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LANXESS listed in the FTSE4Good-Index

Monday 04. April 2011 - Index listing confirms LANXESS’ sustainable management

Specialty chemicals company LANXESS has met the criteria for inclusion in the FTSE4Good Index. The index lists companies that have performed particularly well in the areas of environmental protection, human rights and social standards.
The FTSE4Good Index was created in 2001 by the Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange. It provides investors around the world with a basis for evaluating companies with regard to their management responsibility, and is thus a criterion for decisions about sustainable investment. Companies listed in FTSE4Good must meet stringent ethical, social and ecological criteria. Among these criteria are sustainable environmental management, positive dialogue with stakeholder groups, and observation of and support for universal human rights.
Corporate Responsibility (CR) is a key element of the LANXESS corporate strategy. It is closely linked with the company’s core business. For example, LANXESS has established fixed targets for reducing the emission of significant greenhouse gases. Between 2010 and 2015, the company aims to reduce specific CO2 emissions and specific energy consumption by 10 percent in each business segment. The LANXESS group already reduced global greenhouse gas emissions by some 50 percent between 2007 and 2009 through the optimization of process and plant management.
At the focus of the specialty chemical company’s worldwide CR activities are protection of the climate and water as a natural resource, educational initiatives, and cultural and intercultural projects.