groundwater | n.a. | 138 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | |
| Seawater | n.a. | n.a | n.a | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | |
| WATER DICHARGES BY DESTINATION, TOTAL | 303-4, 306-1 | 81,721 | 112 | 91,562* | 91,246* | 95,309* | 89,012* |
| Surface water | 58,933 | n.a | 62,949 | 65,522 | 66,612 | 61,736 | |
| Groundwater | n.a | n.a | n.a | n.a | n.a. | n.a. | |
| Seawater | 17,014 | n.a | 23,463 | 21,000 | 24,057 | 22,671 | |
| Third party-water | 5,775 | n.a | 5,149 | 4,724 | 4,641 | 4,604 | |
| Third party-water sent for use to other organizations | 4,137 | n.a | 3,329 | 3,035 | 3,108 | 3,059 | |
| Water discharge by treatment | No treatment (mainly cooling water) |
75,455 | n.a | 85,910 | 86,022 | 90,188 | 83,920 |
| Own treatment | 535 | n.a | 557 | 585 | 561 | 537 | |
| WATER CONSUMPTION | 303-5 | 8,851 | 321 | 8,550 | 6,921 | 7,038 | 9,200 |
| WATER WITHDRAWAL INTENSITY, m3 per tonnes of production |
17.7 | 1.5 | 18.8 | 19.0* | 20.4* | 20.3* | |
| Production volumes, thousands of tons | 5,128 | 281 | 5,312* | 5,164* | 5,028 | 4,845 |
* Minor updates to data were provided by sites during 2019 data collection.
The calculations have been made according to GRI Standards. The figures presented are based on data collected from Kemira's sites.
The figures presented are based on data collected from Kemira's sites. Reporting is done first time in accordance with the GRI 303: Water and Effluents 2018 standard.
Breakdown of volumes by freshwater (<1,000 mg/L Total Dissolved Solids) and seawater (>1,000 mg/L Total Dissolved Solids) is not provided since one site only uses seawater as cooling water and discharges to seawater.
Produced water as defined in GRI 303 is generated in limited amounts in Kemira's two tall oil plants. The share of produced water is less than 0.05% of total water withdrawal and therefore not included in the table.
Water withdrawal and water discharge reduced significantly from 2018 due to closure of a production plant at one site and annual variation in the need of cooling water.
| TOTAL WATER DISCHARGES BY QUALITY tonnes |
GRI disclosure | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)3 | 306-1a.ii | 67 | 34 | 38 | 34 | 16 |
| Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) | 306-1a.ii | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nitrogen (N) | 306-1a.ii | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Phosphorus (P) | 306-1a.ii | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Suspended solids3 | 306-1a.ii | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Other (e.g., heavy metals, chlorides)1 | 306-1a.ii | 371 | 326 | 291 | 308 | 9 |
| Total Organic Carbon (TOC)2 | 306-1a.ii | 1 | 1 | 1 | n.a. | n.a. |
The calculations have been made according to GRI Standards. Data limited to wastewater discharges from own treatment. In total, 13 sites are required to have own treatment prior to direct discharge to a waterbody. Wastewater generated from Kemira's manufacturing processes are primarily treated in third-party wastewater treatment plants prior to discharge to a waterbody. Kemira reports discharge quality data only from sites required by environmental laws and regulations or other requirements to monitor these parameters. Treatment methods are in accordance with local permits and contract agreements with third-party wastewater treatment plants. The treatment methods vary depending on local conditions and legal requirements.
In 2016, these releases consisted of chlorides at some sites. The increase in tonnes in the "Other" category is related to primarily to one site experiencing a significant increase in discharge volume compared to 2015 and to the availability of more accurate analytical data.
First reported in 2017.
Discharges from one biological wastewater treatment plant constitutes more than 80% of total COD and suspended solids discharges in Kemira. The increase in discharge of COD is due to temporary performance issues and increase in discharge of suspended solids due to change in analysis method at this wastewater treatments plant. The temporary performance issue has been solved.
Through our EHSQ Policy, Kemira strives to minimize the amount of industrial and municipal waste generated through consistent material flow management processes and improvements to the efficiency of manufacturing processes. Waste in Kemira is disposed, or recovered in compliance with statutory requirements. The waste streams from our manufacturing sites vary by site and harmonization of these waste streams and their definitions has been more challenging than expected. Efforts in 2018–2019 to collect detailed data and assess our manufacturing waste streams will continue in 2020. We aim to define KPIs and long term targets for hazardous waste reduction during 2020.
10 manufacturing sites generate approximately 90% of the hazardous waste. In 2019, one site alone accounted for 55% of total hazardous waste generated, due to disposal of stormwater potentially impacted by acrylamide. Disposal of stormwater at the site as hazardous waste is in accordance with local legislation and regulations. The significant share of certain sites to generate hazardous waste has been recognized and analysis for different solutions to decrease the generation of hazardous waste is under process. The total amount of hazardous waste increased by approximately 6% from 2018 primarily due to increase in generation of stormwater at the site described above and also due to increased production and improved data collection and reporting.
Total amount of non-hazardous waste increased by approximately 4% from 2018. This is primarily due to opening of a new manufacturing site in 2019 that accounted for 27% of total non-hazardous waste, as well as improved data collection and reporting.
| WASTE | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 tonnes | GRI disclosure | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| HAZARDOUS WASTES, total | 306-2a | 57.0 | 53.9* | 50.8* | 52.0* | 77.8* |
| Off-site landfill | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | |
| Off-site incineration | 1.1 | 1.3 | 6.2* | 5.0 | 2.6 | |
| Off-site recycling | 9.5 | 10.2 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 9.6 | |
| Off-site reuse | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Off-site deep well injection1,2 | 31.3 | 29.9 | 26.3 | 28.2 | 54.8 | |
| Off-site recovery, including energy recovery | 2.4 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Other off-site treatment2 | 10.9 | 8.2* | 9.9* | 10.3* | 9.5* | |
| On-site incineration | n.a. | n.a. | 0.2* | 0.1* | 0.0 | |
| On-site landfill | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | |
| NON-HAZARDOUS WASTES, total | 306-2b | 71.4 | 68.8* | 60.0* | 28.2* | 32.5* |
| Off-site landfill | 14.1 | 13.6 | 19.2 | 12.5* | 10.6* | |
| Off-site incineration | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.3* | 1.6 | 1.3 | |
| Off-site recycling | 5.6 | 5.9* | 4.5 | 7.4* | 14.9 | |
| Off-site reuse | 5.9 | 6.7 | ||||
| Off-site recovery, including energy recovery | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.0 | n.a. | n.a. | |
| Other off-site treatment | 43.7 | 40.6* | 34.4* | 6.6* | 5.4* | |
| Off-site composting1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | n.a. | n.a. | |
| On-site incineration | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | |
| On-site landfill | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 0.1* | 0.3* | |
| TOTAL WASTE DISPOSAL | 128.4 | 122.8* | 110.8* | 80.2* | 110.3* |
* Minor updates to data were provided by sites during 2019 data collection
New disposal method reported starting in 2017.
Kemira has updated these values to account for the impact of the new disposal methods introduced in 2017. For example,
"Other off-site treatment" included deep well injection during 2013–2016. The values in this table will differ from previous reports.
In 2019, one site alone accounted for 55% of total hazardous waste generated, due to disposal of stormwater potentially impacted by acrylamide (deep well injec- tion). Disposal of stormwater at the site as hazardous waste is in accordance with local legislation and regulations.
Waste disposal method was determined based on information provided by the waste disposal contractor.
Total weight of non-hazardous waste increased significantly from 2017 onwards due to acquisitions.
Kemira follows an Incident Reporting Standard that defines incident types and establishes the minimum requirements for incident reporting and classification of all EHSQ incidents. This standard applies to all Kemira employees, contractors, temporary and supplemental staff at all Kemira and/or customer locations.
Kemira's definition of a significant spill includes spill resulting in one or more of the following:
In 2019 there were 10 significant spills compared to nine in 2018.
