Management Structures for Sustainability

Wacker Chemie AG’s four-member Executive Board oversees the Group’s strategies, resources, infrastructure and organizational structure. Dr. Rudolf Staudigl is the Board’s President and CEO. Other members are Dr. Joachim Rauhut, Dr. Tobias Ohler and Auguste Willems, who is responsible for sustainability.

An Executive Board Meeting is WACKER’s highest decision-making authority. Below the Executive Board, there are various committees whose membership spans several organizational sectors and legal entities. These committees ensure that corporate strategies are implemented groupwide.

Coordinating Sustainability at WACKER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Committees / Meetings with Specific Executive Board Members

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executive Board Meeting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Strategy Committee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate EHS1 Meeting

 

EHS Strategy Meeting

 

Health Promotion Steering Committee

 

Group Innovation Meeting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R&D2 Projects Conference

 

Supply Chain Conference

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate or Other Departments

 

Functions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Sustainability

 

Human Resources

 

Group Compliance Officer

 

Regional Compliance Officers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research & Development

 

Executive Personnel

 

Group Coordinator for the Environment

 

Group Coordinator for Health

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group Safety Coordinator

 

Group Coordinator for Product Safety

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group Coordinator for Hazardous Goods

 

Group Coordinator for Export Controls

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Environment, Health, Safety
2 Research & Development
3 Integrated Management System

 

Legal Officers and Representatives

 

Sustainability Officers

 

 

 

 

 

IMS3 Coordinators

 

Divisional R&D

The Corporate Strategy Committee (KUS), for example, deliberates on strategically important processes, potential market or competitor developments, and key special topics not directly related to daily operations. The committee comprises the entire Executive Board, business-division presidents and corporate-department heads.

The main committees for environment, health, safety and product safety are the annual Corporate Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Meetings and EHS Strategy Meetings, led by the Executive Board member responsible for EHS & PS. Employee health is addressed once a year by the Health Promotion Steering Committee chaired by WACKER’s personnel director. The Supply Chain Conference focuses on the Group’s productivity projects and goals and is led by the Executive Board member responsible for Corporate Engineering. The Group Innovation Meeting and the R&D Projects Conference cover innovation strategies and projects.

Environmental, health and safety officers meet for an international EHS & PS Conference once a year. Here, participants exchange experiences and discuss the progress of sustainability-related topics that apply groupwide. EHS & PS management focused on Europe in 2013 and on Asia in 2014. Related activities involved an increasing number of on-site inspections at our various plants.

The Corporate Sustainability department oversees the implementation of WACKER’s voluntary commitments under Responsible Care® and the Global Compact and coordinates our sustainability activities worldwide.