Environment

Sika operates according to the principle that responsibility for the environment and safety is an integral part of every managerial task and a concern of each employee. In particular, we care for the environment and pay attention to the safety of everybody dealing in

• research and development
• procurement, production, storage, transportation and disposal
• product application in construction and industry.

We fully participate in the worldwide "Responsible Care" program initiated by the chemical industry. Sika is committed to introducing and maintaining an Environmental Management System according to ISO 14001 globally. By this time 51 companies - representing around 90% of Group sales - operate in conformity with this environmental standard. Sika sees the challenge for environmental improvements as a genuine market opportunity. Today ecological issues are the driving force behind approximately 50% of all R&D projects.

Below the Environmental Report 2007 for the Sika Group is available for download.

Environmental Report 2008 (PDF - 253KB)

The Environmental Report is published as a section of the Annual Report.
In the Annual Report 2007 it can be found on the pages 39-43.

The documents are available in PDF format. To be able to read them, an Adobe Acrobate Reader is required.
If you do not have this program, you can download it here free of charge.