“We could then lower the temperature in the offices significantly, while our employees could heat at home to the normal extent,” said Henkel boss Carsten Knobel of the “Rheinische Post” (Saturday).
In addition, the group can use more coal and oil in its company-owned power plant in Düsseldorf, which is currently mainly operated with gas. “Compared to today’s operation, we could save almost a third of the gas,” said the manager. But the company is still waiting for approval from the Federal Network Agency.
With regard to the challenges of the energy crisis in the coming winter, Knobel said: “I’m optimistic that we can do it”. But it is important to save as much gas as possible by winter so that the storage tanks are sufficiently filled.
According to the manager, Henkel intends to cut around 300 jobs in Germany by the end of 2023 as part of the reorganization of the consumer goods division. That is around 15 percent of the 2,000 jobs worldwide that are to be eliminated by merging the detergents and body care divisions. The group will try to avoid operational layoffs.
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