The significant spills did not have a permanent or significant impact on the environment beyond the remediated material. These spills were not reported in Kemira's Financial Statements.
In 2019, approximately 57,000 tonnes of hazardous waste were transported by, or on behalf of Kemira, to external suppliers not owned by Kemira. Hazardous waste was not imported or treated by Kemira in 2019.
One of our sites in South America does not have a treatment or disposal option within the country for some of its hazardous wastes. Therefore, it must be shipped to the EU for disposal. In 2019, there were 28.3 tonnes of hazardous waste exported from South America to Europe for disposal and 1.3 tonnes of hazardous waste between EU countries. In total, less than 1% of the hazardous waste generated in 2019 (less than 1% in 2018) by Kemira was shipped internationally.
Kemira's integrated EHSQ management system includes an Auditing Standard to verify conformance with Kemira policies and standards, ISO/OHSAS standards, and EHSQ legal compliance. Kemira regularly conducts EHSQ compliance audits at manufacturing sites, research and development laboratories, and offices. Audits are performed by Kemira's independent internal auditing team and external consultants. Kemira's robust integrated EHSQ management system requires all sites to report non-compliances to the group's Global EHSQ Team using our incident reporting program (Synergi Life).
The following summarizes the significant fines or noncompliances with environmental laws or regulations at Kemira manufacturing sites in 2019:
At the end of 2019, Kemira employed 5,062 people (4,915). The employee distribution by region shows that 50% (53%) of Kemira's total workforce were employed in EMEA, and 32% (33%) in the Americas. The number of employees have increased by 147 (183). The increase is mainly due to capacity expansion in manufacturing operation in China. Workers who are legally recognized as self-employed, or individuals other than the ones in Kemira's payroll are not counted on these numbers.
Kemira uses external service providers (contractors) which work at Kemira locations. These services cover, for example maintenance, repair, turnaround, major renovation, or specialty work at a Kemira site. We do not record the number of people but follow the contractor hours as this information is included in the workplace safety indicator TRIF. In 2019, there was approximately 3.1 million hours which equals to about 1,650 FTE (Full Time Equivalents) when assuming 7.5 hours per day and 250 working days per year.
| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES* | 5,062 | 4,915 | 4,732 | 4,818 | 4,685 |
| Females, % | 26% | 26% | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Males, % | 74% | 74% | 74% | 74% | 74% |
| White collar, % | 59% | 60% | 62% | 61% | 62% |
| Blue collar; % | 41% | 40% | 38% | 39% | 38% |
* At year end
| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | %,2019 | %,2018 | %,2017 | %,2016 | %,2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES |
5,062 | 4,915 | 4,732 | 4,818 | 4,685 | |||||
| Permanent | 4,940 | 4,789 | 4,615 | 4,715 | 4,559 | 97.6% | 97.4 % | 97.5% | 97.9% | 97.3% |
| Fixed term | 122 | 126 | 117 | 103 | 126 | 2.4% | 2.6 % | 2.5% | 2.1% | 2.7% |
| FEMALES TOTAL | 1,295 | 1,255 | 1,223 | 1,259 | 1,220 | |||||
| Permanent | 1,237 | 1,205 | 1,175 | 1,227 | 1,171 | 95.5% | 96.0 % | 96.1% | 97.5% | 96.0% |
| Fixed term | 58 | 50 | 48 | 32 | 49 | 4.5% | 4.0 % | 3.9% | 2.5% | 4.0% |
| MALES TOTAL | 3,767 | 3,660 | 3,509 | 3,559 | 3,465 | |||||
| Permanent | 3,703 | 3,584 | 3,440 | 3,488 | 3,388 | 98.3% | 97.9 % | 98.0% | 98.0% | 97.8% |
| Fixed term | 64 | 76 | 69 | 71 | 77 | 1.7% | 2.1 % | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.2% |
The percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements by 'significant locations of operation' varies widely between regions. The coverage is the lowest in North America (USA 4%, Canada 16%), which is characteristic of the region, whereas in South America (Brazil, Uruguay) all employees are covered.
In the APAC region, collective bargaining agreements occur in the chemical industry only in a few countries, Indonesia, Vietnam, Korea and Thailand, where almost all employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements. In many European countries, all employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements, especially in Northern Europe (Finland, Sweden) and Southern Europe (Spain, France, Italy). In Central and Eastern Europe, the percentage varies (e.g. UK 33%, Germany 29%, Netherlands 61%), and in some countries there are no collective bargaining agreements.
The definition used for 'significant locations of operation' refers to countries where we have 10 or more employees. In Kemira's case, there are 25 countries with 10 or more employees and which altogether represents 99% of all employees.
| 2019 | 2018 | %, 2019 | %, 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES | 5,062 | 4,915 | ||
| Americas | 1,570 | 1,559 | 31.0% | 31.7% |
| APAC | 947 | 777 | 18.7% | 15.8% |
| EMEA | 2,545 | 2,579 | 50.3% | 52.5% |
| Total Permanent | 4,940 | 4,789 | ||
| Americas | 1,570 | 1,559 | 31.8% | 32.6% |
| APAC | 947 | 777 | 19.2% | 16.2% |
| EMEA | 2,423 | 2,453 | 49.1% | 51.2% |
| Total Temporary | 122 | 126 | ||
| Americas | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| APAC | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| EMEA | 122 | 126 | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015* | %,2019 | %,2018 | %,2017 | %,2016 | %,2015* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL EMPLOYEES | 5,062 | 4,915 | 4,732 | 4,818 | 4,559 | |||||
| Full-time | 4,980 | 4,842 | 4,660 | 4,747 | 4,481 | 98.4% | 98.5 % | 98.5% | 98.5% | 98.3% |
| Part-time | 82 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 78 | 1.6% | 1.5 % | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.7% |
| TOTAL FEMALES | 1,295 | 1,255 | 1,223 | 1,259 | 1,171 | |||||
| Full-time | 1,240 | 1,202 | 1,168 | 1,208 | 1,106 | 95.8% | 95.8 % | 95.5% | 95.9% | 94.4% |
| Part-time | 55 | 53 | 55 | 51 | 65 | 4.2% | 4.2 % | 4.5% | 4.1% | 5.6% |
| TOTAL MALES | 3,767 | 3,660 | 3,509 | 3,559 | 3,388 | |||||
| Full-time | 3,740 | 3,640 | 3,492 | 3,539 | 3,375 | 99.3% | 99.5 % | 99.5% | 99.4% | 99.6% |
| Part-time | 27 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 0.7% | 0.5 % | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.4% |
* 2014–2015 numbers for permanent employees
The total number of new hires in 2019 was 751 (804), out of which 28% (28%) were female and 72% (72%) male. The new hires include summer trainee and other temporary positions. Kemira's new hiring reflects changes in diversity from the previous year. The total turnover rate was 9.7% in 2019 compared to 10.1% in 2018. The total turnover is based on permanent workforce.
The turnover rate in APAC region was 6.7% (9.3%), which was the lowest of the regions. The highest turnover rate was in the Americas 11.0% (12.3%) and the EMEA region had a turnover of 10.0% (9.0%). The turnover rate was highest at the age group <30 years 14.6% (16.2%), the rate showing a slight decrease from 2018. The turnover rate of male 9.7% (9.5%) was for the first time higher than turnover rate of female 9.5% (11.8%), which was the lowest in five years period.
