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 providing services to the Group as a whole. Key indicators used in the management decision-making process are applied across all of the Group’s business divisions. Corporate goals for the divisions are defined and reported 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 as a whole.

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Energy Consumption – WACKER AG

 

 

 

 

 

GWh

 

2017

 

2016

 

 

 

 

 

1

Coal, charcoal and wood

2

Steam and district heating

 

 

 

 

 

Electricity consumption

 

3,944

 

3,788

Heat consumption

 

2,204

 

2,240

Primary energy use (total)

 

4,729

 

4,762

Of which

 

 

 

 

Natural gas

 

4,707

 

4,740

Solid fuels1

 

 

Heat supplied by third parties2

 

22

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

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Workplace Accidents Involving Permanent Staff and Temporary Workers – WACKER AG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

 

 

 

 

1

Accidents leading to at least one day off work

2

Accidents leading to over three days off work

 

 

 

 

 

Accident rate at Wacker Chemie AG: accidents1 per 1 million hours worked

 

3.1

 

3.3

Accident rate at Wacker Chemie AG: reportable accidents2 per 1 million hours worked

 

1.5

 

1.5

Fatal workplace accidents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Number of employees and temporary workers as of December 31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employees

 

9,740

 

9,539

Temporary workers

 

138

 

137

 

 

 

 

 

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Environmental Indicators from 2016 to 2017 – WACKER AG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Due to a change in financial consolidation, the production site at Tsukuba was included for the first time in the calculation of environmental indicators for 2017.

 

 

 

 

 

Air

 

 

 

 

CO2 emissions1

 

 

 

 

Direct (kt)

 

896

 

891

Indirect (kt)

 

1,110

 

1,127

NOX nitrogen oxides (t)

 

750

 

750

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

 

570

 

580

Dust (t)

 

22

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

Water

 

 

 

 

Water use (thousand m3)

 

187,870

 

197,500

Chemical oxygen demand (COD) (t)

 

1,110

 

980

Halogenated organic hydrocarbons (AOX) (t)

 

2.6

 

3.1

 

 

 

 

 

Waste

 

 

 

 

Disposed of (t)

 

24,090

 

21,380

Recycled (t)

 

114,250

 

111,920

Hazardous (t)

 

73,920

 

71,950

Non-hazardous (t)

 

64,420

 

61,350