Sustainability Strategy

To keep improving our sustainability performance and to target our activities in our key areas, Marquard & Bahls pursues a comprehensive sustainability strategy.

This strategy is based on our sustainability commitment and six strategic action areas and supports both the various dimensions of human development as well as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to which we once again commit ourselves.

The following six overarching strategic action areas determine our success:

To anchor the afore mentioned six key strategic issues in our global activities we use various instruments and measures. To firmly establish responsibility for environmental and social issues at the highest level, the relevant principles are reflected in our HSSE Policy. We develop our internal policies and standards based on internationally recognized principles of responsible entrepreneurship. The basis for this is our Code of Conduct, which is binding for all employees. Other tools include internal audits, the implementation of certified management systems, and a statistical monitoring of key performance indicators (Key Performance Indicators – KPIs). Because sustainability for us is about ensuring our future viability, it will be integrated even more closely into our investment decisions as well as our daily workflows and processes in the future.