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Strong roots,
new paths
Corporate Report 2019
Strong roots, new paths — Symrise benefits from its strong roots and its determination to continually forge new paths. The challenges presented by climate change, limited natural resources and societal change can only be overcome through unified, immediate action. In close collaboration with our partners along the entire value chain, we develop new concepts that make both sustainability and economic success possible. The main goals for Symrise are to make our corporate activities climate-positive by 2030 at the latest and to meet the ambitious ESG requirements of our stakeholders with a high degree of transparency. By achieving profitable growth in a sustainable way, we will secure the future viability of our company.
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Strong roots,
new paths
In 2020, Symrise will continue to combine its resources and skill sets in new ways to ensure it stays successful and sustainable, says CEO Dr. Heinz-Jürgen Bertram in this interview.
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A hemp
success story
At the “Hemp Day,” Symrise demonstrated how the ever more important raw material can be sustainably cultivated and processed.
A mighty little flower
Clove is an important raw material for Symrise. The company has developed a process in Indonesia that conserves resources when cultivating the spice.
Bittersweet and multitalented
In the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal grows a fruit whose flavor and fragrance is used in food and beverages, cosmetics, household cleaning products and perfumes: the grapefruit. The company is dedicated to working closely with suppliers of the agricultural sector in the region.
Changing times in talent management
In order to support young employees and keep them committed to Symrise for the long term, the company has developed a digitally supported process that meets the challenges of a quickly changing world.
A strong partner
for vanilla
In collaboration with Unilever and a number of non-governmental organizations, Symrise has launched the project “Vanilla For Change,” which benefits vanilla farmers in Madagascar and young people in England.
2019 Highlights
Symrise has had a successful year. These successes allowed the company to grow in 2019.
Fragrances from Big Data
Symrise developed two perfumes for the Brazilian cosmetics giant O Boticário – nothing new – and the creative process was supported by algorithms and artificial intelligence. The “Philyra” project gives us a glimpse into the future.
Ecologically optimized
The eco-design matrix developed by Diana Pet Food analyzes, measures and optimizes the environmental performance of products all along the value chain. This changes the company’s environmental footprint, from the development of raw materials to purchasing, research and development, production and logistics.
Rating: extremely valuable
The concept of the circular economy is growing in importance worldwide. In many areas, Symrise is applying principles that take byproducts of production and use them to manufacture valuable products.
Second life
Symrise has implemented the first application of Sulfacid® technology in the fragrance and flavor industry. Exhaust fumes from production are desulfurized at the plant in Jacksonville, Florida. The environment benefits from this and Symrise also saves on costs.
Looking for the best solution
Symrise invests globally in new industrial facilities and renovations and expansions of existing production sites. The Symrise subsidiary Tesium is responsible for many of the plans and supervises all the sites from Holzminden.
Award-winning!
Symrise works sustainably, and this has been recognized by a number of organizations and competitions worldwide. Here are a few examples of awards the company received in 2019.
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Starke Wurzeln,
neue Wege
Unternehmensbericht 2019
Strong roots, new paths — Symrise profitiert von seinen starken Wurzeln und dem Willen, immer wieder neue Wege zu gehen. Die Herausforderungen, die der Klimawandel, die Begrenztheit natürlicher Ressourcen und gesellschaftliche Veränderungen an uns stellen, sind nur durch gemeinsames, rasches Handeln zu meistern. In enger Zusammenarbeit mit unseren Partnern entlang der gesamten Wertschöpfungskette entwickeln wir neue Konzepte, die zugleich Nachhaltigkeit und wirtschaftlichen Erfolg ermöglichen. Zentrale Ziele von Symrise sind, unsere unternehmerischen Aktivitäten spätestens ab 2030 klimapositiv zu gestalten und den ambitionierten ESG-Anforderungen unserer Stakeholder mit hoher Transparenz zu begegnen. Indem wir profitables Wachstum auf nachhaltige Weise erreichen, sichern wir die Zukunftsfähigkeit unseres Unternehmens.
Interview:
Starke Wurzeln
neue Wege
In 2020, Symrise will continue to combine its resources and skill sets in new ways to ensure it stays successful and sustainable, says CEO Dr. Heinz-Jürgen Bertram in this interview.
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Erfolgsstory
Hanf
At the “Hemp Day,” Symrise demonstrated how the ever more important raw material can be sustainably cultivated and processed.
Bittersweet
and multitalented
In the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal grows a fruit whose flavor and fragrance is used in food and beverages, cosmetics, household cleaning products and perfumes: the grapefruit. The company is dedicated to working closely with suppliers of the agricultural sector in the region.
A mighty
little flower
Clove is an important raw material for Symrise. The company has developed a process in Indonesia that conserves resources when cultivating the spice.
Changing times
in talent management
In order to support young employees and keep them committed to Symrise for the long term, the company has developed a digitally supported process that meets the challenges of a quickly changing world.
A strong partner for vanilla
für Vanille
In collaboration with Unilever and a number of non-governmental organizations, Symrise has launched the project “Vanilla For Change,” which benefits vanilla farmers in Madagascar and young people in England.
Highlights 2019
Symrise has had a successful year. These successes allowed the company to grow in 2019.
Fragrances from
big data
Symrise developed two perfumes for the Brazilian cosmetics giant O Boticário – nothing new – and the creative process was supported by algorithms and artificial intelligence. The “Philyra” project gives us a glimpse into the future.
Ecologically optimized
für Vanille
The eco-design matrix developed by Diana Pet Food analyzes, measures and optimizes the environmental performance of products all along the value chain. This changes the company’s environmental footprint, from the development of raw materials to purchasing, research and development, production and logistics.
Rating: extremely valuable
The concept of the circular economy is growing in importance worldwide. In many areas, Symrise is applying principles that take byproducts of production and use them to manufacture valuable products.
Looking for
the best solution
Symrise invests globally in new industrial facilities and renovations and expansions of existing production sites. The Symrise subsidiary Tesium is responsible for many of the plans and supervises all the sites from Holzminden.
Second
life
Symrise has implemented the first application of Sulfacid® technology in the fragrance and flavor industry. Exhaust fumes from production are desulfurized at the plant in Jacksonville, Florida. The environment benefits from this and Symrise also saves on costs.
Award-winning!
Symrise works sustainably, and this has been recognized by a number of organizations and competitions worldwide. Here are a few examples of awards the company received in 2019.