Together against Corona

The future of business: What does it take to reinvent?

To thrive in an era of constant disruption, organisations need a future-ready business model and a transformative corporate culture. In an interview with Arabian Business, Sylvie Nicol, Executive Vice President of Human Resources, and Infrastructure Services at Henkel, talks about the steps to get it right.

Henkel continues on growth path with strong sales increase in third quarter

• Group sales grow organically by +3.5% to around 5.1 billion euros, nominal +1.9%:
  • Adhesive Technologies achieves very strong organic sales growth of +7.0%, nominal +7.1%
  • Beauty Care records negative organic sales development of -3.0%, nominal -6.5%
  • Laundry & Home Care achieves good organic sales growth of +2.0%, nominal -0.8%
• Organic sales development mainly driven by emerging markets
• Henkel well above pre-crisis level: organic sales growth of +7.5% versus Q3 2019 corresponds to an average annual growth of +3.7%
• Outlook for fiscal 2021 updated: Sales guidance confirmed, earnings expectations at lower end of previous guidance ranges 

Do you dare do make an impact?

Henkel has revamped its employer communication, going live with a new career website and digital employer branding campaign under the umbrella “Dare to make an impact?”. The campaign has been developed together with the Berlin-based communication agency RCKT. It will be rolled out globally in 79 countries and will run mainly online.