Household Care
Organic sales declined 6% in 2019 compared with 2018. Difficult market conditions for Bioenergy and Agriculture & Feed had a negative impact on the overall sales performance. Sales in Household Care, Food & Beverages and Technical & Pharma grew in 2019.
Organic sales grew 3% in 2019 compared with 2018. Moderate growth in Household Care and Food & Beverages, paired with strong growth in Agriculture & Feed, shaped the good performance in 2019 overall. Bioenergy and Technical & Pharma were slightly down.
It is impossible to ignore. Across the world, people are demanding solutions to the most important challenge facing mankind:
How to ensure good standards of living for a growing population without depleting the world’s resources and accelerating climate change.
Our strategy has three focus areas which will help us yield more growth and value from our existing business - while at the same time enabling us to invest more in new opportunities that support sustainable development.
Adapt our approach to fit industry potential and concentrate on significant opportunities across markets and segments.
Show up for our customers with strong commercial teams, capable of guiding innovation and services to deliver on customer goals.
Unfold high-potential impact areas in a dynamic, efficient process, building tomorrow’s business and responding to global needs.
Save 60 million tons of CO2 by enabling low-carbon fuels in the transport sector in 2022
Gain 500,000 tons of food by improving efficiency from farm to table in 2022
Enable learning
Achieve a score of 80 on learning in our annual employee survey by 2022
Reach >4 billion people by providing laundry solutions in 2022 that replace chemicals
Organic sales growth 5+% per year
