Petrex joins the Charta der Vielfalt

Petrex joins the Charta der Vielfalt

Petrex greatly values diversity, equity and inclusion within our team, along our supply chain and in the society. This is why we are excited to announce that we recently signed the „Charta der Vielfalt” (“Diversity Charter”) – an initiative and network of companies and institutions in Germany who are committed to promoting diversity in the workplace.

We have anchored diversity as an integral part of our values. We are an organization composed of many individuals with different cultural backgrounds, beliefs and personalities and work with international partners. We strongly oppose to any discrimination based on any superficial or immoral criteria during recruiting and at the workplace.

But we do not plan to stop here. We are committed to making diversity, equity and inclusion more visible within our company and in our surrounding. For us, this means developing awareness and promoting our values in upcoming events, workshops and outreach activities. Stay tuned for more information!

We also invite our stakeholders to join us in this step to make the workplace of tomorrow more inclusive. Please feel free to reach out to us if you are curious to learn more.

Chinese New Year – Public Holidays in China 2025

Chinese New Year – Public Holidays in China 2025

Dear business partner,

The Chinese New Year of 2025 falls on January 29th (Wednesday), and will last to February 2nd. It is the Year of the Snake. As an official public holiday, Chinese people can get eight days’ off from work, from January 28th to February 4th.

Chinese people believe that what you do at the beginning of a new year will affect your luck in the coming year. Staying up on Chinese New Year’s eve on January 28th and saying good words to your family/friends will will certainly bring good luck!

Below we would like to share the dates of public holidays in China 2025:

  • International New Year         Jan 1
  • Chinese New Year                 Jan 28 – Feb 4
  • Qing Ming Festival                Apr 4 – 6
  • Labor Day                              May 1 – 5
  • Dragon Boat Festival            May 31
  • National Day                          Oct 1 – 8
Virtual Suppliers Day 2024

Virtual Suppliers Day 2024

On December 15th, we hosted our first Virtual Suppliers Day with some of our key suppliers. During this event, we discussed the potentials and challenges of a more sustainable supply chain for chemical and API products. This is to ensure we conduct business responsibly and stay competitive by abiding with new regulations.

On this occasion, we also advertised the participation of our suppliers in independent sustainability ratings and the calculation of Product Carbon Footprints (PCF). This will enable us to reach our goal of getting a full picture of our Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and for defining emission reduction targets.

We will continue the dialogue with our valued suppliers and stakeholders on sustainability in 2025 and look forward to the next Suppliers Day.

Road to Product Carbon Footprints

Road to Product Carbon Footprints

We recently started a campaign for obtaining Product Carbon Footprints, or short PCF, for our portfolio. This will help our customers, our suppliers and us to assess the greenhouse gas emission impact of our business more transparently and enable us to work together on further reducing our impact.

Last week, we achieved the milestone of  obtaining the first PCF. Until 2025, we aim to add more PCFs for our key products. We look forward to this exciting journey!

Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions on how we work to minimize our environmental impact here at Petrex.

Sustainability: EcoVadis Platinum & TfS

Sustainability: EcoVadis Platinum & TfS

Growing together as a sustainable company

For years, Petrex has invested a great deal in becoming a greener and more sustainable company. Improving sustainability and awareness as a company along with our stakeholders is the highest priority for us. Recently, we received more recognition for our efforts in sustainability:

In August, we once again achieved the Platinum Medal status by the CSR rating provider EcoVadis. This recognizes us as one of the Top 1% companies participating in EcoVadis assessments and underlines our ambitions as a responsible business partner at the forefront of sustainability.

Petrex GmbH reached the EcoVadis platinum medal

We were also successfully audited by the Together for Sustainability (TfS) initiative in July 2024.

We thank all our stakeholders for challenging the status quo in sustainability. We will continue to strive for excellence and further improve the transparency along our supply chain.

FC Sankt Hubert: Girls’ Football Day 2024

FC Sankt Hubert: Girls’ Football Day 2024

Our local football club FC Sankt Hubert is hosting a Girls’ Football Day on Saturday 21th of September 2024. This is a fantastic opportunity for young girls to get involved in playing football. In cooperation with local schools, girls will have the opportunity to discover football as a sport in a playful manner.

Petrex is proud to sponsor this event as a partner of the club. We encourage you to stop by and check out the great work FC Sankt Hubert are doing. There will be matches to watch (11:30 and 14:30) and cheer for and information on how girls can get into football or even join the club.

The tournament takes place at the Sankt Hubert football field (Rasensportplatz) next to the primary school from 10:00-16:00h. The full address is Stendener Str. 4, 47906 Kempen.

We hope to see you there!