Management
STATUS OF GOALS FOR 2009/2010
Certify the Group to ISO 9001 (quality) and ISO 14001 (environment), Group certification
Corporate entity: Groupwide
Deadline: 2011
Implementation status: Goal was realized to a large extent. Almost all our production sites are now included in the Group certificate. Not yet included are the sites in Brazil, India and Jincheon (South Korea), which have corresponding individual certificates. Some, including Jincheon, are scheduled for inclusion on the Group certificate in the next few years.
Certify all WACKER sites to the internationally recognized OHSAS occupational health and safety management system
Corporate entity: Groupwide
Deadline: 2015
Implementation status: In the reporting period, our sites used checklists to assess their degree of compliance with OHSAS 18001 and to identify gaps. This goal has been amended to provide for the introduction of an OHSAS 18001 occupational health and safety management system, initially without formal certification, but with internal auditing of all WACKER sites.
Employee Suggestion Program (BVW): Reach a total benefit from suggestions of at least €10 million per year
Corporate entity: Germany
Deadline: 2009 to 2011
Implementation status: Goal was exceeded on average. Total benefits were €12.4 million in 2009, €11.9 million in 2010 and €9.4 million in 2011.
Employee Suggestion Program (BVW): Increase the participation rate (number of submitters per 100 employees) from 28 to 50 percent (referenced to 2008)
Corporate entity: Germany
Deadline: by 2011
Implementation status: The goal was not achieved. The participation rate climbed to 34 percent. Our goal is still for every second employee to contribute ideas.
NEW GOALS
Introduction of the internationally recognized OHSAS 18001 occupational health and safety management system at all WACKER sites, with verification through internal audits
Corporate entity: Groupwide
Deadline: 2015
Employee Suggestion Program (BVW): Increase the participation rate (number of submitters per 100 employees) from 28 to 50 percent (referenced to 2008)
Corporate entity: Germany
Deadline: Ongoing every year
FUTURE TOPICS
Management Systems
During 2013, WACKER will extend Group certification to the Jincheon site in South Korea. German sites are to introduce an OHSAS 18001 (occupational safety) management system. Wacker Chemie AG’s ISO 14001 (environmental protection) certification is to be merged with that of Siltronic AG.
Sustainability Reporting
In 2013, the sustainability management unit will finish installing the new SPIRIT platform for reporting key figures, incidents and audits and start using it on a regular basis.
Multiple Usage of Improvement Suggestions
WACKER intends to extend multiple usage of employees’ improvement suggestions. Implemented ideas will be assessed for their transferability to other areas and operations. This approach in Germany yielded average additional annual savings of €500,000 in recent years. The goal is for all sites outside Germany to have introduced multiple usage by 2014.