GRI 401-1 a. Total number and rate of new employee hires during the reporting period, by age group, gender and region
| Number of new hires | % of total new hires | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | %, 2019 | %, 2018 | %, 2017 | %, 2016 | %, 2015 | |
| TOTAL NEW HIRES | 751 | 804 | 597 | 695 | 673 | 100.0% | ||||
| NEW HIRES BY AGE GROUP | ||||||||||
| <30 | 289 | 319 | 286 | 284 | 293 | 38% | 40 % | 48% | 41% | 44% |
| 30–50 | 396 | 420 | 260 | 358 | 312 | 53% | 52 % | 44% | 52% | 46% |
| >50 | 66 | 65 | 51 | 53 | 68 | 9% | 8 % | 9% | 8% | 10% |
| NEW HIRES BY GENDER | 751 | |||||||||
| Females | 208 | 222 | 188 | 218 | 208 | 28% | 28 % | 31% | 31% | 31% |
| Males | 543 | 582 | 409 | 477 | 465 | 72% | 72 % | 69% | 69% | 69% |
| NEW HIRES BY REGION | 751 | |||||||||
| APAC | 233 | 203 | 79 | 173 | 60 | 31% | 25 % | 13% | 25% | 9% |
| EMEA | 335 | 365 | 352 | 364 | 373 | 45% | 45 % | 59% | 52% | 55% |
| Americas | 183 | 236 | 166 | 158 | 240 | 24% | 29 % | 28% | 23% | 36% |
GRI 401-1 b. Total number and rate of employee turnover during the reporting period, by age group, gender and region
| Turnover | Turnover, % | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | %, 2019 | %, 2018 | %, 2017 | %, 2016 | %, 2015 | |
| TOTAL TURNOVER | 489 | 497 | 570 | 441 | 490 | 9.7% | 10.1 % | 12.0% | 9.2% | 10.5% |
| TURNOVER BY AGE GROUP | ||||||||||
| <30 | 83 | 96 | 109 | 72 | 78 | 14.6% | 16.2 % | 19.3% | 12.4% | 13.6% |
| 30–50 | 253 | 253 | 258 | 228 | 263 | 8.5% | 8.9 % | 9.9% | 8.2% | 9.8% |
| >50 | 153 | 148 | 203 | 141 | 149 | 10.2% | 10.0 % | 13.0% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| TURNOVER BY GENDER | 489 | |||||||||
| Female | 123 | 148 | 193 | 136 | 144 | 9.5% | 11.8 % | 15.8% | 10.8% | 11.8% |
| Male | 366 | 349 | 377 | 305 | 346 | 9.7% | 9.5 % | 10.7% | 8.6% | 10.0% |
| TURNOVER BY REGION | 489 | |||||||||
| APAC | 63 | 72 | 83 | 53 | 56 | 6.7% | 9.3 % | 12.8% | 8.1% | 10.4% |
| EMEA | 254 | 233 | 282 | 214 | 225 | 10.0% | 9.0 % | 11.0% | 8.2% | 8.8% |
| Americas | 172 | 192 | 205 | 174 | 209 | 11.0% | 12.3 % | 13.5% | 11.2% | 13.2% |
The benefit programs at Kemira differ depending on regional and country specific practices, and the programs have been stable across recent years without major changes to the practices. In most countries, the same benefits are offered to full-time and part-time employees, and for temporary employees hired directly by Kemira, if the temporary contract exceeds a certain length.
Benefit practices are country specific and typically do not vary between locations and operations. Some exceptions apply – for example. some countries offer additional insurance and/or retirement benefits for permanent fulltime employees. In North America, the eligibility for benefits is dependent on hours worked, in the USA employees are eligible if they work a minimum of 20 hours per week.
As stated in our Code of Conduct, all sites are obliged to follow local legislation, regulations and other agreements regarding labor practices, including notice periods. Minimum notice periods are defined in laws or in collective agreements, and are followed in each country accordingly. The time period for the consultation process relating to operational changes varies by country and region, starting from 14 days for smaller changes to up to six months in some countries and for major changes, varying between one to two months in most countries.
Our health and safety performance in 2019 improved substantially compared to 2018. Kemira reports the occupational safety performance indicator as Total Recordable Injuries (TRI) which includes permanent injuries and fatalities, lost time incidents, restricted work cases and medical treatment cases covering Kemira employees and contractors working at Kemira sites. TRI Frequency (TRIF) is measured as Total Recordable Injuries per million working hours.
Total number of TRIs in 2019 was 30 (44) and TRIF was 2.1 (3.5). The ratio of contractors' TRIs to total number of TRIs remained consistent with the 2018 level. Long-term trend was very positive and we continue to strive toward our 2020 goal of TRIF 2.0.
No fatalities have been associated with Kemira employees since 2005. In 2019, we had no permanent injuries and the overall injury severity calculated as a ratio of number of LTIs and number of all TRIs decreased from 2018. Additionally, the total number of LTIs decreased from 25 (2018) to 15 (2019). The noticeable decline in incident severity is responses to ongoing management commitment, progressive safety communication and an overall improvement in safety culture. Unfortunately, we had one significant process incident. Five employees were exposed to chemicals, with one having to stay in the hospital for eight days. The remaining four employees
were examined and released without medical treatment. No permanent injuries resulted from this incident, Kemira received a penalty of approximately EUR 4,000 because of this incident.
To improve our health and safety culture, the Behavior Based Safety (BBS) Program has been one of our top priorities since 2016. In 2019, we continued to implement the BBS program. Across industry, behavioral human factors are involved in more than 90% of incidents. Our BBS program now covers all of Kemira manufacturing sites. Improved communication,
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3.9 3.5 quality of observations and positive feedback had a renewed emphasis at established BBS sites. 95% of NA manufacturing sites completed a refreshment program in 2019. The BBS program continues to generated numerous field observations of behaviors (both positive and negative) that are being used to prevent hazardous conditions and potential injuries. The Kemira safety culture has matured to a point that we now need to lean on proactive methods and leading indicators to push our performance. Our safety development now needs a strong focus on behavior-based safety, and people's hearts and minds to successfully work.
PERSONAL INJURIES PYRAMID 2019 (2018)
We have continued to improve our internal communication of health and safety incidents, reviews and proactive campaigns during 2019.
During the 2018 Safety Campaign – "Stop. Think. Act." we focused on overall employee and contractor safety mindset and culture. In 2019, we completed a new "Life Saving Rules" campaign. This campaign differed from the previous, not on its intent but on its focus. The "Life Saving Rules" campaign focused on six high-hazard (non standard) work topics that put employees at the greatest risk of serious injury or death. Based on the international best practices in the oil and gas industry the "Life Saving Rules" campaign focused on life-critical work activities such as confined space, working at height, work authorization, energy isolation, line of fire and hot work. These campaign topics were translated into 18 languages and were promoted with posters, online advertisements, internal articles, weekly EHSQ Bulletins and Monthly Regional EHSQ communication calls. Also Life Saving Rules survey was conducted. Survey focused on communication and implementation of rules and directed to the Manufacturing and Sales groups in Kemira.
Hazardous Conditions/Activities reporting is a leading safety indicator reflecting environmental or behavior related hazards at the workplace. The number of reported Hazardous Conditions/Activities was 23,484 in 2019 which equals to 4.6 per Kemira employee. In addition of these 10.232 BBS observations were reported. This type of proactive identification of Hazardous Conditions/Activities not only allows us to avoid incidents but also improves our operations and work methods.
| TRI | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL TRI | 30 | 44 | 48 | 46 | 77 |
| Kemira employees |
21 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 56 |
| Contractors working at Kemira site |
9 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 21 |
| REGIONAL TRI | |||||
| APAC | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| EMEA | 19 | 22 | 31 | 22 | 53 |
| Americas | 9 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 23 |
| TRI Frequency | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| GLOBAL TRIF | 2.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 7.2 |
| Regional TRIF | |||||
| APAC | 0.6 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| EMEA | 3.5 | 4.1 | 6.0 | 3.4 | 10.6 |
| Americas | 2.3 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.7 |
| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 25 | 27 | 20 | 30 |
| 11 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | 16 | 23 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 2015 | ||||
| 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 2.7 |
| 0.3 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 |
| 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 5.4 |
| 0.8 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 2.0 |
| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Kemira aims to capture all training, education and employee development related hours in the learning management system (LMS) continued to advance in achieving this goal. So far, leadership development activities, regional and global competence development and vocational training programs and many local programs are recorded in the LMS. However, some remaining training and development activities are still recorded locally.
