Our business & sustainability
Our business, purpose and values
Arxada is a global trailblazer in specialty chemicals, headquartered in Switzerland. It was established in 2021 following the carve-out of Lonza Specialty Ingredients (LSI), which was acquired by Bain Capital and Cinven. Strengthened by the subsequent merger with Troy Corporation and the acquisition of Enviro Tech, Arxada has rapidly emerged as a key player in the industry. The company specializes in advanced microbial control solutions, performance additives, and biotechnology-driven innovations.
With a broad portfolio of biocidal active ingredients and a comprehensive range of preservatives and disinfectants, Arxada supports critical applications across diverse sectors. Its backward integration at the Visp, Switzerland site sets the company apart in delivering sustainable, high-performance solutions.
Arxada serves core markets including Human Health and Nutrition, Home & Personal Care, Paints & Coatings, and Wood Protection. Its offerings are backed by deep scientific expertise, regulatory insight, and robust manufacturing capabilities. The company’s biotechnology and innovation platforms are central to developing next-generation solutions that protect human health, infrastructure, and the environment.
Operating across 24 production sites and 14 R&D centers worldwide, Arxada’s 3,400 associates are united by a shared commitment to excellence and sustainability. The company empowers its people and partners to reach their full potential through collaboration and innovation.
Together, we pursue Arxada’s mission to provide:
Operating locations
Headquarters
Basel, Switzerland
Main Commercial Sites
Barcelona, Spain
Bangkok, Thailand
Delft, Netherland
Morristown, NJ, USA
Shanghai, China
Tokyo, Japan
Research & Development Sites
Alpharetta, GA, USA
Bangkok, Thailand
Morristown, NJ, USA
Hannover, Germany
Manchester, UK
Melbourne, Australia
Shanghai, China
Combined Research, Development & Manufacturing Sites
Conley, GA, USA
Modesto, CA, USA
New Plymouth, New Zealand
Kourim, Czech Republic
Salto, Brazil
Visp, Switzerland
Williamsport, PA, USA
Research & Development Sites
Auckland, New Zealand
Newark, NJ, USA
Helena, AR, USA
Penang, Malaysia
Huddersfield, UK
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Horhausen, Germany
Port Shepstone, South Africa
Kabin Buri, Thailand
Rochester, NY, USA
Kalama, WA, USA
Suzhou, China
Mapleton, IL, USA
Trentham, Australia
Moerdijk, Netherlands
Valparaiso, IN, USA
Nanjing, China
Our mission revolves around creating innovative solutions to help protect our world. To help us achieve this, we follow a set of core values that reflect the longstanding commitments of our heritage companies.
Our products
We use science, innovation and collaboration to work towards minimizing our ecological footprint to create a more sustainable future. Our broad portfolio of products and services helps our customers meet their own sustainability goals. Our portfolio has been designed to be more efficient and effective, supporting responsible practices across industries.
Developing our sustainability strategy
At Arxada, we prioritize sustainability and environmental responsibility, and we strive to make a positive impact on both people and the planet. Building on the momentum established in our 2022 inaugural report, we remain committed to leveraging the results and insights gathered from our key stakeholders and investors to shape our sustainability strategy. Arxada's sustainability strategy was formed on a foundation of three critical pillars that ground our responsibilities to associates, customers, investors, owners and the communities where we work and operate.
The Planet Pillar represents our approach to operating in an environmentally responsible manner. We are committed to being a climate leader and achieving Net Zero by 2050 in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement. We recognize the need to make immediate progress, so we have set ambitious yet achievable goals for reducing GHG emissions, validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) in 2023. We are also focusing on our water consumption and management. We are developing a robust understanding of our water balance and commit to deploying targeted water management practices at our high-risk or high-stress sites. Through science, innovation and collaboration, we work towards minimizing our ecological footprint to create a more sustainable future.
