Sustainability News Archive 2018

WACKER RELIEF FUND: Good Progress Rebuilding Schools

WACKER has joined the ‘Familienpakt Bayern’ (‘Family Pact Bavaria’) network of the Bavarian state government and Bavarian Industry Association. In doing so, the chemical group has emphasized its goal of promoting a family-friendly corporate culture.

WACKER is Bavarian Responsible Care^® winner 2018. The Bavarian branch of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI) has honored the company for its polysilicon, which makes renewable energy sources possible thanks to photovoltaic applications.

“Die Arche” (the Ark), a Munich-based charity for children and young people, celebrated a full dozen years of partnership with Wacker Chemie AG yesterday.

Wacker Chemie AG registered a total of 245 substances with the European Chemicals Agency in Helsinki by the end of May, the expiry date for the third and last registration phase of the EU’s REACH chemicals program.

The Absolventa job portal has again conferred its seal of approval on WACKER’s trainee program.

At the start of this anniversary year, our Employee Suggestion Program managed to win a coveted award.

WACKER Brazil volunteers support the “JUNTOS SOMOS +” (“together, we can do more”) program

The Bavarian State Government has recognized WACKER as a family-friendly company.

For four days, 79 young people from all over Bavaria presented their scientific and technical projects to a specialist jury and the public at the state-wide “Young Scientists” competition in Munich.

In cooperation with partners, WACKER once again organized a free Health Camp in India, providing medical care including blood tests, sight tests, cardiograms and cataract operations.

WACKER HELP, WACKER Greater China’s regional relief organization, is helping a children’s home in Shanghai to promote the joys of reading among the children there.

Saxony's Environmental Alliance has recognized WACKER’s Nünchritz site as one of the initiative’s key partners with a certification valid until 2021.

In a few days it will be that time again: From March 19 to 22, participants in Bavaria’s Young Scientists competition will present their research at the Deutsches Museum’s transport center.

At didacta 2018, the world’s largest education trade show, the Munich based chemical company WACKER presents the new website for its CHEM2DO^® experiment kit.

After a successful social responsibility audit of the Adrian site in the US, WACKER has made the results available in the Sedex database for interested customers.

WACKER’s result has risen from 65 to 72 points. It now ranks among the top 3% of the highest-scoring companies.

Today, Johannes Hintersberger, Undersecretary at the Bavarian Ministry of Social Affairs, presented Wacker Chemie AG with the “Inclusion in Bavaria – We Work Together” emblem.