Perstorp is world-leading within areas at specialized chemical markets. Our products are sold to companies in paint, chemicals and plastic-based industries. They also include products for the engineering and construction industries, such as polyols, performance chemicals and resins. We create winning formulas within selected niches of organic and polymer chemistry, that offer much more than innovative chemical solutions.
Perstorp expresses its ambition in specialty chemicals with the motto Winning Formulas
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GRI Index

Perstorp’s sustainability reporting complies with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines, version G3. Only the GRI core indicators (C), and the additional indicators (A) Perstorp has selected to report are listed. Also the indicators that follow UN’s Global Compact program are listed. 

See www.globalreporting.org for more information about GRI. 

The following index shows where information can be found, with page references to Annual Report 2009.

A= Annual Report 2009 part 1.  B=Annual Report 2009 part 2
1. Fully reported
2. Partially reported
3. Not reported
4. Follows UN´s Global Compact program


     
Strategy & analysis    
 1.1 Statement from CEO A7  1, 4
 1.2 Sustainability-related impacts, risks and opportunities A48, B24  1
       
Organizational profile    
 2.1 Name of the organization B19  1
 2,2 Primary brands, products and/or services A14-31   1
 2.3 Operational structure A13, B30   1
 2.4 Location of headquarters A3   1
 2.5 Countries where the Group operates A3, B30   1
 2.6 Nature of ownership and legal form B19   1
 2.7 Markets served A12-13   1
 2.8 Scale of the reporting organization A5-17   1
 2.9 Significant changes during the reporting period A4, B3, B45   1
 2.10 Awards received in the reporting period B45   1
       
Report parameters
Report profile
     
 3.1 Reporting period B43, B45   1
 3.2 Date of most recent report A2   1
 3.3 Reporting cycle A44   1 
 3.4 Contact person for questions regarding the report A2   1
       
Scope & boundary of report      
 3.5 Process for defining report content B45   1
 3.6  Boundary of the report B19-23   1
 3.7  Specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report B19-23   1
 3.8  Reporting of entites that can affect comparability from period to period and/or between organizations B19-21   1
 3.9  Data measurement techniques and the bases of calculations B19-23   1
 3.10  Explanation of the reasosns for and effect of any restatement of information B19-23   1
 3.11  Significant changes in the scope, boundary or measurement methods B19-23   
       
GRI content index      
 3.12 GRI Index www.perstorp.com   
       
Assurance      
 3.13 Policy and practice regarding external assurance B45   1
       
Governance, commitments & engagement       
Governance     
 4.1 Governance structure of the organization  B54-55   1
 4.2  Chairman´s position  B54   1
 4.3  Number of independent, non-executive board members  A51   1
 4.4  Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations etc. to the board  B54-55   1
 4.5  Linkage between compensation to management and the organization´s performance, including social and environmental performance  B38-39   1
 4.8  Inernally developed statements of mission, values, code of conduct and principles relevant to sustainability performance, and their status  A38-39   1
 4.9  The board´s procedures for overseeing sustainability performance  B54-55   1
 4.10  Processes for evaluating the board´s performance, particularly with regard to sustainability performance  B54-55   1
Commitments to external initiatives       
 4.11  The Group´s handling of the precautionary approach  A36-37   1
 4.12  Externally developed codes, principles or other initiatives to which the Group subscribes or endorses  A38-39   1
 4.13  Membership in associations  A38-39   1
       
Stakeholder engagement      
 4.14 List of stakeholder groups engaged by the Group     
 4.16  Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders     
 4.17 Approaches to stakeholder engagement and frequency of engagement     
       
Economic performance        
 EC1 C  Economic value generated and distributed  B5-12 
 EC3 C  Coverage of the organization´s defined benefit plan obligations  B34  1
       
Environmental performance indicators        
Materials       
 EN1 C  Materials used by weight or volume  B53  1, 4
       
Energy       
 EN3 C Direct energy consumption by primary energy source  B46, 53  1, 4 
 EN4 C  Indirect energy consumption by primary source  B53 
 EN5 A  Energy saved due to conservation and afficiency improvements  B46, 47  1, 4
 EN6 A  Initiatives to rpovide energy-efficient or renewable energy-based products  B48  2, 4 
       
Water       
 EN8 C  Total water withdrawal by source  B47  1, 4 
       
Biodiversity       
 EN11 C  Location and size of land owned, leased or managed in protected areas or areas of high biodiverity value outside protexted areas   
Emissions, effluent & waste       
 EN16 C  Total direct or indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight  B48, 53  1, 4
 EN18 A  Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved  B47  1, 4
 EN19 C  Emissions of ozone-depleting substances by weight  B47, 53  1, 4 
 EN20 C  NOx, SOx and other significant air emissions by type and weight  B48, 53  1, 4 
 EN21 C  Total water discharge by quality and destination  B47  1, 4 
 EN22 C  Total weight of waste by type and disposal method  B48, 53  1, 4 
 EN23 C  Significant spills  B46  1, 4 
       
Products & services       
 EN26 C  Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and extent of impact mitigation  A14-31  1, 4 
Compliance      
 EN28 C Fines and sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations  B52  1, 4 
       
Overall       
 EN30 A  Total environmental protection expenitures and investments by type  B49  1,4 

 

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