Aliging Profit with Purpose - Global Goals Yearbook 2019

yproducts from agricultural and forestry
production offers another path to better
conserving resources in the industry. Examples
of byproducts like these include
crude sulphate turpentine oil from the
pulp and paper industry as well as D-
limonene from the citrus industry.
Summary
Symrise is aware of its responsibility:
Sustainability is an obligation for the
company as well as a requirement for
business success, both now and in the
future. After all, conserving natural
resources plays a crucial role in
being able to use them in the future.
For Symrise, sustainability therefore
means safeguarding both raw materials
and the future.
Goal 13:
Climate action
Climate protection as a sustainable development
goal is an integral part of the
corporate strategy at Symrise. Symrise
expects its suppliers to introduce their
own climate objectives and measures
for reducing greenhouse gases by 2020.
Symrise managed once again to reduce
its CO 2
emissions in the 2018 fiscal year
– by 3 percent compared to the previous
year in terms of value added. Between
2010 and 2018, Symrise was able to reduce
emissions by 45 percent in terms of
value added. The Group, based in Lower
Saxony, has been publishing extensive
climate data in its corporate reports and
through its various climate initiatives
for years.
Goals 14 and 15:
Biodiversity – on land and
in the water
Goals 14 and 15 refer to protecting biodiversity,
which is an essential concern
for Symrise, as the company depends
on global diversity as a source of natural
raw materials in its efforts to continue
creating fragrances and flavors.
Symrise has signed the UN Convention
on Biological Diversity and implemented
its own biodiversity agenda. In order
to strengthen sustainable cultivation
systems, the Holzminden-based Group
has joined the Sustainable Agriculture
Initiative, whose members include the
90 most important food manufacturers
and suppliers. The farmers and raw material
suppliers that Symrise works with
have to fulfill certain criteria regarding
water and land use, fertilization, and pest
control. With a variety of measures and
initiatives, Symrise also helps maintain
marine biodiversity.
LAVENDER
Lavender is the fragrance raw material that makes many Symrise products
possible in the first place. Lavender oil is an important component of the
finest perfumes, and it also enriches soaps, detergents, and creams. Bluishpurple
fields have dominated the landscape in Provence for centuries. The
majority of the harvest goes to the fragrance industry. Symrise is involved in
research, among other things, in lavender cultivation regions. In laboratories
and on testing fields, scientists are monitoring a variety of approaches designed,
for instance, to make the plants more resistant to certain bacteria. The use
of pesticides has been prohibited in an effort to maintain the number of bees,
which pollinate the lavender and are already endangered. Symrise is doing
what it can to further improve biodiversity protection here. For instance, a new
harvester developed by CRIEPPAM features a specially created pipe placed
in front of the cutting tool that reduces the number of bees killed during the
harvest by 50 percent. At the same time, the machine only removes the top
third of the plants, which ultimately saves diesel, as the blossoms are transported
to the distilleries without the stem. The distillation process itself also
saves energy, as less material requires less steam. This increases the quality
of the oil as well because the most important components are primarily found
in the blossoms. As with many other natural substances, lavender cultivation
will only remain profitable over the long term if it is done sustainably.
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