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Carbon Disclosure Project Honors Symrise for Transparency on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Carbon Disclosure Project Honors Symrise for Transparency on
Greenhouse Gas Emissions

20.10.2014 / 13:12

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- Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index: First place in the MDAX within the
energy and materials sector

- Conscious and strategic management of climate-related activities
honored

Symrise takes a leading position in dealing responsibly with climate
change. The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) reached this conclusion after
having assessed 350 companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In the
MDAX, Symrise leads the energy and materials sector. The CDP certified that
Symrise factors ecological risks and opportunities into its core business
and informs external stakeholders about this in a comprehensive and
transparent manner.

Institutional investors and customers are increasingly mindful that
companies become aware of the consequences of climate change, develop
strategic approaches for dealing with them and report in a transparent way
on what has been achieved. Since 2000, the CDP has been collecting data and
information from companies regarding their carbon dioxide emissions,
climate-related risks and reduction targets on behalf of institutional
investors, which now total 767.

CDP uses this data to compose the "Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index"
(CDLI), which is intended to provide a useful guidance for investors with
regard to responsibly acting companies. The index comprises the top ten
percent of the companies under assessment. With 96 points out of a possible
100, Symrise is leading the MDAX companies within the energy and materials
sector outperforming the index average by 33 points.

"We are very excited about our top position in the CDLI. Managing our
climate-related activities responsibly plays an important role for us,"
explained Dr Heinz-Jürgen Bertram, Chief Executive Officer of Symrise. "We
process more than 10,000 raw materials, partly requiring energy-intensive
processes,within the entire supply chain. Consequently, the management of
our climate-related processes has strong and direct implications on our
long-term business success. Pioneering approaches in raw material sourcing
and green chemistry as well as innovative product solutions allow us to
protect our raw material base, reduce CO2 emissions and enhance financial
competitiveness. Efficiency is thus a central pillar of our corporate
strategy. For us, this means sharing values with all stakeholders along the