During December 28-29, the 12th Philanthropy Festival and 2022 Corporate Social Responsibility Carnival were held both online and offline in Shanghai. As one of the most important activities during the event, an award ceremony was held for the enterprises promoting positive energy and spreading core values in the society, and Sennics won the honorary title of "Sustainable Development Model Enterprise".
More and more enterprises are actively adapting to current trends and seizing opportunities in the new era. They have taken active measures to develop the real economy, narrow the gap between urban and rural areas, promote regional balance and common prosperity, implement ESG practices, help achieve carbon neutrality, and fulfill their social responsibilities with a high sense of responsibility and mission. As a world's leading comprehensive service provider of polymer additives, Sennics has incorporated sustainable development into its corporate strategy and operation management. Moreover, the company has set up the Sustainable Development Committee at its headquarters, and all factories of Sennics have passed ISO14001 certification for environmental management systems, made the "Green Manufacturing List" by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), and won the honorary title of "Green Factory" in the petrochemical industry.
In recent years, Sennics has defined the strategic position of the "carbon peak and neutrality" goals, led green, low-carbon transformation and sustainable development in the industry. Specifically, the company successively launched the "SCI-MAN 2030" initiative and the low-carbon business model transformation action plan of "Embracing the Dual Carbon Goals for a Bluer Sky", with an aim to achieve the company's carbon reduction goal by using clean energy, optimizing its product mix, improving energy conservation and emission reduction technologies, and strengthening energy management; adopted ISO14064-1:2018, an international standard for greenhouse gas emissions, to carry out carbon inventory, and planned to carry out the ISO14067 product carbon footprint certification and the PAS2060 product carbon neutrality certification; and independently developed the carbon emission management system "carbon housekeeper" to implement the methodology of carbon inventory system management through digital means by leveraging the green, energy-saving, high-efficiency and low-carbon platform.
In addition, Sennics actively promoted sustainable development in the upstream and downstream sections of the industrial chain, and joined the "Together for Sustainability" (TfS) initiative to further create sustainable supply chain services. Moreover, Sennics required core raw material suppliers to participate in its corporate social responsibility (CSR) audits covering corporate governance, HSE, labor & human rights and business ethics, and establishes a sales channel management system to extend the requirements of CSR management to customers, and to jointly build a sustainable ecosystem.
While paying attention to its own green development and the sustainable development in the upstream and downstream sections along the industrial chain, Sennics also strives to give back to the society, and actively participates in various charity and public welfare activities, actively responds to social concerns, provides support for the national initiative of targeted poverty alleviation, carries out the charity volunteer campaign, supports the education industry and contributes to rural revitalization. In the first half of 2022 when Shanghai faced with serious challenges posted by the pandemic, Sennics' employees stepped forward bravely to provide assistance during the difficult period, help each other, care for neighbors, and serve the communities. In 2022, Sennics was awarded a silver medal by the leading international CSR rating agency EcoVadis, and its CSR performance was among the top 14% in the chemical industry.
Next, Sennics will continue to implement the sustainable development philosophy, consider the characteristics of its own businesses, focus on new low-carbon chemical technologies, optimize environmental emission control, and promote the realization of green, low-carbon and high-quality development. In addition, Sennics will actively seek innovation in the social responsibility mechanism, pay attention to public welfare, carry forward the spirit of charity in the whole society, set a good example, and contribute to creating a better future.