LANXESS is a leading global specialty chemicals company with around 12,500 employees in 32 countries. Our core business is the development, manufacturing and marketing of chemical intermediates, additives and consumer protection products with annual sales of EUR 6.7 billion (2023).

We manage our operating business through three segments: Advanced Intermediates, Specialty Additives and Consumer Protection. These include 10 business units, through which we serve a broad range of applications and markets. We focus on our customers’ requirements in order to drive progress and reliably provide innovative products, materials and service solutions.

As a company, we are responsible for ensuring strict observance of safety, environmental and social standards at LANXESS locations around the world. We endeavor to make sustainability a focus for all employees and to establish sustainable solutions in all key areas. We also demonstrate this by supporting initiatives such as Responsible Care® and the Carbon Disclosure Project and being listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index World & Europe.

Our aim is for the company to be carbon neutral by 2040. Setting this ambitious target builds on our previous, successful commitment to environmental protection. Since LANXESS was established in 2004, we have already cut our emissions in half, falling from the equivalent of 6.5 million tons of CO2 to 3.2 million tons. We are now taking the next step towards being even more sustainable.