Aurubis : Annual Report 2020/21 (PDF)

Metals for Progress:

Driving

Sustainable

Growth

Magazine 2020/21

The future is made from metals. With this knowledge, we set global standards. The Aurubis strategy "Metals for Progress: Driving Sustainable Growth" is our clearly defined roadmap for shaping the future - and responsibly transforming raw materials into metals for an innovative and sustainable world.

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Contents

Contents

02	08	Strategy
		Aurubis

Interview with the	Our
Executive Board	strategy

Metals for Progress: Driving Sustainable Growth

12 - STRENGTHEN24 - GROW32 - SUSTAIN

14 - From the idea	26 - Growth	34 - A commitment to
to the improvement	through recycling	climate protection
18 - Innovative	30 - Solutions	36 - In-house energy
metal recycling in	for sustainable mobility	production
Beerse
		38 - Metallurgical
21 - More capacities		purification without
thanks to modernization		emissions
22 - Innovative		40 - Our sustainability
exhaust system		promise to customers
		42 - Aurubis at a
		glance

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Interview with the Executive Board

Interview with the Executive Board

They're the key players when it comes to setting the course of the Aurubis strategy toward responsible, profitable growth and to strengthening the core business: CEO Roland Harings, CFO Rainer ­Verhoeven, and COO Heiko Arnold. A discussion about megatrends, sustainability, change, growth - and joy.

Aurubis

Strategy

Metals for Progress:

Driving Sustainable Growth

Aurubis CEO Roland Harings in conversation with the magazine editorial team.

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Interview with the Executive Board

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(EARNINGS BEFORE TAXES)	(RETURN ON CAPITAL EMPLOYED)

Roland, after assuming office as CEO in 2019, you announced early on that the Aurubis strategy should be reviewed. After many intensive months, the updated company strategy is finally finished and will now be rolled out. What were and are the most important driving forces behind the development?

ROLAND HARINGS I'm someone who starts by taking a close look at everything and then critically questioning things very directly. Anyone who knows me knows this. The Aurubis strategy was essentially a good fit for the exciting environment that I encountered: a financially solid company that processes primary and secondary raw materials, a company with

"Aurubis is relevant and makes a crucial contribution to future trends."

• Roland Harings,
  CEO

exceptional metallurgical expertise. Transforming raw materials into value, acting responsibly, being efficient - everything is as it should be. We're not exactly working in a market that chases fleeting trends. Our products form the lasting basis for a number of sectors, from the automotive to the cable industry.

When we look around, however, many things are changing quickly at the moment - whether in society, politics, or technology. Climate change, electric vehicles, new energy sources, sustainable business, and recycling - everything is interconnected due to global, digital networks. Aurubis makes a crucial contribution to nearly every one of these megatrends. In other words, they wouldn't even be possible in the first place without our metals.

How can we now improve in all of these areas and make the move from good to great? By placing an even stronger focus on recycling - reflecting the importance of a functioning circular economy in Europe, which is both

a political objective and a necessity. Or, to reference the evolution of our strategy Page 8ff. and the strategic pillar "Growth," by choosing

The fiscal year in 99 seconds: aurubis.picturepark.com/ v/yoijlHEL/

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