Sika : ESG Key Indicators 2017-2021

SIKA ESG KEY INDICATORS

Sustainable Development at Sika means integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into the strategic planning and into the business. To grasp the ESG dimensions and their priorities for Sika, the company has summarized the ESG key indicators in an overview.

ENVIRONMENT

													Target 2023
													(Base-
Metric	Unit	2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		line:2019)
GHG EMISSIONS
GHG Emissions intensity
(Scope 1 & Scope 2) per ton sold	kgCO2eq/t	36.0	31.0	27.0	19.6	17.6	24
Change compared to previous year	%				-13.9	-12.9	-27.3	-10.1	-3 p.a.
Total GHG emissions - Scope 1 and 2 -
Market - based	tCO2eq	155,000	157,000	212,000	224,227	238,508
Scope 1 GHG Emissions	tCO2eq	53,000	48,000	88,000	102,528	156,419
Scope 2 GHG Emissions - Market - based	tCO2eq	102,000	109,000	124,000	121,700	82,089
Total GHG emissions - Scope 1 and 2 -
Location - based	tCO2eq	169,222	172,811	243,307	260,401	315,576
Scope 1 GHG Emissions	tCO2eq	53,000	48,000	88,000	102,528	156,419
Scope 2 GHG Emissions - Location - based	tCO2eq	116,222	124,811	155,307	157,873	159,157
Scope 3 GHG Emissions - Business travels	tCO2eq	16,000	14,000	15,000	4,000	6,463
Scope 3 GHG Emissions - Leased vehicles*	tCO2eq	22,000	20,000	16,000	11,000	-

*Note on leased vehicles: In 2021, the fuel consumption of leased vehicles has been included in scope 1 since Sika has operational control as per the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. This category was considered under scope 3 until year 2020. Scope 1 emissions from 2019 and 2020 have not been restated accordingly.

ENERGY

Energy intensity per ton sold	MJ/t		450		424		363	286	308	309
Change compared to previous year	%				-5.8	-14.4	-21.2	+7.7	-3.8 p.a
Total energy consumption	TJ	1,961	1,971	2,890	3,269	4,163
Direct Energy	TJ	891	875	1,451	1,729	2,546
Brown coal	TJ	1	-	-	-	-
Heavy liquid fuel	TJ	1	1	1	3	3
Light liquid fuel	TJ	257	183	194	154	179
Natural gas	TJ	468	542	1,002	1,296	1,633
Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG)	TJ		-	-	66	82	93
Vehicle fuel	TJ	164	149	185	192	635
Self-produced electricity from	TJ		-	-	3	2	3
renewable sources
Purchased electricity	TJ	1,070	1,096	1,439	1,540	1,617
Thereof - Purchased renewable electricity	TJ	125	143	214	371	845
Renewable electricity rate	%	11.0	13.0	15.0	24.1	52.3

