Our contribution

Since January 1st, 2021, we forward a contribution of EUR 10 per outgoing invoice to the MATSEN FOUNDATION, which supports non-profit projects in the areas of climate and resource protection.

The independent Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) has verified our emission reduction targets as consistent with levels required to meet the United Nations’ Paris Agreement on climate change (limiting global warming to 1.5 ° C). Therefore, we commit to reduce absolute scope 1 and scope 2 GHG emissions 50% by 2030 from a 2018 base year, and to measure and reduce our scope 3 emissions.

The Science Based Targets initiative is a collaboration between CDP, United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

In June 2023, MATSEN CHEMIE AG was awarded the silver medal by EcoVadis. In the second year of participation, we were thus able to significantly improve on our bronze medal in the previous year with the silver medal. With 69 out of a possible 100 points, we were able to achieve the best possible silver medal and our score puts us in the top 7% of all companies assessed by EcoVadis. Our declared goal for 2024 is to achieve gold status.

MATSEN CHEMIE AG has been an active member of the “UmweltPartnerschaft Hamburg” since 2019. The aim of the initiative is to promote voluntary environmental protection in Hamburg. Our voluntary environmental and climate protection services that are currently recognized by the initiative are as follows:

• ISO 14001 certification
• Paperless office
• Employees receive 100% reimbursement for the cost of public transportation between their home and the work
• Purchase of electric scooters as company vehicles

The UmweltPartnerschaft is carried out by the Senate of Hamburg (represented by the Authority for Environment & Energy) and Hamburg’s economy (represented by the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, among others).

Since February 2019, MATSEN CHEMIE AG has been a supporter of the "Alliance for Development and Climate". This alliance aims to combine the two major challenges of the future, climate protection and sustainable development.

Alliance members strive to become carbon neutral by avoiding and further reducing greenhouse gas emissions as much as possible. In addition, members invest in certified climate protection projects in developing and emerging countries in order to compensate for their remaining greenhouse gas emissions.

The UN Global Compact is a voluntary initiative to which MATSEN CHEMIE AG is committed. With the 10 Principles , it is the world's largest and most important initiative for responsible corporate governance. Like more than 12,900 other companies, our participation shows that we want to implement the principles in the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment and the prevention of corruption, and that we work towards these principles in our daily activities.