2020 annual and sustainable performance report

2 - A RESPONSIBLE MANUFACTURER

Safety: Two targets for 2025

The TRIR for 2020 (including accidents among Group personnel as well as workers from contracted firms) came to 1, a very clear improvement and the lowest rate Arkema has ever recorded. Arkema’s TRIR performance ranks among the best in the chemicals industry.

The PSER is the number of process safety events per million hours worked.

In 2020 the PSER was 4, virtually unchanged from the three previous years. A plan is currently being developed to define both technical and human actions for reducing the PSER.

Climate and environment: Four environmental objectives for 2020

In 2020, Arkema reduced its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 23% compared to 2015. The Group made especially notable progress in 2020, with emissions declining by 11% from 2019 levels; two thirds of that reduction was achieved through voluntary actions laid out in the Group’s Climate Plan.

This means a reduction in absolute emissions of more than 1.7 million tons of CO₂ equivalent to less than 3 million tons by 2030, whatever the increase in production volumes.

The “energy,” “water” and “air” objectives shown below and opposite are defined on the basis of Environmental Footprint Performance Indicators (EFPIs), which reflect changes in the Group’s business scope and production at its plants.

The improvement in this indicator in 2020 reflects a positive performance during unfavorable conditions, given the decline in production volumes as a result of COVID-19.