Training hours registered in the system for larger countries in 2019 are Finland 9,767 (8,856) hrs, UK 8,751 (6,037) hrs, Sweden 5,990 (5,476) hrs, USA 6,281 (4,919) hrs, Netherlands 2,839 (3,833) hrs, China 43,897 (10,569) hrs and Poland 6,969 (6,186) hrs. The increase in recorded learning hours in China is due to the capacity expansions as well as more focused way to capture local trainings.
The average hours of learning for employees do not differ significantly by gender. Globally registered average hours per employee for blue collar employees are somewhat higher than for white collar employees indicating that trainings at manufacturing sites are also well recorded using our learning management system.
Kemira provides each employee with access to the relevant competence development programs and structured learning opportunities to support upgrading of employee skills through on-the-job learning programs (including generic and job-specific competence development), buddy/coaching/ mentoring programs, and traditional methods like classroom and eLearning.
The scope includes:
These programs are available based on the position, skills/ competence level and career aspirations. With the exception of leadership development programs and other external cost based programs (pre-approval required), employees can typically enroll and complete the self-paced learning programs available through our LMS (Learning Management System). We had a strong leadership development portfolio offering and consistent participation in 2019.
Examples of other global and regional programs offered during 2019 are listed below:
Learning Solutions for Commercial roles as part of professional competence development included Value Selling, Negotiation, Insight, Innovation & Creativity, Adaptability and Strategic Thinking delivered as new co created eLearning and face to face workshops.
GDPR fundamentals, principles and rights and obligations
Kemira also provides transition assistance programs where relevant, with bigger changes to facilitate the continued employability and management of career endings resulting from retirements or termination of employment. These have included:
Our global performance and development discussion (PDD) process covers all permanent employees, both white collar and blue collar, who are not absent for an extended time period because of leave, for example. Temporary employees' inclusion in the PDD process is evaluated case-by-case, depending on the length of the contract.
| Performance and | Number of employees covered by PDD | PDD Coverage,% | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development Discussion (PDD) |
2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | %, 2019 | %, 2018 | %, 2017 | %, 2016 | %, 2015 |
| TOTAL PERMANENT EMPLOYEES NOT ABSENT* |
4,771 | 4,597 | 4,626 | 4,590 | 4,440 | |||||
| PDDs BY GENDER | ||||||||||
| Employees covered in Global PDD process |
4,593 | 4,093 | 4,139 | 4,009 | 4,147 | 96% | 89% | 89% | 87% | 93% |
| Women covered in Global PDD process |
1,142 | 1,099 | 1,119 | 1,116 | 1,030 | 98% | 95% | 97% | 93% | 96% |
| Men covered in Global PDD process |
3,464 | 2,994 | 3,020 | 2,893 | 3,117 | 96% | 87% | 87% | 85% | 93% |
| PDDs BY EMPLOYEE CATEGORY |
||||||||||
| White collars covered in Global PDD process |
2,748 | 2,731 | 2,778 | 2,702 | 2,730 | 98% | 97% | 98% | 98% | 97% |
| Blue collars covered in Global PDD process |
1,845 | 1,362 | 1,275 | 1,307 | 1,417 | 94% | 76% | 71% | 72% |
* All permanent employees, who are not absent for an extended time period, because of leave, for example, are covered by global performance and development discussion process.
During 2019, the share of females in the Board of Directors remained the same (50%). The percentage share of females (26%) in the total number of employees has remained constant over the years 2016–2019. The number of females in executive positions (Directors and above) has remained on the same level as in 2018 (29%).
| Performance and | Total | % | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development Discussion (PDD) |
2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | %, 2019 | %, 2018 | %, 2017 | %, 2016 | %, 2015 |
| MANAGEMENT BOARD | ||||||||||
| Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | |||||
| Female | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13% | 13% | 13% | 20% | 20% |
| Male | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 88% | 88% | 88% | 80% | 80% |
| By age group | ||||||||||
| <30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30–50 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13% | 13% | 13% | 20% | 50% |
| >50 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 88% | 88% | 88% | 80% | 50% |
| BOARD OF DIRECTORS | ||||||||||
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | |||||
| Female | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 50% | 50% | 50% | 43% | 33% |
| Male | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 50% | 50% | 50% | 57% | 67% |
| By age group | ||||||||||
| <30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30–50 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17% | 17% | 17% | 14% | 0% |
| >50 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 83% | 83% | 83% | 86% | 100% |
a. Percentage of individuals within the organization's governance bodies in each of the following diversity categories: i. Gender;
ii. Age group: under 30 years old, 30–50 years old, over 50 years old;
iii. Other indicators of diversity where relevant (such as minority or vulnerable groups).
As stated in our Code of Conduct, we respect the diversity, talent and abilities of others. We at Kemira define 'diversity' as all the unique characteristics that make up each of us: personality, lifestyle, work experience, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ability and other characteristics. We focus our efforts to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is diverse, and to ensure an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of our differences. We do not discriminate or treat employees or job applicants unfairly in matters that involve recruiting, hiring, training, promoting, compensation or any other term or condition of employment.
| Total | % | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | %, 2019 | %, 2018 | %, 2017 | %, 2016 | %, 2015 | |
| TOTAL EMPLOYEES | 5,062 | 4,915 | 4,732 | 4,818 | 4,685 | 100% | 100 % | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| <30 | 569 | 594 | 566 | 579 | 575 | 11% | 12 % | 12% | 12% | 12% |
| 30–50 | 2,989 | 2,848 | 2,607 | 2,772 | 2,672 | 59% | 58 % | 55% | 58% | 57% |
| >50 | 1,504 | 1,473 | 1,559 | 1,467 | 1,438 | 30% | 30 % | 33% | 30% | 31% |
| Female in total | 1,295 | 1,255 | 1,223 | 1,259 | 1,220 | 26% | 26 % | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| <30 | 171 | 179 | 190 | 179 | 188 | 13% | 14 % | 16% | 14% | 15% |
| 30–50 | 858 | 827 | 764 | 823 | 773 | 66% | 66 % | 62% | 65% | 63% |
| >50 | 266 | 249 | 269 | 257 | 259 | 21% | 20 % | 22% | 20% | 21% |
| Male in total | 3,767 | 3,660 | 3,509 | 3,559 | 3,465 | 74% | 74 % | 74% | 74% | 74% |
| <30 | 398 | 415 | 376 | 400 | 387 | 11% | 11 % | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 30–50 | 2,131 | 2,021 | 1,843 | 1,949 | 1,899 | 57% | 55 % | 53% | 55% | 55% |
| >50 | 1,238 | 1,224 | 1,290 | 1,210 | 1,179 | 33% | 33 % | 37% | 34% | 34% |
b. Percentage of employees per employee category in each of the following diversity categories:
i. Gender;
ii. Age group: under 30 years old, 30–50 years old, over 50 years old;
iii. Other indicators of diversity where relevant (such as minority or vulnerable groups).
Kemira operates a global job structure that is applied to all white-collar employees. The job structure describes job families and the respective job roles with required qualifications and main responsibilities. The job structure links to job grades, which define the salary range and the incentive opportunity for a specific job role. The job grades and salary data information allow Kemira to evaluate, analyze and implement equal remuneration. Factors impacting salary increases includes employee performance and the position of an employee's salary within the salary range, as well as country-specific statutory increases and merit increase opportunities. Incentive payouts are based on measured achievement for pre-defined targets on the company, unit and individual levels.
During 2019, 17 incidents were reported to the Ethics & Compliance function alleging potential violations to the Code of Conduct. All cases were investigated, 10 of the cases were closed with merit and remediated during 2019. Only 1 alleged incident was regarding a potential discrimination and it was closed without merit.
