Clariant Joins Sustainability Initiative
27 March 2014 
TfS promotes supply chain sustainability through collaboration and transparency Photo credit: Flickr user onenetwork, Creative Commons license
Specialty chemical company Clariant became the eighth member of Together for Sustainability (TfS) today. TfS is an organization of chemical industry leaders who collaborate to promote supply chain best practices through audit and assessment programs. TfS analyzes the data it gathers to develop action plans for improvement via standardized reports so that participants can compare results and share data online in a systematic, transparent way.
This reduces the need for members to participate in multiple verification programs whose standards may not be uniformly adequate or consistently measurable across the industry.
“Corporate sustainability is a core element of our corporate strategy. With the TfS membership, we enhance or procurement and supply chain activities into our corporate sustainability strategy,” said Mathias Lutgendorf, Clariant executive committee member in a press release.
TfS derives assessment criteria from aspects of the supply chain including management, environment, health and safety, labor and human rights, and governance factors. These in turn are based on overarching benchmarks contained in national laws, the UN Global Compact on business, the International Labor Organization, the International Organization for Standardization, and supplier codes of conduct.
“Joining the TfS initiative, Clariant confirms the commitment to sustainability in procuremenet and to further improve quality standards in our industry supply chain,” said Norbert Merklein, Clariant’s head of group procurement services in a press release.
Chief Procurement Officers of six multinational companies founded TfS in 2011. Other members are AkzoNobel, BASF, Bayer, Evonik Industries, Henkel, Lanxess, and Solvay.
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