EANS-News: WACKER´s New Sustainability Report Meets Top Standard of the Global Reporting Initiative

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Munich (euro adhoc) - August 19, 2011 - Today, Wacker Chemie AG
published its Sustainability Report for the period from 2009 through
2010. The report fully meets the guidelines set by the Global
Reporting Initiative (GRI), which has evaluated the report and
accorded it an A, their highest report grade. With its new
Sustainability Report, the Munich-based chemical company aims to
provide a transparent and comprehensive account of sustainability at
WACKER for the benefit of its customers, business partners,
employees, shareholders, analysts, non-governmental organizations,
regulatory bodies and the neighbors of its various sites. Besides
English and German, this report is now available for the first time
in Chinese, too.

The report covers traditional sustainability topics, such as
environmental protection, health protection, workplace and plant
safety, as well as sustainability management. In the report, WACKER
also covers such topics such as equal opportunity, demographics,
work-life balance and international disaster aid.

The facts and figures in the Sustainability Report make it clear that
WACKER has made substantial improvement in many areas that are
important for sustainable business management. For instance, the
Group continued to strongly improve with regard to its indicator of
specific environmental units measured against production volumes.

WACKER assessed its structures and processes for sustainability
management and adapted them to the Group´s increasing globalization.
Environmental, health and safety, and product safety management have
now been standardized worldwide, but without neglecting regional
factors.

WACKER has expanded its global network of compliance officers and
thoroughly trained its employees in legally and ethically appropriate
conduct. WACKER´s relief fund (WACKER HILFSFONDS), which provides
disaster aid in the aftermath of natural disasters, supported
projects in China, Haiti, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 2009 and 2010.
The fund focuses in particular on the reconstruction and operation of
schools.

The report is available online at www.wacker.com/sustainabilityreport
and offers easy navigation and interactive functions, such as
key-indicator comparisons and download options.

A PDF version can also be downloaded from the "Sustainability"
section at www.wacker.com/sustainability. The print versions can be
ordered from www.wacker.com/publications.

Further inquiry note:
Wacker Chemie AG
Press and Information
Tel.: +49 (0)89 6279 1830
E-Mail: christof.bachmair@wacker.com

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company: Wacker Chemie AG
Hanns-Seidel-Platz 4
D-81737 München
phone: +49 (0) 89 6279 01
FAX: +49 (0) 89 6279 1770
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WWW: http://www.wacker.com
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ISIN: DE000WCH8881
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