Disclosure 405-2a. Ratio of the basic salary and remuneration of women to men for each employee category, by significant locations of operation.
| Country | Women to men ratio 2019 |
Women to men ratio 2018 |
Women to men ratio 2017 |
White Collar Headcount 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 89% | 87% | 95 % | 48 |
| Brazil | 92% | 85% | 79 % | 132 |
| Canada | 90% | 88% | 88 % | 128 |
| China | 89% | 93% | 93 % | 290 |
| Finland | 90% | 92% | 91 % | 584 |
| Germany | 97% | 96% | 97 % | 85 |
| Italy | 93% | 90% | 90 % | 67 |
| Netherlands | 91% | 89% | 93 % | 82 |
| Poland | 97% | 97% | 92 % | 330 |
| Spain | 85% | 84% | 83 % | 54 |
| Sweden | 99% | 97% | 96 % | 136 |
| United Kingdom | 92% | 92% | 93 % | 90 |
| United States | 92% | 92% | 89 % | 600 |
| Total for largest countries | 92% | 92% | 90 % | 2,626 |
Kemira respects the freedom of association and collective bargaining as stated in our Code of Conduct, and through our signatory of the United Nations Global Compact. We expect our suppliers to respect these same principles and commit to the Kemira Code of Conduct for Business Partners (CoC-BP). All of our Suppliers (engaged with a SAP Purchased Order) receive a written reference to CoC-BP as part of the Kemira general terms of purchase on the back of the Purchase Order.
To increase Kemira employees' awareness of their rights regarding freedom of association and collective bargaining, we provide regular training on our Code of Conduct.
In 2019, Kemira did not identify any violations of freedom of association or collective bargaining in our own operations, and no evidence has been found to indicate that suppliers would be restricting their employees' opportunities to exercise freedom of association and collective bargaining based on sustainability assessments of our key suppliers, representing approximately 39% of our total spend since 2014.
For additional information, see the Integrity section for details of our Code of Conduct training and Ethics and Compliance hotline. Details of the numbers of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements are given under GRI 102-41.
The Human Rights Impact Assessment was conducted in 2014 to identify any risks of a human rights impact throughout our operations and value chain, and any potential gaps in our management approach to human rights as evaluated against the Operational Principles of the United Nations Guiding Principles of Business and Human Rights. The findings indicated a potential risk impact arising from our business with hazardous chemicals, upstream and downstream business relationships, and emerging market expansion. The Human Rights issues most relevant to Kemira relate to employment practices and the health and safety aspects of our products, workplace and operations.
During 2019, we have continued to integrate human rights aspects into our management system. The focus has been on increasing overall awareness and due diligence on human rights throughout the organization. All employees are provided regular and compulsory training on the Code of Conduct, including an awareness of human rights. The group of employees (white collar) who are responsible for ensuring that human rights are respected in our business relationships and in our own operations were provided the basic training on human rights in 2015 and since then all new hires must participate in this training as part of their induction program.
• Continued the global 90-day onboarding program for new hires (white collars) that automatically assigns online
courses on Code of Conduct and Human Rights and Business. By the end of 2019, 64% of white collar new hires have completed the basic training on Human rights and Business as part of their onboarding program.
The Kemira Code of Conduct, Kemira Group Sponsorship and Donation policy and the Kemira Group Gifts, Entertainment and Anti-bribery Policy, prohibit any financial support to politicians, political parties or political organizations. No financial or any in-kind political contributions paid by Kemira have come to Kemira's attention during 2019.
According to Kemira's product stewardship policy, we are acting:
Kemira complies with all laws and regulations relating to chemicals and trade. Kemira does not sell any banned products. We continuously screen substances that are covered by any regulatory restrictions, or subject to substitution requirements imposed by non-regulatory stakeholders. We proactively work to mitigate health, safety, environmental and image-related risks (GRI 102-2: Activities, brands, products, and services).
We regularly review substances with threat-for-use restrictions or authorization at different phases of regulatory processes in all jurisdictions where Kemira operates. We have some substances listed in the EU REACH regulation list for Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). At the end of 2019, 95% (20 out of 21) of the identified 21 SHVC substances had a management plan approved by the Operational Excellence board.
We are not aware of any fine, penalty or warning for noncompliance with regulations and voluntary codes regarding our products or services in 2019.
Kemira's product portfolio consists of seven major product lines and approximately 1,650 different products. All of these products are duly documented and labeled according to legal requirements, including the identification of their hazardous components and information on their safe use. Kemira provides Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for all products, independent of the product safety classification, even if in most jurisdictions Safety Data Sheets are mandatory only for hazardous products. Our IT system for Product Lifecycle Management enables us to prepare SDSs and labels in alignment with the latest regulatory data requirements and in the official languages of the countries where our products are manufactured, stored or sold. In EU member states, the information requirements are stated under REACH regulations with regard to substance properties, exposure, use and risk management measures, and the chemical safety assessment. Registered uses will also be communicated via the updated extended SDSs for downstream users. In addition to the information provided on product labels and Safety Data Sheets, more detailed information about products and their raw material ingredients can be provided on request.
In 2019, the Kemira Product Stewardship & Regulatory Affairs team responded to 7,799 (6,863 in 2018) requests concerning product safety and/or regulatory. The response time for those requests is one of our internal key performance indicators (KPIs).
Our customer complaints management process handles complaints by recording the complaint, investigation, root cause and corrective action determination and implementation and communication with the customer. During the process complaints are classified with a complaint reason from a predefined list. The process and system in use are able to exclude those complaints that Kemira has met the agreed requirements with the customer. All complaints are actively monitored, evaluated and corrected as required by the quality management system in use at Kemira.
Non-compliance related to product and service information usually makes reference to insufficient information on the label.
During 2019, a total of 63 customer complaints were recorded relating to labeling, of which 41 cases were in the EMEA region, 14 in the Americas, and eight in the APAC region. All cases have been investigated and needed corrective actions have been implemented.
During 2019, no incidents of non-compliance with regulations resulting in any fine, penalty or warning were reported within Kemira's operations.
We are not aware of any fine, penalty or warning for noncompliance with laws and/or regulations in 2019.
| TOPIC | PRODUCT AND SERVICE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY KEMIRA |
|---|---|
| The sourcing of components of the product or service |
Only if requested by customers |
| Content, particularly with regard to substances that might produce an environmental or social impact |
As required by law, always in Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and on the labels. Additional information about chemicals in our products for voluntary certification/compliance schemes such as eco-labeling is also provided to customers upon request and when applicable |
| Safe use of the product or service | Safe use of a product or service is communicated in the SDSs and on the labels. Registered uses will be communicated via the extended SDSs. Additional information about the use, dosage and application is provided to customers when applicable |
| Disposal of the product and environmental/social impacts |
When legally required, disposal of a product and environmental/social impact are communicated in the SDSs and on the labels |
At the end of the year 2019, Kemira had 64 (64 in 2018) manufacturing sites of which 64 were included in the environmental reporting scope, and 64 in the auditing scope of our integrated management system. There were no significant changes in the company structure, size or ownership.
When defining the relative importance of material topics for reporting purpose we have taken into account our economic, environmental and social impact, stakeholder expectations, our purpose and strategy, and our commitments to the Code of Conduct, United Nations Global Compact, SDGs and Responsible Care program. According to the GRI 101 Foundation standard, the principles for defining the report content were applied when assessing material topics and boundaries.
Economic impact: We generate revenue by selling chemical products and solutions for industrial uses in the pulp and paper, oil and gas, mining, and water treatment industries. We have a direct economic impact on suppliers and service providers through the payments we make for raw materials and services, to employees through compensation and benefits, to capital providers through dividends and interest payments, to
the public sector through taxes, and to society through local community projects, sponsorship and donations. Unethical business behavior could impact Kemira's reputation and thus financial position.
Environmental impact: We have a positive environmental impact through our products and solutions which enable our customers to improve their water, energy and raw material efficiency. Our main environmental risks relate to carbon emissions from our own manufacturing and in the value chain due to our purchasing activities, upstream and downstream transportation, and to potential incidents through accidental release of chemicals or process safety deficiencies.
Social impact: Our main social impact, and related risks, concern safety in the workplace, safe use of our products along the value chain and any possible non-compliance with responsible business practices in our own operations or those of our business partners.
Identification: Material topics relevant to Kemira have been identified based on their relative magnitude of impact and respective concerns raised by our stakeholders. The most recent materiality assessment was done in 2016–2017. Representatives of our key stakeholder groups were interviewed to identify their expectations of Kemira, a benchmark study on material disclosure topics was carried out and major sustainability related development trends were analyzed.
