Wanhua joins the Together for Sustainability (TfS) Initiative

At the TfS Steering Committee meeting on February 21, 2019, Wanhua Chemical joined TfS as the first company headquartered in the Asia Pacific region.

 Wanhua Chemical is a global chemical new material company, which is committed to providing customers with more competitive products and solutions relying on taking the customers’ need as guidance ,innovation as core competitiveness, talents as first important resources, excellent operation as solid foundation, as powerful guarantee.

Together for Sustainability (TfS) is a global, procurement driven initiative dedicated to the improvement of supply chain sustainability in the chemical industry. TfS developed and continues to implement a program to assess, audit and improve sustainability practices within the supply chains of the chemical industry. The TfS program is based on the UN Global Compact and Responsible Care Principles.

Wanhua CPO, Mr. Zhaogang Qian, said, "in recent years, Wanhua has made continuous efforts and achieved significant achievements in sustainable purchasing, but we are still faced with challenges. TfS initiative’s values fits very well with Wanhua’s company culture of sustainable development. Wanhua, as the representative of a new generation of Chinese enterprises, will spare no effort to promote TfS, engaging more suppliers in promoting sustainable development, thus promoting the sustainable development of China's chemical industry, and improving the global chemical industry sustainable supply chain development. At the same time, TfS can significantly reduce the burden of repeated supplier evaluations and auditing by sharing the results of supplier audits and independent expert evaluations with all TfS members. Joining TfS is also an important step in Wanhua's globalization strategy, and we look forward to working with other TfS members to further develop this initiative and make our global supply chain more sustainable.

“We are absolutely delighted to Welcome Wanhua Chemical as TfS’ 23rd Member” said Ruediger Eberhard, TfS President and CPO of Evonik Industries. “Wanhua’s joiningthe TfS will definitely strengthen the TfS initiative and expands our global reach while also creating further momentum for more activities with regard to sustainable supply chains in China.”