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.
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Executive Board Meeting |
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Corporate Strategy Committee |
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Corporate EHS1 Meeting |
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Health Promotion Steering Committee |
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Group Innovation Meeting |
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R&D2 Projects Conference |
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Supply Chain Conference |
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Corporate Sustainability |
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Human Resources |
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Group Compliance Officer |
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Regional Compliance Officers |
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Research & Development |
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Executive Personnel |
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Group Coordinator for the Environment |
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Group Coordinator for Health |
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Group Safety Coordinator |
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Group Coordinator for Product Safety |
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Group Coordinator for Hazardous Goods |
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Group Coordinator for Export Controls |
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Legal Officers and Representatives |
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IMS3 Coordinators |
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Divisional R&D |
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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.