Prioritization: The identified topics were prioritized with reference to the relative importance to stakeholders, and to the relevance to Kemira's business and strategy, as well as the significance of specific topics related to the global chemical sector. Based on the prioritization, we have selected 20 GRI disclosure topics out of 33 topics as defined by the GRI (2016) standards. In addition to these GRI topics, we also disclose information and performance data on sustainable products and product stewardship, which is material but not covered by the GRI standards.
Validation: Data compilation practices for the identified material topics were reviewed and defined. Group level KPIs and targets are defined for the most material topics which are reported as Corporate sustainability priorities.
Review: Group level KPIs and targets for corporate sustainability priorities are approved and annually reviewed by the Management Board and by the Board of Directors.
The economic, environmental and social impact of our business activities take place both directly through our own operations and indirectly through our upstream and downstream operations.
The prioritized material disclosure topics are shown in the table Material topics reflecting Kemira's economic, environmental and social impact (p. 66). These material topics, the respective topic boundaries and data compilation practices are reported in the table "Material topics and their boundaries".
| INDIRECT IMPACT | DIRECT IMPACT | INDIRECT IMPACT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production of input materials and energy |
Upstream services |
Kemira's own operations |
Downstream Use of services Kemira products |
|
| ECONOMIC IMPACT |
• Anti-corruption • Anti-competitive behavior |
• Anti-corruption • Anti-competitive behavior |
• Sustainable products and solutions (own topic) • Economic performance* • Anti-corruption • Anti-competitive behavior |
• Anti-corruption • Anti-competitive behavior |
| ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT |
• Emissions (Scope 3) • Supplier performance for their environmental impacts |
• Emissions (Scope 2 and Scope 3) • Supplier performance for their environmental impacts |
• Materials • Energy • Water • Emissions (Scope 1) • Effluents and waste • Environmental compliance |
• Emissions (Scope 3) • Emissions (Scope 3) • Supplier performance • Sustainable products and for their environmental solutions (own topic) impacts |
| SOCIAL IMPACT | • Supplier performance for their social impacts and ethical business behavior |
• Supplier performance for their social impacts and ethical business behavior |
• Employment, and Labor/Management relations • Occupational health and safety • Training and education • Diversity and equal opportunity • Non-discrimination • Freedom of association and collective bargaining • Human rights assessment • Public policy • Customer health and safety • Marketing & labeling • Socioeconomic compliance |
• Supplier performance for their social impacts and ethical business behavior |
| * Not material but reported because |
considered useful based on continuity
A few restatements of environmental data have been done due to correction or reclassification of data from some manufacturing sites (electricity sold off-site, water recycled, waste discharged) or review of assumptions of Scope 3 calculations (raw materials, upstream and downstream transportations).
There were no significant changes in the reporting.
The reporting period is from January 1 to December 31, 2019.
Kemira's previous Annual Report including non-financial information (GRI disclosures) was published on February 19, 2020.
Kemira's Annual Report is published yearly, by calendar year. The Annual Report consists of Business Overview, Corporate Sustainability, Corporate Governance statement and Financial statements.
The contact point for questions is Kemira Communications and Corporate Responsibility. Contact details are available at www.kemira.com.
The management of corporate sustainability is focused on three priority areas: sustainable products and solutions, responsible operations and supply chain, and people and integrity which cover also the 20 prioritized GRI disclosure topics and one additional topic not included in the GRI topicspecific standards.
Material topics covered by the management approach are explained in the table on this page, and the boundaries in the table Material topics and their boundaries (pages 65–66).
See Chapter 2 for a detailed description.
See Chapter 2, Results and key activities for 2019 for detailed description.
| C O R P O R AT E S U STA I N A B I L I T Y PRIORITIES |
M A N A G E M E N T A P P R O A C H (GRI 103-1) |
MATERIAL GRI DI S C LO S U R E TOPICS COVERED BY T H E MANAGEMENT APPROACH |
|---|---|---|
| Sustainable products and solutions |
Products improving our customers' sustainability |
Sustainable products and solutions (Kemira's own material topic, reported based on the GRI 103 Management approach); Materials |
| Chemical safety management throughout the products' lifecycle |
Customer health and safety; Marketing and labeling; Socioeconomic (product) compliance. |
|
| Responsible operations and Supply Chain Management |
Responsible management of our own operations, |
Energy; Water; Emissions; Effluents and waste; Environmental compliance; Occupational health and safety |
| Responsible performance and good governance throughout our supply chains |
Supplier environmental assessment; Supplier social assessment. |
|
| People and integrity | Engagement and competence development of our employees |
Diversity and Equal Opportunity; Non discrimination, Training and Education. |
| Responsible business practices in our own operations or with our business partners |
Anti-corruption; Anti-competitive behavior; Diversity and equal opportunity; non discrimination; Freedom of association and collective bargaining; human rights assessment; Public policy. |
| GRI 102-47; GRI 103-1 MATERIAL TOPICS |
G R I 1 0 3 -1 TOPIC BOUNDARIES |
KEMIRA DATA COLLECTION PRACTICES |
|---|---|---|
| Sustainable products and solutions (own material topic) |
Kemira operations1) | Product applications are manually linked to product categories. Product sales data is extracted from Kemira's ERP system |
| Economic Standard Series | ||
| Economic performance* | Kemira operations1) | Data is extracted from Kemira's ERP system |
| Anti-corruption | Kemira operations1) | Data is collected from each region, from Kemira's legal archive, and through notifications from Kemira's Compliance and Ethics Hotline. |
| Anti-competitive behavior | Kemira operations1) | Data is collected from each region, from Kemira's legal archive, and through notifications from Kemira's Compliance and Ethics Hotline. |
| Environmental Standard Series | ||
| Materials | Kemira operations as covered by our ERP2) | Data is extracted from Kemira's ERP system. |
| Energy | Kemira manufacturing sites3) | Data is collected from each production site and consolidated at the Group level. |
| Water | Kemira manufacturing sites3) | Data is collected from each production site and consolidated at the Group level. |
| Emissions | Kemira manufacturing sites3) | Data is collected from each production site and consolidated at the Group level. Scope 3 emissions data is collected from Kemira's ERP system and the relevant organizational units. Default data and assumptions are as in the WBCSD Guidance for Accounting & Reporting Corporate GHG Emissions in the Chemical Sector Value Chain. |
| Effluents and waste | Kemira manufacturing sites3) | Data is collected from each production site and consolidated at the Group level. |
| Environmental compliance | Kemira manufacturing sites3) | Data is collected from each production site and consolidated at the Group level. |
| Supplier environmental assessment |
Kemira suppliers | Harmony Contract Management Tool used to track suppliers' signing of Code of Conduct for BP. |
| Social Standard Series | ||
|---|---|---|
| Employment* | Kemira operations1) | HR data management system. |
| Labor/Management relations* | Kemira operations1) | HR data management system. |
| Occupational health and safety | Kemira operations1) | Synergy data management system. Data covers also contractors working at Kemira sites. |
| Training and education | Kemira operations1) | HR data management system. |
| Diversity and equal opportunities | Kemira operations1) | HR data management system. |
| Non-discrimination | Kemira operations1) | Data is collected from each region, from Kemira's legal archive, and through notifications from Kemira's Compliance and Ethics Hotline. |
| Freedom of association and collective bargaining |
Kemira operations1) | Data is collected from each region, from Kemira's legal archive, and through notifications from Kemira's Compliance and Ethics Hotline. |
| Human rights assessment | Kemira operations1) | |
| Supplier social assessment | Kemira suppliers | Harmony Contract Management Tool used to track suppliers' signing of Code of Conduct for BP. |
| Public policy | Kemira operations1) | Data is collected from each region, from Kemira's legal archive, and through notifications from Kemira's Compliance and Ethics Hotline. |
| Customer health and safety | Kemira operations as covered by our ERP2) | Data is extracted from Kemira's ERP system and from R&D New Product Development process documentation, and from Kemira's legal archives. |
| Marketing and labelling | Kemira operations as covered by our ERP2) | Data is extracted from Kemira's ERP system and from PSRA4) documentation, and from Kemira's legal archives. |
| Socioeconomic compliance | Kemira operations1) | Data is collected from each region, from Kemira's legal archive, and through notifications from Kemira's Compliance and Ethics Hotline. |
*) Not material GRI topic but reported because considered useful based on continuity.
