Global expertise in fragrance ingredients

Our expertise in supply chain

Procurement and supply chain are strategic to Givaudan’s responsible and shared growth. Every year we source more than 11,900 different raw materials and indirect materials and services from across the globe, with more than 2,700 raw material suppliers in over 100 countries and some 14,400 additional partners supplying indirect materials and services.

Responsibly managing supply chains at this scale is complex, and we are committed to working towards greater transparency to assure raw materials availability, and to improving practices in the areas of health and safety as well as in environmental, social and business integrity.

Responsible sourcing is our active and conscious commitment to consider aspects such as local community development and our environmental footprint when managing supplier relationships and performance. Here, traceability is key as it allows us to gather and convey information about our entire value chain. 

We want our business practices – both within Givaudan and across our supply chain – to support our purpose and its key ambitions, including sourcing all materials and services in a way that protects people and the environment by 2030.

Our expertise in quality management

Being a leading manufacturer of fragrances and ingredients, we place quality needs at the heart of everything we do. To ensure that we deliver products and services that meet our customer expectations, we commit to the pursuit of continuous improvements in our quality management system, quality performance and good manufacturing practices.

Our quality management system is based on a four-pillar strategy:
 

• Placing our customer’s quality needs at the heart of everything we do.
• Delivering products and services that meet all agreed requirements and applicable legislation.
• Continuously improving our quality management system, our quality performance and our good manufacturing practices.
• Engaging our employees and suppliers in our relentless pursuit of excellence.

Our Global Quality Policy: committing to our own and our customers’ success by prioritising their quality needs, delivering products and services that comply with relevant requirements and legislation, improving our quality management system, performance and practices, and engaging employees and suppliers in the pursuit of excellence.

Our Global Good Manufacturing Practice Policy: Implementing effective procedures and controls to ensure our products meet specifications and prevent physical, chemical and microbiological contamination. 

Our expertise in regulatory affairs

Our regulatory affairs experts constantly innovate, ensuring that they lead the profession in knowledge and understanding of ingredient standards, toxicology, environmental science methods as well as local and regional regulations.

Our teams pursue engagement with external regulatory bodies and industry trade associations, and work closely with customers to ensure the transparency of product information to consumers.

Frequent changes in the regulatory landscape around the world can have an impact on our customers’ products. In our commitment to regulatory compliance, Givaudan teams of scientists, toxicologists and specialists in regulatory affairs proactively monitor these shifts in all geographical regions where we do business. 

We actively engage in advocacy activities via different local industry associations to learn about new or upcoming changes in legislation as early as possible, allowing us to assess the impact on the existing portfolio. This helps us remain in compliance, minimise the impact on existing products, enabling Givaudan and our customers to grow and protect markets globally.

Our expertise in global distribution

The Fragrance Ingredients Business team specialises in bringing fragrance ingredients across the globe. With our sales headquarters in Switzerland and sales teams in Japan, China, India, France, Colombia and the USA, we excel at delivering a customer centric service with the highest quality of fragrance molecules and natural raw materials.

Prioritising our aim to bring innovative solutions to all, we also partner with our ingredients distributors that support us in extending our service to all fragrance enterprises and enthusiasts. With distributors in Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, Taiwan, India, United Arab Emirates, Europe, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and the USA, we are able to successfully bring fragrance solutions to our customers.

Our global teams’ diverse background and expertise from different industries gives us the edge to effectively support our customers in their search for excellent products. Thanks to our global presence, we place our customers interests at the core of our service, providing a rainbow of fragrance ingredients.