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ChemScore report card 2025
Lanxess
Total Score
43/100
Ranking
2/40
About the company
Lanxess is a German specialty chemicals company that was founded in 2004 through the spin-off of the chemicals division and parts of the polymers business from Bayer. The company produces, among other things, disinfectants, colorant additives, biocidal ingredients for microbial control and rubber chemicals for tires. In 2016, Lanxess began to focus on the market for additives for lubricants and fire retardants by acquiring Chemtura.
Transparency
14 out of 25 points
Action points
- Be encouraged to have a lower reporting threshold (<1000 ppm) for the hazardous substances present in the company’s products and include more hazard classes as well as report the effected revenue on a more detailed level, substance by substance
- Include more hazard classes as well as report the produced volumes of hazardous substances leaving the facilities on a more detailed level, substance by substance
- Include more hazard classes to be more protective in the company’s reporting
Phase-out of persistent chemicals
16 out of 25 points
Action points
- The company reports a low share of revenue connected persistent chemicals, but should include a broader spectrum of persistent chemicals in its calculation
- The company does produce persistent chemicals, but has a timed phase-out plan
- The company does buy or import persistent chemicals, but has a timed phase-out plan
Product portfolio
0 out of 25 points
Number of registered hazardous chemicals
27
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Candidate List
13
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Authorisation List and/or POP substances
3
Number of persistent chemicals
7
Product portfolio transparency
100%
Action points
- Reduce the number of hazardous substances the company is using, producing and placing on the market
Safer solutions
13 out of 25 points
Action points
- Increase the number of third-party verified safer solutions available
- The company is already reporting a large share of safer solutions that fulfil their internal definition, but it should be strengthened to exclude more hazardous substances and be applied to all products and internal processes
- The company has a public commitment not to develop or market new products containing hazardous substances, but it should be strengthened to exclude more hazardous substances and be applied to all products and internal processes
Category breakdown
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Company facts
Founded
2004
Headquarters
Cologne, Germany
Revenue
6.6 billion USD
ISIN
DE0005470405
Category
Paint / Coating
Plastic / Rubber / Fibres
Other
Detergent
Basic
Agro
CSRD
Pollution reporting
