Information on Wacker Chemie AG

In addition to the information on the WACKER Group provided in the combined non-financial report, the key indicators for Wacker Chemie AG are given below.

Wacker Chemie AG is the parent company of the WACKER Group and is headquartered in Munich, Germany. It is divided into four business divisions: WACKER SILICONES, WACKER POLYMERS, WACKER BIOSOLUTIONS and WACKER POLYSILICON. Wacker Chemie AG also comprises corporate departments, which provide services to the Group as a whole. Key indicators used in management decision-making are applied across all of the Group’s business divisions. Corporate goals are defined and reported for the divisions on a groupwide basis. Even though Wacker Chemie AG is an independent entity, no separate key performance indicators are defined or reported for it. That also applies to matters such as sustainability and non-financial performance indicators. For more information, please refer to the respective details provided on the WACKER Group.

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Energy Consumption

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

GWh

  

2018

  

2017

  

2016

1

Coal, charcoal and wood

2

Steam and district heating

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Electricity consumption

  

3,974

  

3,944

  

3,788

Heat consumption

  

1,936

  

2,204

  

2,240

Primary energy use (total)

  

4,494

  

4,729

  

4,762

Of which

  

 

  

 

  

 

Natural gas

  

4,472

  

4,707

  

4,740

Solid fuels1

  

–

  

–

  

–

Heat supplied by third parties2

  

22

  

22

  

22
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Workplace Accidents Involving Permanent Staff and Temporary Workers

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

2018

  

2017

  

2016

1

Accidents leading to at least one day off work

2

Accidents leading to over three days off work

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Accident rate across Wacker Chemie AG:
Accidents1 per 1 million hours worked

  

3.4

  

3.1

  

3.3

Accident rate across Wacker Chemie AG:
Reportable accidents2 per 1 million hours worked

  

1.4

  

1.5

  

1.5

Fatal accidents

  

–

  

–

  

–
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Number of employees and temporary workers as of December 31

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

2018

  

2017

  

2016

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Employees

  

10,033

  

9,740

  

9,539

Temporary workers

  

75

  

138

  

137
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Environmental Indicators

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

2018

  

2017

  

2016

1

CO2 emissions are measured on the basis of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol: “A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard”), published by the World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Scope 1: direct CO2 emissions. Scope 2: indirect emissions from the consumption of purchased energy (converted into CO2 equivalents for purchased electricity, steam and heat). Conversion is based on emission factors of the International Energy Agency (electricity) and from the GEMIS database (steam and heat).

2

The amount of electricity supplied by the affiliate Alzwerke GmbH is included in indirect CO2 emissions in a climate-neutral manner – because it is not fed into the public grid.

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Air

  

 

  

 

  

 

CO2 emissions1

  

 

  

 

  

 

Direct (kt)

  

848

  

896

  

891

Indirect (kt)2

  

1,137

  

1,110

  

1,127

NOX nitrogen oxides (t)

  

680

  

750

  

750

Non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs) (t)

  

560

  

570

  

580

Dust (t)

  

21

  

22

  

20

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Water

  

 

  

 

  

 

Water use (thousand m3)

  

218,280

  

187,870

  

197,500

Chemical oxygen demand (COD) (t)

  

1,050

  

1,110

  

980

Halogenated organic hydrocarbons (AOX) (t)

  

2.2

  

2.6

  

3.1

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

Waste

  

 

  

 

  

 

Disposed of (t)

  

25,280

  

24,090

  

21,380

Recycled (t)

  

129,020

  

114,250

  

111,920

Hazardous (t)

  

74,640

  

73,920

  

71,950

Non-hazardous (t)

  

79,660

  

64,420

  

61,350

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