ALTANA AG communicates with stakeholders through its website and Annual Report about various issues of environmental and social responsibility. ALTANA has its own “Code of Conduct” which contains precise rules and references regarding responsible behaviour. It calls on all employees to act lawfully and ethically and aims to raise the awareness of certain issues, such as antitrust and insider law, environmental protection, safety, anti-corruption regulations, as well as discrimination.

By joining Global Compact, ALTANA not only acknowledged the principles of the initiative, but showed a general willingness to support and promote also general UN aims. With regard to the UNESCO strategy of “global intellectual cooperation,” ALTANA has also made various contributions for years now. The company’s social involvement is primarily based on three pillars: The Herbert-Quandt-Stiftung (the Foundation of ALTANA AG), the ALTANA Cultural Forum, and the ALTANA

Forum for Education and Science. (Annual Report 2005, p. 77-83)

The pharmaceutical division ALTANA Pharma, has committed itself to an environmentally friendly production and research at all locations. In line with the considerable increase in production, in recent years environmental protection, safety standards, and the utilization of renewable resources have been continually improved, and a balanced relation has been created between ecological and economic concerns. In these areas ALTANA Pharma meets the most up-to-date, internationally valid standards. (Annual Report 2005, p. 53)

ALTANA Pharma also publishes environmental statements which regularly report on the state of implementation of the high goals that have been set as well as the measures which are being taken in order to reduce impacts on the environment. Their success is reflected by key performance indicators, by a higher awareness for environmental protection, health, and safety, as well as by the positive results of the certifications and validation of the environmental management system by environmental auditors. ALTANA Pharma has been certified in accordance with standards ISO 14001.

Sustained protection of the environment and human health are integral components of the guiding principles of ALTANA´s chemical division. In 2002 all of the companies of ALTANA Chemie signed the basic principles of “Responsible Care”, a worldwide initiative of the chemical industry. At the beginning of 2006 ALTANA Chemie created a “Corporate Environment, Health & Safety” unit. The environmental management systems of a large part of the EU locations are audited and certified (EMAS or ISO 14001) by independent auditors. (Annual Report 2005, p. 72-74)