December 2020
Corporate | Financial | Sustainability December 8, 2020
Three CDP A grades: Symrise ranks among the top ten most sustainable companies in the world
— The Holzminden Group achieves the top grade of A in all three categories
— Non-profit organization CDP assesses companies’ climate protection, water usage and forest conservation actions
November 2020
Corporate | Sustainability November 16, 2020
DQS presents Symrise with sustainability award
— Holzminden-based group receives prize from German Society for Sustainability (DQS)
— Special prize for sustainable development along the entire value chain
Corporate | Sustainability November 5, 2020
Symrise discontinues use of plastic
— Flavor division quality control uses tasting cups made entirely of recycled cardboard
Corporate | Sustainability November 4, 2020
Symrise supports Germany’s climate policy goals
— Symrise joins cross-sector network Klimaschutz-Unternehmen e. V.
— Initiative to collaborate on innovative solutions to achieve Germany’s climate policy goals
— Symrise is committed to ambitious climate goals
August 2020
Corporate | Financial | Sustainability August 14, 2020
Symrise commits to sustainable supply chains
— 33 companies and organizations support German supply chain act
— Focus on sustainability, transparency and living conditions for local producers
Taste, Nutrition & Health | Corporate | Sustainability August 13, 2020
Symrise and Kellogg Company achieve ambitious goal of ‘100% responsibly sourced vanilla by 2020’
— Partnership drives impact at the source of vanilla farming in Madagascar
— “Symrise and Friends” partnerships support the next generation of vanilla farmers
— 365 days a year presence to ensure quality, certainty and safeguard the social and natural environments
July 2020
Taste, Nutrition & Health | Corporate | Sustainability July 3, 2020
South Africa: Symrise promotes sustainable cultivation of white grapefruit in KwaZulu-Natal
— Stable, sustainable grapefruit supply aiming at a positive impact on local communities
— Enlargement of Citrus sustainability footprint beyond Bergamot in Calabria
— Provision of signature grapefruit taste to consumers around the world
June 2020
Scent & Care | Corporate | Sustainability June 26, 2020
Symrise strengthens its partnership with CRIEPPAM and supports biodiversity research project for lavender farming
— Research of lavender inter-cropping to support crop resilience against climate change
— To develop practical agricultural techniques to provide additional farm income through inter-cropping and improved lavender yields
— Promote biodiversity and improve soil health in lavender and lavandin fields
Corporate | Sustainability June 22, 2020
Focus on coronavirus: Symrise supports climate-friendly economic development
— 154 international companies jointly address the topic
— Science Based Targets initiative: Link economic development programs to climate protection
February 2020
Corporate | Financial | Sustainability February 3, 2020
Symrise receives international “A” rating from CDP for outstanding environmental protection
— Water rating from CDP awards Symrise a place on the non-profit organization’s prestigious A-list
— Forest protection measures also recognized with a “Leadership A-” rating
— Leading position in the three CDP rating categories of climate, water and forests
— Performance among the best of more than 8,400 companies reporting worldwide
January 2020
Corporate | Financial | Sustainability January 20, 2020
Symrise receives top score of A in international climate protection rating
— Prestigious nonprofit organization CDP awards Symrise highest ranking
— Key climate figures from the Holzminden-based Group among the best of more than 8,400 analyzed companies from around the world
— Symrise reduces greenhouse gas emissions by one-third ahead of schedule