MOSCOW (MRC) -- Sika announced on 25th, Feb that the company has joined the ‘Together for Sustainability’ (TfS) initiative as a new member, reported Kemicalinfo.
The organization, founded in 2011, aims to improve sustainability practice within the supply chain of the chemicals industry.
According to Sika, sustainability is a key feature and a central element of its growth strategy.
"With this membership, Sika sets clear targets for compliance with sustainability and quality standards in procurement and within the supply chain," the company stated.
Sika is the 25th member and will apply global standards for environmental, social and governance performance of supply chains. The TfS program is based on the UN Global Compact and Responsible Care principles, and allows Sika to assess and evaluate the performance of its suppliers in various aspects. This includes environmental, labor & human rights, ethical and sustainable procurement performance in order to achieve measurable improvements and its own sustainability performance.
Marcos Vazquez, Head of Sika Group Procurement said, "Joining TfS will allow Sika to learn and exchange with its members best practices in sustainability, and to actively participate in the improvement of sustainability practices within the supply chains of the chemical industry."
Bertrand Conqueret, TfS President said, "By joining TfS, Sika will benefit from the TfS framework, collaborative mindset and robust tools to assess and improve the sustainability performance of its supplying companies while at the same time increase its own responsible sourcing program. Sika together with the other 24 TfS member companies, will contribute to shaping the future of the chemical industry and its customers. "
Sika’s overriding goal is to reduce CO2 emissions per ton manufactured by 12% until 2023. Climate Performance is one of the target areas of Sika’s Growth Strategy 2023. Due to the importance of the topic, Sika is processing CO2 reduction programs covering all regions and countries.
As MRC reported earlier, in August 2015, Swiss specialty chemicals company Sika opened its forth production site in Russia. A new mortar factory and a plant to produce concrete admixtures were opened in Volgograd, in southern Russia. Thus, at the existing site in Lobnya, 30 km north of Moscow, a new production facility, which manufactures polymers for concrete admixtures, came on stream.
According to MRC's ScanPlast report, Russia's estimated PE consumption totalled 2,093,260 tonnes in 2019, up by 6% year on year. Shipments of all PE grades increased. PE shipments rose from both domestic producers and foreign suppliers. The estimated PP consumption in the Russian market was 1,260,400 tonnes in January-December 2019, up by 4% year on year. Supply of almost all grades of propylene polymers increased, except for statistical copolymers of propylene (PP random copolymers).
Sika is a specialty chemicals company with a leading position in the development and production of systems and products for bonding, sealing, damping, reinforcing, and protecting in the building sector and motor vehicle industry. Sika has subsidiaries in 101 countries around the world and manufactures in over 200 factories. Its more than 20,000 employees generated annual sales of CHF 7.09 billion in 2018.
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