Sustainability has always been a cornerstone of Oerlikon’s R&D, business and strategy. Among our core convictions is the belief that companies and the global economy can achieve continued growth without exhausting the world’s natural resources or exploiting its people.
Profit and purpose can complement, rather than compete with, one another to realize sustainable, long-term value for all stakeholders: customers, investors, employees and society. We have captured this principle in our Sustainability and Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) Policy that was published in January 2022.
Our overarching purpose is to enable industries and customers to do more with less. Our vision is to empower our customers to increase their efficiency and productivity, optimize their usage of resources, lessen their energy consumption and reduce waste and emissions. Whenever we perfect a technological advance that achieves these objectives, we are acting both as a commercial enterprise and a caretaker of the planet and its inhabitants.
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Delivering sustainable R&D and solutions for customers will always be a priority, but our standards of excellence extend to our own operations, diversity programs, governance and compliance oversight.
Oerlikon’s leadership and management fully embrace this link between our operations and sustainability, a commitment demonstrated by our continued investment in the company’s sustainability organizational framework (see governance graphic on page 10 on how sustainability is embedded across Oerlikon).
Overseen by representatives from the strategic, operative and business levels, the framework holds each employee individually responsible for upholding the principles of the Sustainability & HSE Policy. Line management is responsible for ensuring alignment in business activities and processes within their area of responsibility.
Ultimately, we want to focus on the areas that we can make the most meaningful sustainability difference, both through our products for customers and in our own operations.
This is our approach to the simultaneous creation of market and social value. With sustainability goals that complement our obligations to customers and support our profitable growth targets, we are well positioned to maintain Oerlikon’s technological leadership while delivering sustainable value to all stakeholders.
