Sustain­ability

Henkel CEO Carsten Knobel joined the WEF Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders.

In 2020, Henkel joined the U.S. Plastics Pact as a founding member. This collaborative, solutions-driven initiative unifies approaches to rethink the way we design, use, and reuse plastics.

In 2020, Henkel joined 36 members of The Consumer Goods Forum, to commit to curb plastic pollution problem in a CEO-led Plastic Waste Coalition of Action.

The Climate Pledge is an international cross-industry commitment co-founded by Amazon and Global Optimism. As a signatory, Henkel has committed to forward-thinking and an ambitious commitment to climate change.

As part of the Apple Supplier Clean Energy Program, Henkel joins other suppliers to power their Apple production with 100 percent renewable energy by 2021.

Since 2016, Henkel has partnered with international recycling leader TerraCycle to optimize recyclability of its packaging.

Since 2018, Henkel has partnered with the How2Recycle label program to encourage consumer recycling of a selection of our consumer and industrial products.

Henkel is a member of The Sustainability Consortium, global non-profit organization working to transform the consumer goods industry by partnering with leading companies to define, develop, and deliver more sustainable products.

In 1993, Henkel joined the World Industry Council for the Environment. In 1996, the Council merged with another industry initiative to form the WBCSD, which Henkel is also a founding member.

In the run up to the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro ‏(1992), Henkel was one of the first companies to sign the International Chamber of Commerce’s Business Charter for Sustainable Development in 1991.

In 1995, Henkel committed to the chemical industry’s international Responsible Care initiative.

Since 2017, Henkel has been partnering with Plastic Bank, a social enterprise aiming to stop ocean plastic and provide opportunities for people in poverty.

To develop and promote new solutions for sustainable harvesting and use of palm oil throughout the value chain, we have been actively supporting the aim of the “Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil” ‏(RSPO) for years.

In 2019 Henkel joined the Alliance to end plastic waste as one of the founding members. The global Alliance has the mission to advance solutions to eliminate plastic waste in the environment, especially in the ocean.

“AIM-PROGRESS” is a forum set up by companies in the consumer goods industry. It was established in order to enable and promote responsible procurement practices and sustainable production systems.

Henkel is partnering with the international development organization Solidaridad to promote sustainable palm oil and support smallholder farmers.

In 2011, Henkel and five other companies in the chemical industry established an initiative entitled “Together for Sustainability – The Chemical Initiative for Sustainable Supply Chains.”