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We employ a diverse workforce worldwide. Managing diversity, ability
to attract and retain talent, people development, career growth, job
satisfaction, reward and recognition and respect are the most relevant
employee issues.
Product integrity, appropriate labelling of products, compliance with
regulatory requirements on restrictive substances and providing complete
product safety information are important to ensure health and safety
of the users of DyStar products.
Our customers, who largely belong to the textile industry, expect us
to continuously innovate and offer eco-friendly products and services
with lower environmental impact.
Our sustainability approach to various sustainability aspects is
outlined below.
Economic performance
We believe that creating societal and environmental value is integral
to sustaining long-term shareholder value. For example, reducing
consumption of energy and waste lowers costs for the company and
minimizes impact on the environment. We therefore place sustainability
at the core of our business strategy.
Our approach is to achieve sustained business growth and reasonable
return on investments by continuously making our operations efficient,
ensuring quality and service excellence, and offering innovative and
eco-friendly products.
Encouraging local sourcing, integrity and good corporate governance,
paying taxes, generating employment opportunities and investing in
the local communities where DyStar operates, are important aspects
of our sustainability strategy.
“Despite encountering some challenging
circumstances in 2011, including a price war
and short supply of dyes in the market, we
have managed to sustain sales and we expect
sales growth in 2012. Our global efforts have
ensured we continue to hold market share,
product quality, solid organization and
outstanding technical service.”
Sunarto Djuardi
Sales Area Manager – South East Asia
Environment
As a chemicals company, managing environmental impacts is material
to our sustainability strategy. Continuously improving environmental
performance is a key sustainability goal. DyStar facilities have adopted
an Environmental Management System approach to progressively
minimize the impact of business operations on the environment.
Three of our plants have obtained ISO14001 certification and plans for
other locations are under consideration.
We are at the heart of the global textile, apparel and leather supply
chain and the chemicals industry. We produce and market dyes, colors
and chemicals needed by the textile, apparel and leather industry for
processing. DyStar in turn needs chemicals as raw materials to produce
dyes and colors.
Water, a crucial natural resource, and energy, a key source of greenhouse
gas emissions, are used to produce dyes and colors. The production
processes also generate wastewater and solid waste.
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