Founded in 2011 by the Chief Procurement Officers of BASF, Bayer, Evonik Industries, Henkel, LANXESS and Solvay, Together for Sustainability (TfS) initiative aims to assess and improve sustainability practices within the supply chains of the chemical industry. The program is based on established global principles such as the Responsible Care Global Charter and the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC).
TfS members are chemical companies representing a global annual turnover of over €800 billion and a global spend of more than €500 billion in the chemical industry.
Each TfS member is dedicated to building sustainable chemical supply chains, regulatory requirements, and responding to the needs and expectations of society. Through the collaboration of members, sustainable procurement is simplified, and the pool of sustainable suppliers increased.
All members have full access to this global network of assessed and audited suppliers.
The suppliers’ sustainability performance is audited against a set of pre-defined criteria, and the results enable the multinationals to start a dialogue with their suppliers on their sustainability record.
Suppliers receive concrete feedback on how to improve their sustainability performance, and both TfS Members and suppliers benefit from sharing evaluation results with all the members of this initiative, leading to a win-win situation for all participants.
Number of suppliers in the chemical sector audited for sustainability performance based on the TfS assessment.
Associated SDG targets
