Charles Sternberg, Assistant Editor01.26.21
On January 25 – for the first time fully virtually – with more than 300 registered participants, Henkel recognized its top suppliers for their industry-leading performance in 2020.
The partners were awarded in five categories. Evonik was honored with the “Sustainability Award” by Henkel Beauty Care. Stepan received the “Sustainability Award” by Laundry & Home Care. Innospec was awarded as “Best Innovation Contributor” by Beauty Care while Laundry & Home Care honored Novozymes in this category. The winner of the “Best Supply Performance” was BASF.
Bertrand Conquéret, president global supply chain and senior vice president purchasing at Henkel welcomed the representatives of more than 30 major suppliers and opened the ceremony with a review of the year 2020 as well as an update on Henkel’s strategy of creating purposeful growth.
Three Henkel Management Board members also spoke at the event: Bruno Piacenza, responsible for Laundry & Home Care, shared his perspective of sustainability, Jens-Martin Schwärzler, responsible for Beauty Care, spoke about innovation, and CFO Marco Swoboda talked about sourcing and digitalization.
Conquéret thanked all suppliers for their tremendous commitment and support in extraordinary times. He shared Henkel’s new 100% responsible sourcing agenda and encouraged the partners to help develop and grow Henkel’s leadership in sustainability ambitions: “Sustainability is at the core of our purposeful growth agenda. It is a leadership call and requires the commitment of all of us to take the responsibility and to deliver real progress in 2021. Leadership in sustainability – this is our joint agenda.”
The partners were awarded in five categories. Evonik was honored with the “Sustainability Award” by Henkel Beauty Care. Stepan received the “Sustainability Award” by Laundry & Home Care. Innospec was awarded as “Best Innovation Contributor” by Beauty Care while Laundry & Home Care honored Novozymes in this category. The winner of the “Best Supply Performance” was BASF.
Bertrand Conquéret, president global supply chain and senior vice president purchasing at Henkel welcomed the representatives of more than 30 major suppliers and opened the ceremony with a review of the year 2020 as well as an update on Henkel’s strategy of creating purposeful growth.
Three Henkel Management Board members also spoke at the event: Bruno Piacenza, responsible for Laundry & Home Care, shared his perspective of sustainability, Jens-Martin Schwärzler, responsible for Beauty Care, spoke about innovation, and CFO Marco Swoboda talked about sourcing and digitalization.
Conquéret thanked all suppliers for their tremendous commitment and support in extraordinary times. He shared Henkel’s new 100% responsible sourcing agenda and encouraged the partners to help develop and grow Henkel’s leadership in sustainability ambitions: “Sustainability is at the core of our purposeful growth agenda. It is a leadership call and requires the commitment of all of us to take the responsibility and to deliver real progress in 2021. Leadership in sustainability – this is our joint agenda.”