NOTICIAS EN BREVE

• Group sales: around 5.2 billion euros; organic development -1.0 percent
• Adhesive Technologies: positive organic sales growth of 1.1 percent with positive vol-ume development despite challenging environment
• Consumer Brands: organic sales development of -3.5 percent; volumes impacted by subdued consumer demand and supply chain challenges
• Sale of Retailer Brands business in North America closed – strategic portfolio optimization program in Consumer Brands concluded 
• Outlook for fiscal 2025 unchanged despite increased volatility in market
  environment:
  • Organic sales growth: 1.5 to 3.5 percent
  • Adjusted return on sales: 14.0 to 15.5 percent
  • Adjusted earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS): increase in the low to high single-digit per-centage range ‏(at constant exchange rates)

• Strong business performance in fiscal 2024
  • Sales: 21.6 billion euros, good organic growth of 2.6 percent
  • Operating profit ‏(EBIT)*: 3.1 billion euros, very significant increase of 20.9 percent
  • EBIT margin*: 14.3 percent, outstanding improvement by 240 basis points
  • Earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)* significantly higher: 5.36 euros, +25.1 percent at constant exchange rates
  • Strong free cash flow of 2.4 billion euros
• Dividend increase in the double-digit percentage range proposed: 2.04 euros per preferred share ‏(+10.3 percent)
• New share buyback of up to 1 billion euros decided
• Implementation of Purposeful Growth Agenda further progressed
  • Consumer Brands: Integration faster than planned, portfolio measures finalized, full savings to be realized already by end of 2025
  • Adhesive Technologies: New set-up implemented in 2023 is paying off
  • Ambitious climate protection targets: net-zero roadmap defined
• Outlook for fiscal 2025: Poised for further top- and bottom line growth – with slow start into the year and acceleration in the course of the year
  • Organic sales growth: 1.5 to 3.5 percent
  • EBIT margin*: 14.0 to 15.5 percent
  • Earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)*: Increase in the low to high single-digit percentage range ‏(at constant exchange rates)

• Climate action: reduction of CO₂ emissions in production per ton of product by 64 percent (base year: 2017)
• Circular economy: use of recycled plastic in consumer goods packaging rises to 25 percent
• Equal opportunities: significantly more employees take parental leave in 2024; share of women in management climbs to 42 percent
• Fair working conditions: new additional assessment introduced to ensure living wages worldwide 
• Governance: first sustainability report applying all content requirements of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards ‏(ESRS) 

En un mundo donde la autenticidad es el lujo más exclusivo, Authentic Beauty Concept celebró su llegada a una de las tiendas exclusivas más emblemáticas de México: El Palacio de Hierro.

• Las ventas del Grupo se sitúan en torno a los 5,500 millones de euros, con un crecimiento orgánico del +3.3%.
• Aumento orgánico de las ventas (OGS) impulsado por ambas unidades de negocio:
  • Adhesive Technologies logra un +3.7% 
  • Consumer Brands registra un +2.7% 
• Ampliación de los objetivos para la protección climática, a través del plan estratégico “Net-Zero”: las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero serán neutras para 2045.
• Se reafirman las previsiones de ventas y ganancias para el ejercicio 2024 con una clara posibilidad de superar la mitad superior del rango de ganancias.

Con una inversión de cerca de $45 millones de pesos, la Academia representa un avance estratégico para la compañía en Latinoamérica, al posicionar a México como la sede de un nuevo concepto que revolucionará la formación y educación de los profesionales del cabello en la región.

Henkel, líder global en productos de consumo e industriales, a través de su negocio de Consumer Brands y sus icónicas marcas MAS, Persil, y Palette, dio a conocer en el Centro de Alto Rendimiento (CAR) el inicio del patrocinio a la Selección Mexicana de Futbol. Con esta acción, el país se convierte en el primero de la compañía en apoyar a un equipo nacional, reforzando su compromiso con México, el deporte, así como con el continuo desarrollo de las sociedades donde está presente.

• Group sales grow organically by 2.9 percent in the first half of the year to around 10.8 billion euros ‏(nominal -1.0 percent) – growth in both business units
• Operating profit ‏(EBIT)*: very strong increase to 1,610 million euros ‏(+28.4 percent)
• EBIT margin* also improves very strongly to 14.9 percent ‏(+340 basis points)
• Earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS)* increase by around a third to 2.78 euros, +32.9 percent at constant exchange rates
• Very good free cash flow of around 800 million euros
• Further progress in implementing strategic growth agenda
• Earnings outlook for fiscal 2024 already raised in mid-July:
  • Organic sales growth: 2.5 to 4.5 percent ‏(unchanged)
  • Adjusted return on sales: 13.5 to 14.5 percent ‏(previously: 13.0 to 14.0 percent)
  • Adjusted earnings per preferred share ‏(EPS): increase in the range of +20.0 to +30.0 percent at constant exchange rates ‏(previously: +15.0 to +25.0 percent)
• Mid- to long-term financial ambition already to be reached mid-term