1) Kemira's operations = All operations covered by Kemira's consolidation rules
2) Kemira's operations covered by ERP = All operations covered by both Kemira's consolidation rules and the company's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
3) Kemira's manufacturing sites = All manufacturing sites covered by Kemira's consolidation rules.
4) PSRA Product Safety and Regulatory Affairs
The corporate sustainability information presented in the sections GRI disclosures and Business Overview are externally assured by an independent third party. Information on the organization's policy and current practice with regard to external assurance can be found in the Assurance statement.
At the request of the Management of Kemira Oyj (hereafter Kemira) we have performed a limited assurance engagement on the corporate sustainability information for the reporting period 1.1.–31.12.2019 presented in Kemira's Annual Report (hereafter corporate sustainability information).
The Management of Kemira is responsible for the preparation and presentation of the corporate sustainability information in accordance with the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards, and Kemira's internal reporting guidelines (hereafter the reporting principles).
It is our responsibility to present an independent conclusion on the corporate sustainability information based on our work performed. We do not accept nor assume responsibility to anyone else except to Kemira for our work, for the assurance report and for the conclusions that we have reached.
We have conducted the assurance engagement in accordance with the International Standard on Assurance Engagements (ISAE) 3000 'Assurance Engagements Other than Audits or Reviews of Historical Financial Information'. The ISAE 3000 standard requires compliance
with ethical requirements as well as planning and performing the assurance engagement to obtain limited assurance on whether the corporate sustainability information has been prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the reporting principles.
We comply with the independence and other ethical requirements of the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants issued by the IESBA (International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants). We apply ISQC 1 (International Standard on Quality Control) and accordingly maintain a comprehensive system of quality control including documented policies and procedures regarding compliance with ethical requirements, professional standards and applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
In a limited assurance engagement, the evidence gathering procedures are more limited than in a reasonable assurance engagement, and therefore less assurance is obtained than in a reasonable assurance engagement. The procedures selected depend on the Assurance Provider's judgment, including an assessment of the risks that the corporate sustainability information would not, in all material respects, comply with the reporting principles. We have planned and performed our engagement to obtain sufficient appropriate evidence on which to base our conclusion.
We have performed, among others, the following procedures:
Interviews with personnel responsible for gathering and consolidation of the corporate sustainability information to understand the systems, processes and controls related to gathering and consolidating the information,
Reviewing corporate sustainability data from internal and external sources and checking the data to reporting information on a sample basis,
Our assurance report should be read in conjunction with the inherent limitations of accuracy and completeness for corporate sustainability information. This independent assurance report should not be used on its own as a basis for interpreting Kemira's performance in relation to its principles of corporate sustainability.
Based on our work described in this report, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the corporate sustainability information has not been prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the reporting principles, or that the Information is not reliable, in all material respects, based on the reporting principles.
Helsinki, 12 February 2020
Ernst & Young Oy
Mikko Rytilahti Jani Alenius Partner, Authorized Public Accountant Leader of Climate Change and
Sustainability Services
| For an interactive version, please | Abbreviations | Reporting claims |
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| refer to the complete edition of | ||
| the annual report. | BO = Business Overview | • The report is prepared in accordance with |
| CS = Corporate Sustainability | the GRI-standards (2016): core option | |
| GRI 102-55 | CG = Corporate Governance | • Communication on Progress (COP) of the |
| FS = Financial Statements | United Nations Global Compact |
| GRI STANDA RD | DISCLOSURE | PAGE NUMBER(S) | UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT |
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| GRI 101: Foundation 2016 General Disclosures |
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| Organizational profile | |||
| 102-1 Name of the organization | Kemira Oyj | ||
| 102-2 Activities, brands, products, and services | BO 17–22 | ||
| 102-3 Location of headquarters | BO 4 | ||
| 102-4 Location of operations | BO 4 | ||
| 102-5 Ownership and legal form | BO 4 | ||
| 102-6 Markets served | BO 17–22 | ||
| 102-7 Scale of the organization | BO 4 | ||
| 102-8 Information on employees and other workers | BO 4 , CS 51–52 | ||
| 102-9 Supply chain | CS 24–26 | Principle 8 | |
| GRI 102: General Disclosures 2016 | 102-10 Significant changes to the organization and its supply chain | CS 65 | |
| 102-11 Precautionary Principle or approach | BO 14–16, CS 9–11, 15 | ||
| 102-12 External initiatives | CS 9 | ||
| 102-13 Membership of associations | CS 10 | ||
| Strategy | |||
| 102-14 Statement from senior decision-maker | BO 2–3 | Commitment to Global Compact | |
| 102-15 Key impacts, risks, and opportunities | BO 14–16, CS 10, 66 | ||
| Ethics and integrity | |||
| 102-16 Values, principles, standards, and norms of behavior | BO 5. CS 9,28,29 | Principle 6, 8 | |
| 102-17 Mechanisms for advice and concerns about ethics | CS 29 | Principle 1, 6, 8 |
| GRI STANDA RD | DISCLOSURE | PAGE NUMBER(S) | UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Governance | |||
| 102-18 Governance structure | CS 11,14 | ||
| 102-19 Delegating authority | CS 14 | ||
| Stakeholder engagement | |||
| 102-40 List of stakeholder groups | CS 10 | ||
| 102-41 Collective bargaining agreements | CS 52 | Principle 3 | |
| 102-42 Identifying and selecting stakeholders | CS 10 | ||
| 102-43 Approach to stakeholder engagement | CS 10 | ||
| 102-44 Key topics and concerns raised | CS 10 | ||
| Reporting practice | |||
| 102-45 Entities included in the consolidated financial statements | FS NOTE 6.2 | ||
| GRI 102: General Disclosures 2016 | 102-46 Defining report content and topic Boundaries | CS 65 | |
| 102-47 List of material topics | CS 65 | ||
| 102-48 Restatements of information | CS 67 | ||
| 102-49 Changes in reporting | CS 67 | ||
| 102-50 Reporting period | CS 67 | ||
| 102-51 Date of most recent report | CS 67 | ||
| 102-52 Reporting cycle | CS 67 | ||
| 102-53 Contact point for questions regarding the report | CS 67 | ||
| 102-54 Claims of reporting in accordance with the GRI Standards | CS 67 | ||
| 102-55 GRI content index | CS 73–80 | ||
| 102-56 External assurance | CS 71–72 | ||
| Material Topics | |||
| SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS | Own material topic | ||
| 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 17–20 | ||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 17–20 | |
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | CS 17–20 | ||
| Own KPI | Product sustainability | CS 13 |
| GRI STANDA RD | DISCLOSURE | PAGE NUMBER(S) | UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Material Topics GRI 200 Economic Standard Series |
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| ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE | Not material but reported | ||
| 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | ||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 30–31 | |
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | CS 30–31 | ||
| 201-1 Direct economic value generated and distributed | CS 30–31 | ||
| GRI 201: Economic Performance 2016 | 201-3 Defined benefit plan obligations and other retirement plans | FS NOTE 4.5 | |
| 201-4 Financial assistance received from government | FS NOTE 2.2 | ||
| ANTI-CORRUPTION | |||
| 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | ||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 9–12, 28–29 | |
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | CS 28–29 | ||
| 205-1 Operations assessed for risks related to corruption | CS 32 | Principle 10 | |
| GRI 205: Anti-corruption 2016 | 205-2 Communication and training about anti-corruption policies and procedures | CS 32 | Principle 10 |
| 205-3 Confirmed incidents of corruption and actions taken | CS 33 | Principle 10 | |
| ANTI-COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR | |||
| 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | ||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 9–12, 28–29 | |
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | CS 28–29 | ||
| GRI 206: Anti-competitive Behavior 2016 | 206-1 Legal actions for anti-competitive behavior, anti-trust, and monopoly practices | CS 33 | |
| GRI 300 Environmental Standards Series | |||
| MATERIALS | |||
| 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | ||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 9–12, 28–29 | |
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | CS 24–26 | ||
