At the Sustainability Press Conference on March 17, 2004, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Lehner and Dr. Wolfgang Gawrisch, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Research/Technology and Chairman of the Sustainability Council at Henkel, have presented the Henkel Sustainability Report 2003. Henkels’s sustainability performance from 1999 to 2003 published in this Report confirms the high level of environmental protection and occupational safety. Sales rose by 20 percent and operating profit (EBIT) by 17 percent over the same period.
Ulrich Lehner was pleased to announce progress in sustainable business practices once again in 2003. “In a true spirit of partnership with our suppliers, customers and all social groups, we work toward achieving our vision: to make people´s lives easier, better, and more beautiful with Henkel brands and technologies.”

In addition to its annual report, Henkel has been publishing an annual environment report since 1992. It has been successively expanded to include safety and health, then social commitment, thus evolving into a sustainability report. The sustainability pages at Henkel's website were updated at the same time.