Advancing Digital Living Sustainably
Artificial intelligence and new technologies are set to transform our daily lives. As this digital transformation plays an increasingly important role in more areas, the demand for cutting-edge computer chips and greater computing power is rising. Consequently, there is also an increasing need for energy, materials, and resources.
As a supplier to the semiconductor and display industries, we enable digital progress through our research and development, as well as our materials and solutions. Our goal is to make this transformation as sustainable as possible. We focus on innovation, collaboration, and more sustainable processes.
Our Approach to a More Sustainable Electronics Industry
With our extensive experience and outstanding expertise in materials science, we are making a difference. Sustainability criteria are an integral part of our research and development as we identify and develop new material solutions for the electronics industry. This includes efforts to reduce emissions, utilize resources more efficiently, minimize waste, and help make chips more energy-efficient.
The entire supply chain in the semiconductor and display industries needs to work together more closely to achieve even more together. The interdependencies are too significant, and the value chains are too complex for any one company to reach sustainability goals alone. Through transparency, trust, and openness, partnerships offer new and deeper opportunities to establish more sustainable solutions on a larger scale.
We are acutely aware of our special responsibility at the beginning of the value chain. We have set ambitious sustainability goals to minimize the ecological footprint of our own production processes. Whether in Europe, the USA, or Asia, we are pushing projects for wind and solar energy to increase the share of renewable energy. Additionally, we continuously optimize our processes to use resources more efficiently, reduce waste, strengthen circular approaches, localize transportation where possible, and cut emissions.
Our long term goals
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In 2030, we will achieve human progress for more than one billion people through sustainable science and technology.
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By 2030, we will integrate sustainability into all our value chains.
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By 2040, we will achieve climate neutrality and reduce our resource consumption.
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany has been recognized for its outstanding commitment to sustainability through various independent rankings and assessments. These recognitions highlight our efforts towards achieving a sustainable future.
Explore RankingsWe are constantly working on more sustainable products. One of these is complementary green solvents for use in photolithographic processes in semiconductor manufacturing. The portfolio is making a huge impact in the semiconductor wet chemical market with its outstanding environmental footprint, simple usage in a broad variety of tools, and excellent resist-dissolution performance.
Explore the SolutionMaterials are a major contributor to GHG emissions from the semiconductor industry. Within the materials category, process gases used in etching and cleaning steps are the largest source. Decarbonizing the semiconductor industry won’t be easy. We all have a responsibility to do our part. Download our White Paper and let’s work together to make a difference.
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Sustainability needs collaboration. We must not think in silos or limit ourselves merely to our corporate boundaries. The entire value chain is called upon to explore new, joint paths in order to achieve even more together.
Selected Highlight Stories
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT UNDER ONE UMBRELLA
We aim to reduce the adverse impacts of our products over their life cycle. To help our development teams address such factors, we implemented Design for Sustainability scorecards within the Umbrella project.
Sustainable ArchitectureSUSTAINABLE packaging
Discover how we deliver sustainable packaging for atomic layer deposition materials at our Kaohsiung site in Taiwan.
SUSTAINABLE DECISION-MAKING WITH DATA
To reduce our environmental footprint, we leverage data to automate the evaluation of our manufacturing processes to enable sustainable decision-making.
Data Analytics CapabilityOur Customer Value Proposition
Quality, Supply Reliability, Health & Safety are our priorities. They are essential to everything that we do.
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We are a part of the Semiconductor Climate Consortium where we accelerate climate solutions and reduce the industry’s carbon footprint.
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