Business Principles

GRI 102-16
Wacker Chemie AG - Sustainability Report 2015/16

Alongside our vision and goals, our business principles represent the third pillar of our corporate policy guidelines. These principles – laid down in five corporate codes – govern how the Group should achieve its objectives. The five codes are the Code of Safety, the Code of Conduct, the Code of Innovation, the Code of Teamwork & Leadership, and the Code of Sustainability. The codes are supplemented by a body of regulations and directives.

Vision – Goals – Business Principles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vision
We develop intelligent solutions for sustainable growth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customers
WACKER products and solutions are our customers’ first choice.

 

Employees
We want to be one of the world’s best employers.

 

Innovations
We tap new markets via product and process innovations for tomorrow’s world.

 

Company Value
We continuously increase our company value.

 

Sustainability
Our responsibility as a company extends beyond our business activities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Code of Safety
 

 

Code of Conduct

 

Code of Innovation

 

Code of Teamwork & Leadership

 

Code of Sustainability

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regulations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directives

Code of Conduct

The Code of Conduct contains our principles on interactions with business partners and third parties. It also regulates how we deal with information, confidentiality and data security, protection against money laundering and keeping private and company interests separate.

Code of Innovation

The Code of Innovation specifies our principles as applicable to R&D, cooperation, patents and innovation management.

Code of Teamwork & Leadership

The Code of Teamwork & Leadership outlines our understanding of collaboration and management. Special emphasis is placed on trust and respect, motivation and success, recognition and development, teamwork and equal opportunities, work-life balance and the role-model function of managers.

Code of Safety

The Code of Safety defines our safety culture and sets safety regulations for workplaces, plants, products and transport.

Code of Sustainability

The Code of Sustainability details principles of sustainability with which R&D, procurement and logistics, production and products, as well as our social commitment, must comply.