Givaudan - Engaging The Senses

Global Corporate Sustainability Positioning

Through its global sustainability positioning and supported by the Corporate Committee made up of experienced professional from several areas, Givaudan has been structuring and engaging all the areas in the Company, with operation focus on: “where we are”, “what we will do” and “how we will do it”.

The group’s vision on global sustainability has been defined:

Vision
Givaudan believes that sustainability is our individual responsibility and that means to ensure that our actions and our products add benefits to the world.

Mission
People and Culture – Ensure the development of Company and employees’ values thus creating inspiration and mutual growth.

Environment – Devise programs to evaluate and then reduce our impact on biodiversity and on natural resources – water, energy, waste and emissions.

Society – Support and manage programs that bring tangible benefits for local and global communities.

Products – Deliver relevant and sustainable products which aggregate value to the consumers through our SensoryInnovation platform.

Based on this positioning, some actions have been developed and communicated, as for example, the partnership with the nonprofit organization Conservation International for the cultivation of Tonka Bean for raw material production. Besides protecting the environment, this activity promotes community development and creates income for the 64 families involved.

This partnership with Conservation International, announced in events in the United States and Europe in 2008, has generated raw-material for the manufacturing of two perfumes by internationally well known companies.

In Brazil there are already relevant initiatives in partnership with big customers to produce and exploit raw materials on a sustainable basis. An example of such initiatives is the work with storax, a plant that belongs to the basil family and is used in the composition of fragrances. This sustainable activity benefits about 80 families in the Campo Limpo area of Belem in the Para State.