Beiersdorf : Sustainability Review 2015

Today, Beiersdorf published its Sustainability Review 2015, which reports on the company's progress with its "We care." sustainability strategy.

The strategy complements Beiersdorf's business goals and ensures that the company targets the areas where Beiersdorf and its brands have the greatest possible impact.

This year's success in the area of "Products" is an important step on the way to achieve our 2020 target, which is to generate 50% of sales from products with a significantly reduced environmental impact. Beiersdorf also made good progress in the procurement of palm oil-based raw materials. We have persuaded major suppliers to switch to RSPO-certified sources (mass balance palm oil) and prepared our own production centers accordingly. In 2016, more than 25% of the palm base in our raw materials will come from certified sources - a key milestone in our sustainability strategy.

Products: Less Waste - Same Quality

With this result, we again exceeded our "Planet" commitment for 2020, which set out a reduction target of 30%. This was thanks in part to the various energy efficiency measures implemented in our global production facilities and offices. We are currently working with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Germany on a new 2020 target. In 2015, we achieved our goal of "Zero waste to landfill" at all our European production centers - a further contribution to the "Planet" action area.

Planet: Achieving more with less

We again made good progress with our "People" commitment in 2015. We aim to reach and improve the lives of one million people by 2020. Our "NIVEA cares for familiy" social commitment and other brand initiatives reached 181,026 families. A total of 425,837 families have already been supported since 2013, representing almost 50% of the target for 2020. We are also currently expanding our work in humanitarian aid. This includes aid for refugees and people in countries hit by natural disasters. In addition, we will be placing greater focus on product donations as a further means of helping socially disadvantaged families around the world.

People: Actively Taking Responsibility

The latest Sustainability Report, containing all key figures, further information and initiatives in the areas of "Products," "Planet," and "People," is available in the Sustainability section of our corporate website. The separate GRI Index 2015 prepared in line with the "core" guidelines is also available for download from the site. This summarizes important indicators and information for us and our stakeholders in table form for maximum transparency. Our GRI index is published once a year, usually in March.

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