Environmental, Social und Governance (ESG)
Kolmar actively support the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and focus on five pillars: People, Environment and Certification, Stakeholders, Organization, and Governance.
Our employees, business activities and global operations comply with the standards set out in those five pillars and thus play a key role in making a positive difference, benefitting society through our activities , creating new value for the entire supply chain and maintaining the trust and respect of our stakeholders and society.
EcoVadis
Kolmar Group has been awarded the EcoVadis Gold rating for 2024, for the 2nd year in a row
"The Gold rating from the world-renowned sustainability rating firm EcoVadis demonstrates that environment, labor, human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement are of paramount importance to us. These values are deeply ingrained in Kolmar’s global corporate culture and value system, which we will always strive to improve to the highest standard”, says CEO Ruth Sandelowsky.
Code of Conduct
Kolmar actively pursues long-term relationships based on responsible and sustainable business practices and expects its business partners to comply with the principles and requirements set out in this Sustainability Code of Conduct.
Circular Feeds: The Emergent Reality
Recycling of finished products by way of breaking these down to their basic components which will then be re-processed is a route of growing interest in the industry. The pyrolysis of waste plastics generating pyrolysis oil has the potential to grow significantly as a slice of steam cracker feed.
Kolmar has invested in Synpet Technologies taking a leading role in assisting the industry to decarbonize their production processes.