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Tackling the world's biggest challenges 

With a 200-year track record of solving complex problems with world-class chemistry, we use our core scientific capabilities to tackle three big global challenges:

• Concern by consumers and governments about air quality
• Pressure on the supply of natural resources, caused by a growing population and consumer aspirations
• The need for affordable and increasingly personalised healthcare.

Growth and value creation

We deliver real benefits to our customers by providing customised solutions, developing new and next-generation products, and scaling-up complex manufacturing.

Our technology gives us leadership positions in many of the markets in which we operate, and we continue to deliver growth and value creation through: 

• Leadership in growing, high-margin, technology driven markets

• Investment in the research and development that accelerates growth

• A relentless focus on operational excellence.

Our strategy, focused on delivering sustained growth and value creation, will drive attractive returns over the medium term:

• Mid to high single digit EPS CAGR

• Expanding ROIC to 20%

• Progressive dividend.