Sustainability is top of the agenda at Johnson Matthey

Mar 25 2008 by Steve Race, Evening Gazette

JOHNSON Matthey Catalysts in Billingham supplies products and services that contribute to the more effective use of hydrocarbon streams that make up the raw materials of so many essential chemical processes.

Reducing energy consumption, reducing use of other resources, eliminating waste, and recycling used materials, form an integral part of sustainable business processes.

Johnson Matthey is committed to pursuing these activities within its day-to-day operations to make a positive impact on carbon footprint reduction and climate change.

Sustainability is a key issue for Johnson Matthey globally, and in particular in the North-east of England. Johnson Matthey’s continuing business success contributes to sustaining the process chemical industry which contributes so much to the regional and national economy. In so doing, Johnson Matthey is helping to sustain, directly and indirectly, the local community in which it operates.

Acting as a “responsible corporate citizen” is an important business objective.

Johnson Matthey Catalysts is a Green Partner of Nature’s World at Acklam where some of its employees and their friends and families are volunteering to help regenerate a scale model of the River Tees.

The business has also formed a relationship with the Cleveland Theatre School in Billingham. Additionally, employees elect a local Charity of the Year for which fundraising activities are undertaken. Daisy Chain is this year’s elected charity.

The future prosperity of the North-east process chemical industry may well depend on being able to recruit and develop a skilled and educated work force that can serve the requirements of global markets.

Johnson Matthey Catalysts is aiming to sustain a base of research and technical skills and expertise through school partnerships, local education schemes, and support for students at first degree, masters degree, and PhD levels of study.

These initiatives are considered essential to continued business achievement.