Today Umicore published its Annual Report for 2012. The report offers a fully integrated view of Umicore's economic, environmental and social performance and focuses on those areas that are really material to its business. An online reporting centre enables readers to create their own customized report and offers additional functionality such as video case studies and data downloads.
Key performance aspects in 2012 were:
- The second best ever financial performance for Umicore despite a challenging economic climate.
- Significant new investments in strategic growth areas.
- In 2012, 85% of Umicore's sites had no lost time accidents and Umicore registered an overall improvement in safety performance.
- CO2 emissions increased largely due to changes in the energy mix from electricity suppliers.
- The impact of metal emissions to air and water were down 37% and 44% respectively compared to the reference year of 2009.
- Umicore's business units made further progress in implementing the company's sustainable procurement charter.
- Umicore was recognised as one of the top employers in Belgium, France and Germany and continued its people development efforts worldwide.
- Community investment remained at € 1.8 million, the same level as in 2011.
You can find out more through the on-line case studies at: http://www.umicore.com/reporting/Home/CaseStudies/
To visit the online reporting centre visit http://www.umicore.com/reporting. English, French and Dutch versions of the report can be accessed in the reporting centre and can be downloaded in a pdf format.(http://www.umicore.com/reporting/Home/full-pdf/)
For more information
Investor Relations
Geoffroy Raskin +32 2 227 71 47 geoffroy.raskin@umicore.com
Evelien Goovaerts +32 2 227 78 38 evelien.goovaerts@umicore.com
Media Relations
Elcke Vercruysse +32 2 227 71 29 elcke.vercruysse@umicore.com
Umicore profile
Umicore is a global materials technology and recycling group. It focuses on application areas where its expertise in materials science, chemistry and metallurgy makes a real difference. Its activities are centred on four business areas: Catalysis, Energy Materials, Performance Materials and Recycling. Each business area is divided into market-focused business units offering materials and solutions that are at the cutting edge of new technological developments and essential to everyday life.
Umicore generates the majority of its revenues and dedicates most of its R&D efforts to clean technologies, such as emission control catalysts, materials for rechargeable batteries and photovoltaics, fuel cells, and recycling. Umicore's overriding goal of sustainable value creation is based on an ambition to develop, produce and recycle materials in a way that fulfils its mission: materials for a better life.
The Umicore Group has industrial operations on all continents and serves a global customer base; it generated a turnover of € 12.5 billion (€ 2.4 billion excluding metal) in 2012 and currently employs some 14,400 people.