| 301-1 Materials used by weight or volume | CS 34 | ||
| GRI 301: Materials 2016 | 301-2 Recycled input materials used | CS 34 | Principle 7,8 |
| GRI STANDA RD | DISCLOSURE | PAGE NUMBER(S) | UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENERGY | |||
| 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | ||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 9–12, 36–37 | |
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | CS 9–12, 36–37 | ||
| 302-1 Energy consumption within the organization | CS 36–37 | Principle 7,8 | |
| GRI 302: Energy 2016 | 302-3 Energy intensity | CS 36–37 | Principle 8 |
| 302-4 Reduction of energy consumption | CS 36–37 | Principle 8, 9 | |
| WATER | |||
| 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | ||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 9–12, 43–44 | |
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | CS 9–12, 43–44 | ||
| 303-1 Interactions with water as a shared resource | CS 43–44 | Principle 7,8 | |
| 303-2 Management of water discharge-related impacts | CS 43–44 | ||
| GRI 303: Water 2018 | 303-3 Water withdrawal | CS 43, 45 | Principle 7,8 |
| 303-4 Water discharge | CS 43,45 | Principle 7,8 | |
| 303-3 Water consumption | CS 43,45 | Principle 8 | |
| EMISSIONS | |||
| 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | ||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 9–12, 23 | |
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | CS 9–12, 23 | ||
| 305-1 Direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions | CS 40 | Principle 7,8 | |
| 305-2 Energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions | CS 40 | Principle 7,8 | |
| 305-3 Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions | CS 40–41 | Principle 7,8 | |
| GRI 305: Emissions 2016 | 305-4 GHG emissions intensity | CS 40 | Principle 8 |
| 305-5 Reduction of GHG emissions | CS 40 | Principle 8, 9 | |
| 305-6 Emissions of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) | CS 42 | Principle 7,8 | |
| 305-7 Nitrogen oxides (NOX), sulfur oxides (SOX), and other significant air emissions | CS 42 | Principle 7,8 |
| GRI STANDA RD | DISCLOSURE | PAGE NUMBER(S) | UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT |
|---|---|---|---|
| EFFLUENTS AND WASTE | |||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | |
| 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 9–12 | ||
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | CS 9–12, 47–48 | ||
| 306-1 Water discharge by quality and destination | CS 43,45–46 | Principle 8 | |
| 306-2 Waste by type and disposal method | CS 47 | Principle 8 | |
| GRI 306: Effluents and Waste 2016 | 306-3 Significant spills | CS 49 | Principle 8 |
| 306-4 Transport of hazardous waste | CS 49 | Principle 8 | |
| ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE | |||
| 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | ||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 9–12 | |
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | CS 9–12 | ||
| GRI 307: Environmental Compliance 2016 | 307-1 Non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations | CS 50 | Principle 8 |
| SUPPLIER ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT | |||
| 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | ||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 9–12 | |
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | CS 9–12,26 | ||
| GRI 308: Supplier Environmental Assessment 2016 | 308-1 New suppliers that were screened using environmental criteria | CS 26 | Principle 8 |
| GRI 400 Social Standards Series | |||
| EMPLOYMENT | Not material but reported | ||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | |
| 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 9–12,27 | ||
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | CS 27–29 | ||
| GRI 401: Employment 2016 | 401-1 New employee hires and employee turnover | CS 53 | Principle 6 |
| LABOR/MANAGEMENT RELATIONS | Not material but reported | ||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | |
| 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 9–12 | ||
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | CS 27–29 | ||
| GRI 402: Labor/Management Relations 2016 | 402-1 Minimum notice periods regarding operational changes | CS 54 | Principle 3 |
| GRI STANDA RD | DISCLOSURE | PAGE NUMBER(S) | UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT |
|---|---|---|---|
| OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY | |||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | |
| 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 9–12,21–22 | ||
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | CS 9–12,21–22 | ||
| GRI 403: Occupational Health and Safety 2016 | 403-2 Types of injury and rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of work-related fatalities |
CS 55 | |
| TRAINING ANd EdUCATION | |||
| 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | ||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 9–12, 27 | |
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | CS 9–12 | ||
| 404-1 Average hours of training per year per employee | CS 57 | Principle 6 | |
| GRI 404: Training and Education 2016 | 404-2 Programs for upgrading employee skills and transition assistance programs | CS 57 | |
| 404-3 Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews CS 58 | Principle 6 | ||
| DIVERSITY AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY | |||
| 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | ||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 9–12, 27 | |
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | CS 9–12 | ||
| 405-1 Diversity of governance bodies and employees | CS 59–60 | Principle 6 | |
| GRI 405: Diversity and Equal Opportunity 2016 | 405-2 Ratio of basic salary and remuneration of women to men | CS 61 | Principle 6 |
| NON-DISCRIMINATION | |||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | |
| 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 9–12,27 | ||
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | CS 9–12 | ||
| GRI 406: Non-discrimination 2016 | 406-1 Incidents of discrimination and corrective actions taken | CS 61 | Principle 6 |
| FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING |
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| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | |
| 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 9–12,27 | ||
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | CS 9–12 | ||
| GRI 407: Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining 2016 |
407-1 Operations and suppliers in which the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining may be at risk |
CS 62 |
| GRI STANDA RD | DISCLOSURE | PAGE NUMBER(S) | UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUMAN RIGHTS ASSESSMENT | |||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | |
| 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 9–12,28 | ||
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | CS 62 | ||
| GRI 412: Human Rights Assessment 2016 | 412-1 Operations that have been subject to human rights reviews or impact assessments | CS 62 | Principle 1 |
| SUPPLIER SOCIAL ASSESSMENT | |||
| 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | ||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 9–12, 24–26 | |
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | CS 24–26 | ||
| GRI 414: Supplier Social Assessment 2016 | 414-1 New suppliers that were screened using social criteria | CS 25 | Principle 2 |
| PUBLIC POLICY | |||
| 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | ||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 9–12 | |
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | CS 28–29 | ||
| GRI 415: Public Policy 2016 | 415-1 Political contributions | CS 62 | Principle 10 |
| CUSTOMER HEALTH AND SAFETY | |||
| 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | ||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 9–12, BO14–15 | |
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | BO14–15 | ||
| GRI 416: Customer Health and Safety 2016 | 416-1 Assessment of the health and safety impacts of product and service categories | CS 63 | |
| 416-2 Incidents of non-compliance concerning the health and safety impacts of products and services |
CS 63 | ||
| MARKETING AND LABELING | |||
| 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | ||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 9–12, BO 14–15 | |
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | BO14–15 | ||
| GRI 417: Marketing and Labeling 2016 | 417-1 Requirements for product and service information and labeling | CS 63 | |
| 417-2 Incidents of non-compliance concerning product and service information and labeling | CS 64 |
| GRI STANDA RD | DISCLOSURE | PAGE NUMBER(S) | UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOCIOECONOMIC COMPLIANCE | |||
| GRI 103: Management Approach 2016 | 103-1 Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary | CS 69–70 | |
| 103-2 The management approach and its components | CS 9–12, BO 14–15 | ||
| 103-3 Evaluation of the management approach | BO 14–15 | ||
| GRI 419: Socioeconomic Compliance 2016 | 419-1 Non-compliance with laws and regulations in the social and economic area | CS 64 |
KEMIRA is a global chemicals company serving customers in water intensive industries. We provide best suited products and expertise to improve our customers' product quality, process and resource efficiency. Our focus is on pulp & paper, oil & gas and water treatment. In 2019, Kemira had annual revenue of around EUR 2.7 billion and over 5,000 employees. Kemira shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd.
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