Henkel is a leader with brands and technologies that make people's lives easier, better and more beautiful. We are committed to meet or exceed customer expectations while remaining socially responsible and continually improving our safety, health and environmental performance. Henkel employees share a vision and values that establish the foundation of our actions. The achievement of the goals, objectives and targets derived from this policy represent the measure of our success.

We are committed to:

• our customers
  We provide value to our customers by ensuring that all our products and services consistently meet or exceed their expectations. The evolving requirements of our customers are satisfied by our ongoing innovations. We continually improve quality by focusing on process inputs rather than on reactive corrective measures.
• our employees
  Our employees are our most important asset and we recognize their innovations and performance. We are committed to comply with occupational safety and health regulations and we continually improve our performance by strengthening the ability of our employees to recognize, analyze, control and eliminate workplace hazards and associated risks.
• the environment
  Development, manufacture and distribution of our products will be accomplished in a regulatory compliant and environmentally responsible manner. We continually improve our processes and management systems by establishing and working toward objectives and targets in order to achieve pollution prevention and a reduced burden on the environment.
• the society
  We conduct our business everywhere in the world in an ethical and socially responsible and sustainable manner. We respect legal requirements and social norms of the individual countries in which we operate.
• our shareholders
  We are committed to shareholder value. We strive for a balance between economy, ecology, and social responsibility. By so operating we also assure the lasting success of the company and a return for our shareholders.