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ENVIRONMENT

													Target 2023
													(Base-
Metric	Unit	2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		line:2019)
WATER AND WASTE
Water consumption per ton sold	m3/t	0.32	0.39	0.34	0.22	0.20	0.29
Change compared to previous year	%				+21.9	-12.8	-36.4	-9.7	-3.8 p.a.
Water consumption	m3		1,338,000	1,317,000	2,685,000	2,469,988	2,638,734
Water withdrawal	m3		2,100,000	2,607,000	3,609,000	3,365,416	3,606,168
Surface water	m3	27,000	33,000	82,000	37,655	50,682
Ground water	m3		629,000	1,050,000	1,835,000	1,516,054	1,632,849
Public supply	m3		1,444,000	1,524,000	1,692,000	1,811,707	1,922,637
Water usage	m3	2,060,000	2,117,000	3,576,000	3,350,695	3,616,816
Process and cooling water	m3	877,000	825,000	2,065,000	1,805,445	1,964,077
Sanitary water	m3		461,000	492,000	620,000	664,543	674,658
Water in products	m3		722,000	800,000	891,000	880,707	978,081
Water discharge	m3		1,190,000	1,230,000	2,540,000	2,315,989	2,491,191
Water to sewer, sewage plant	m3		550,000	670,000	770,000	906,667	913,590
Water to surface water bodies	m3		640,000	560,000	1,770,000	1,409,322	1,577,601
Waste per ton sold	kg/t	18.4	18.1	14.1	12.4	11.2	12
Change compared to previous year	%				-1.6	-22.1	-12.0	-9.6	-3.8 p.a.
Waste intensity compared to total input
materials	%	2.0	2.0	1.6	1.6	1.3
Total waste generated	t	80,000	84,000	112,000	141,675	151,560
Non-hazardous waste	t	63,000	66,000	92,000	120,633	129,884
Hazardous waste	t	17,000	18,000	20,000	21,042	21,676
Total waste disposed	t	80,000	84,000	112,000	141,676	151,560
Landfill	t	29,000	29,000	45,000	60,794	67,509
Incineration	t	26,000	26,000	29,000	30,863	32,603
Reuse/Recycle	t	25,000	29,000	38,000	50,019	51,448
Recycling Rate	%	31.0	35.0	34.0	35.3	33.9	42
MATERIALS
Volume of input materials used*	Mio t	4.1		4.0	7.0	8.8	11.6
Thereof recycled input materials	%	1.2	1.6	1.3	2.7	3.7
*Note on input materials: excluding water, packaging and semi-finished products.
OTHER AIR EMISSIONS*
Nitrous Oxides (NOx)	t		-	-	-	268	482.1
Sulfur Oxides (SOx)	t		-	-	-	3.0	3.6
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)	t		-	-	-	23.5	69.5
Dust	t		-	-	-	12.3	31.9

*Note on other air emissions: calculated based on the combustion of fuel and gas consumed only from 2020 onwards. 2021 increase was purely related to the increase in energy consumption and inclusion of leased vehicles fuel.

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ENVIRONMENT

													Target 2023
													(Base-
Metric	Unit	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021		line:2019)

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

ISO 14001:2015	#
(Environmental Management) certification
Coverage of Sika Sites in ISO scope*	%
ISO 50001:2018	#
(Energy Management) certifications
Coverage of Sika Sites in ISO scope*	%
Significant spills**	#

-	147		172	242	275
-	63	55	47	48
-	14	16	16	17
-	-	3	3	3
3	8	5	3	2

*Note on ISO Scope: are considered under ISO scope: headquarters, plants, warehouses and technology centers. Sales offices, administrative offices, training centers and subsidiaries are excluded as these activities do not fall under the scope of the respective ISO standards.

**Note on significant spills: a spill is considered significant when reported to authorities, having media coverage, or creating a significant cost (>CHF 10,000).

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SOCIAL

													Target 2023
													(Base-
Metric	Unit	2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		line:2019)
HEALTH & SAFETY
Sika employees
Fatalities	#	1		0		1	1	0	0
Lost Time Accidents/1,000 FTEs	Rate	8.7	10.4	9.6	8.4	9.2
Change compared to previous year	%				+19.5	-7.7	-12.5	+9.5
Lost Time Accidents	#	169	209	261	230	256	-50%
Change compared to previous year	%				+23.7	+24.9	-11.9	+11.3
Days Lost due to Lost Time Accidents	#	2,980	3,856	5,617	4,650	4,919
Average days lost per Lost Time Accident	#	17.6	18.4	21.5	20.2	19.2
LTIFR per 200,000 hours*	Rate	0.88	1.03	0.95	0.84	0.92
Occupational illnesses	#	14	11	5	16	10
OIFR per 200,000 hours*	Rate	0.07	0.05	0.02	0.06	0.04
Sika contractors
Fatalities	#	0	0	0	1	0	0
Lost Time Accidents	#	11	17	14	11	30
Occupational Health & Safety and Quality
Management System
ISO 45001:2018 - Occupational Health and	#		-	-	84	114	147
Safety Management System certification

Coverage of Sika Sites in ISO scope	%
ISO 9001:2015 - Quality Management	#
System certification

-	-	27	22	26
-	164	209	315	345

Coverage of Sika Sites in ISO scope

%

-

70

67

61

61

LTIFR: Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate; OIFR: Occupational Illness Frequency Rate; Apprentices and interns excluded from FTEs and worked hours used.

