See BeyondTM is Quaker Houghton’s sustainability strategy – and we see far beyond typical expectations of sustainability.
Addressing social, economic and environmental aspects, and aligned to key UN Sustainable Development Goals, we have defined 15 long-term targets that put us on a path to achieve our vision for a sustainable future. Key to meeting our ambitious goals is supporting our customers as they tackle their own unique sustainability challenges and keep pace with the demands of a changing world.
It’s why we’re committed to setting and achieving measurable targets, and driving tangible improvements that go beyond organizations and operations – creating positive change in lives, communities and our planet.
See beyond operations. See positive social outcomes.
Our fluid solutions help drive business performance. But we see beyond their impact on operations, to how they support improvements to human health, safety and social outcomes, helping create a better and more inclusive world for the lives and organizations we impact.
See beyond short-term financial targets. See opportunities to add long-term value.
Looking beyond simply delivering short-term financial gains for business, we look to deliver long-term economic value, using our expertise and product technologies to improve industry performance and create opportunities for sustainable growth.
See beyond reducing your business impact. See the potential to safeguard all our futures.
While we’re committed to reducing our direct environmental impact and that of our customers’ operations, we see beyond to the wider needs of industry and our planet to drive responsible and lasting change for the future.
Sustainability has no set destination. It’s an ongoing journey with ever-changing challenges and stakeholder expectations. It’s a critical subject across our global industry, and we need to collectively make our commitments clear – and act on them with conviction.
At Quaker Houghton, we combine our solutions with industry insight and intelligence to See Beyond™ the issues of today and secure a better tomorrow. Our sustainability commitment focuses on social, economic and environmental progress and is based around four key pillars. These pillars guide our actions and help us protect and positively impact the lives, organizations and communities we serve.
Sustainability has long been integrated within our customer-intimate strategy. It is overseen by committees at the Executive and Board Level and helps inform our behaviors, decision-making processes and our investment choices. With input from colleagues, customers, suppliers, and investors through our materiality assessment, we have defined 15 long-term targets, driven by our vision, that put us on a path by 2030 to achieve a sustainable future. Our goals also closely align to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Our 2023 Sustainability Report provides more detail of our plans and the substantial progress we are making towards our ambitious 2030 targets. Looking ahead, we’re focused on delivering beyond the bounds of our own business and becoming a driving force in realizing a brighter, better future for everyone, everywhere.
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As an organization, our approach to sustainability encompasses four strategic pillars that guide everything we do:
It’s all part of ensuring that every stage of our supply and value chain, from raw materials through to our customers’ operations, benefits from continual improvements in sustainability performance. Because we’re all on the same journey, and we’re here to help you see beyond today to what’s possible tomorrow.
The See BeyondTM portfolio helps our customers meet their own unique sustainability goals.
These include both reducing the use of mineral oils in their operations and focusing on how reducing consumption, waste and human health hazards can improve the sustainability of their operations.
How we can help you act on your sustainability challenge is summarized below.
Reducing the use of Mineral Oils
Increasing the use of Renewable Materials
Promoting the use of Recycled Ingredients
Carbon Footprint of Products
Implementing energy and water conservation techniques
Modifying production processes to reduce product consumption, waste, and increase circularity
Eliminating Human Health hazards
Seeing is the first step towards action. Towards measurable change. Towards securing a better tomorrow socially, economically and environmentally.
See how Quaker Houghton can help you shape a better tomorrow.