The Preservation Pillar is at the core of Arxada's purpose: innovative solutions that protect our world. Our products and solutions contribute to responsible practices aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), with a focus on safety, quality, and societal wellbeing. Arxada is committed to delivering low-carbon products that allow our customers, society and the planet to benefit from more sustainable solutions. We align our innovation investments to the UN SDGs, advocating for responsible, science-supported, risk-based decision making, and strategically partner with our suppliers to ensure responsible sourcing. Product safety is a top priority. We are regularly developing new and inventive offerings, systems and services that provide value to our customers. Our compliance with current regulations and industry standards helps support product safety for all they serve throughout their lifecycle. By adhering to current regulations and industry standards, we design products that are intended to be safe throughout their lifecycle.
The People Pillar emphasizes that the people of Arxada are the most important ingredient to our success. At the heart of this recognition is a commitment to ensuring world-class health and safety performance for our associates. Our safety goals have the vision of zero injuries and incidents. We also proudly commit to providing an engaging work environment that values diversity and inclusion, a culture where all associates can be their true selves, thrive and grow. We aspire to improve our associate engagement and expand inclusion and wellbeing. We encourage our associates to be active members of the communities in which we operate and live, and to be a positive force for change.
Our Executive Leadership Team (ELT) is jointly responsible for this strategy, setting goals focused on its advancement and tracking progress together.
"The People Pillar emphasizes that the people of Arxada are the most important ingredient to our success."
Sustainability-linked instruments
As the first of its kind in a private equity transaction, Arxada has committed to reducing its environmental impact during its early growth stage. The company was partially financed through sustainability-linked loan facilities and sustainability-linked bonds (collectively referred to as Sustainability-Linked Financial Instruments), with support from our sponsors, Bain Capital and Cinven.
A Sustainability-Linked Financial Instrument features financial and structural characteristics that may vary depending on whether the issuer achieves material, ambitious, pre-determined, regularly monitored, and externally verified sustainability objectives. These instruments therefore provide an additional incentive for the issuer to meet future commitments to improve sustainability in areas deemed material to overall business operations.
By embedding targets against its Key Performance Indicators (KPls) into Sustainability-Linked Financial Instruments, Arxada continues to ensure transparent disclosure of our progress toward these KPls, which aligns with our values and vision for the future. The adopted KPls tied to the Sustainability-Linked Financial Instruments are (i) our GHG emissions intensity and (ii) waste intensity with target reductions set from a 2018 baseline. To date, we have exceeded both targets. A Sustainability- Linked Financing Report is provided annually to investors outlining Arxada's progress against the KPls for each instrument. See our assurance report for our 2024 KPI observation date here.
More information on how we are working to improve our GHG and waste impact and meeting our targets can be found in the Planet Pillar content to follow.
Arxada Earns Silver EcoVadis Medal
In February 2025, Arxada was awarded the Silver EcoVadis Medal, based on our 2024 actions and performance. Advancing from Bronze in 2023, this achievement reinforces our position as a sustainability leader in the EcoVadis rankings. Arxada ranked among the top 10% of companies globally, a significant step forward given EcoVadis’ increasingly rigorous evaluation standards. EcoVadis, a leading global sustainability rating platform, assesses 130,000 companies across four key areas: Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement. Arxada’s Silver Medal reflects its continued leadership in carbon management and strong environmental performance. This sustainability report will highlight the activities in 2024 that contributed to Arxada’s EcoVadis assessment.
[1] From our 2021 baseline
[2] Sites located at high or very-high water-risk or water-stress locations according to the World Resources Institute Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas.
[3] Rates are calculated as the number of injuries or incidents in the reporting period x 200,000 / Total hours worked in the reporting period).
[4] Advocacy to advance external science-based decision making that drives sustainable preservation.
[5] Our key suppliers make up approximately 20% of our supplier base and account for approximately 80% of our spend. With a comprehensive ESG assessment, we intend an evaluation that goes beyond legal and mandatory obligations.
[6] Our community engagement target is driven by our number of manufacturing sites. In 2024, Arxada had 24 manufacturing sites globally. See Our business & sustainability section for a list of these sites.