*Note on ISO Scope: are considered under ISO scope: headquarters, plants, warehouses and technology centers. Sales offices, administrative offices, training centers and subsidiaries are excluded as these activities do not fall under the scope of the respective ISO standards.

EMPLOYEES AND DIVERSITY/EQUALITY

Total number of employees	#
Change compared to previous year	%
Net added value per employee	CHF
thousands
Breakdown of employees per type of contract
Permanent employees	%
Temporary employees	%
Apprenticeship/internship	%
Breakdown of employees per age
Employees under the age of 30	%
Employees between 30 and 50	%
Employees above 50	%
Breakdown of employees per
employment type
Full-time employees	%
Part-time employees	%

18,484		20,060	25,141	24,848	27,059
		+8.5	+25.3	-1.2	+8.9
117		117	116	107	118
96.2		95.0	88.0	95.6	87.4
2.8		3.9	11.0	3.6	11.9
1.0		1.1	1.0	0.8	0.7
15.0		14.8	15.1	13.2	13.5
61.0		59.8	60.2	62.0	61.3
24.0		25.4	24.7	24.8	25.2
96.1		96.7	97.2	97.1	97.1
3.9		3.3	2.8	2.9	2.9

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SOCIAL

													Target 2023
													(Base-
Metric	Unit	2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		line:2019)
Breakdown of employees per gender
and per category
Male employees	%	77.4		77.7		77.0	77.2	76.8
Male Staff	%	76.3	77.0	76.8	76.7	76.3
Male Middle Management	%	80.3	80.7	77.7	79.1	78.1
Male Company Management*	%	85.3	80.2	78.5	79.9	80.4
Thereof Male Group Management	%	88.9	87.5	100.0	88.9	75.0
Female employees	%	22.6	22.3	23.0	22.8	23.2
Female Staff	%	23.7	23.0	23.2	23.3	23.7
Female Middle Management	%	19.7	19.3	22.3	20.9	21.9
Female Company Management*	%	14.7	19.8	21.5	20.1	19.6
Thereof Female Group Management	%	11.1	12.5	0	11.1	25.0
New employee hires and employee turnover
Recruitment rate	Rate		-	-	11.3	7.9	13.9
Employee voluntary turnover rate	Rate	6.2	6.9	6.0	6.4	7.4
Employee turnover rate	Rate	10.9	11.2	10.5	11.2	11.1
Internal promotions
Internal promotions into a higher	%	0.8	0.8	1.2	0.9	1.6
management position

*Note on Company Management: both Sika Senior Managers and local Company Management teams are included in this category.

TRAINING

Hours of training of workforce (YTD)/Head	-	12.9		16.8	11.4	10.1	11.1
Employees in management functions with	%	20	20	>20	>20	50
performance and career development reviews
HUMAN RIGHTS ASSESSMENT
Violations or incidents occurred	#	0		0	0	0	0
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Community engagement projects	#	118		128	148	183	242	+50%
Volunteering days of employees	#		-	-	401	1,119	1,392
Number of direct beneficiaries	#		-	-	7,765	268,581	44,188	+50%
SUPPLIERS
Direct materials and trading good spend	MCHF	2,849		3,334	3,765	3,563	4,461
Direct materials and trading good spend	%	45.6	47.1	46.4	45.2	48.2
(% of total net sales)
Suppliers* with supplier code of conduct as	#	5,165	6,936	8,367	9,210	9,527
part of contractual agreement
*Tier 1 suppliers
MARKETING AND LABELLING
Chemical products in assessment or assessed		100		100	100	100	100
for health and safety impacts, improvements	%

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