About This Report
Corporate Report 2020
The Corporate Report for 2020 encompasses the annual and
sustainability reports. With it, the ALTANA Group informs
the public, its employees and business partners, as well as
public authorities, nongovernmental organizations, and
all other interested parties about the Group’s development in
economic, ecological, and social respects. In addition to the
Group Management Report, which also contains information
on corporate governance, and the Consolidated Financial
Statements (condensed version), this report contains a description
of ALTANA’s understanding of sustainable man-
agement and the progress the Group has made in implement-
ing it in the past fiscal year. As a result, this report for
2020 updates the content that was published in the 2019
Corporate Report (published on March 20, 2020). At
the same time, it serves as the annual Communication on
Progress of Global Compact.
The Reporting Period
All financial and human-resource information in the Group
Management Report and the Consolidated Financial Statements
for 2020, as well as the environmental key performance
indicators and data on occupational health and safety,
refer to the period from January 1 to December 31.
Reporting Principles
In terms of the Group Management Report and the Consolidated
Financial Statements, the reporting adheres to the
specifications of the International Financial Reporting Standards
(IFRS), as adopted by the EU, and the additional requirements
of German commercial law pursuant to section
315 e of the German Commercial Code (HGB). As in the
previous years, this was audited and confirmed by an independent
auditor. The complete Consolidated Financial Statements
including the Notes to the Consolidated Financial
Statements are available online at www.altana.com/ consolidated_
financial_statements_2020.
This Corporate Report complies with the “Comprehensive”
option of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). It is also
based on the framework of the International Integrated
Reporting Council (IIRC). For the first time, the accident indicators
WAI 1, WAI 2, and WAI 3, as well as the energy in-
dicators, including greenhouse gas emissions, are presented
in the Group Management Report and were therefore part
of the audit carried out by an independent auditing company.
These and other sustainability indicators can be found
in detail online at www.altana.com/facts_figures_sustainability_
2020.
Details on the selection of relevant reporting content in
accordance with the GRI standards and on the definition
of the sustainability topics important for the ALTANA Group
and its stakeholders can be found in the following section.
A detailed list of all criteria in accordance with the GRI standards
on which ALTANA provides information is available
online at www.altana.com/facts_figures_sustainability_2020.
This report is available in German and English.
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