SPM helps:

• Manage sustainability risks 
• Make transparent and defensible decisions  
• Communicate sustainability benefits clearly  
• Align with sustainability and performance goals and expectations  
• Focus efforts on high-impact products 

SPM at Sika is integrated into product development, it: 

• guides innovation toward better sustainability outcomes  
• identifes improvement opportunities early  
• supports customers in reaching their sustainability goals  

Products are grouped into categories based on their combined sustainability and performance scores.  

SPM assesses multiple dimensions and manages risks: 

• Risk management Climate impact and energy use
• Resource efficiency and circularity
• Health, safety, and chemical risks
• Emissions and regulatory compliance

This ensures a holistic approach covering sustainability and performance related factors. 

SPM follows four main steps:

• Definition of the product’s application context
• Assessment of sustainability impacts
• Assessment of technical and functional performance
• Combination of results into a final classification

This structured flow helps me avoid subjective or incomplete evaluations.

SPM gives aconsistent, data-driven framework to choose and compare products. It helps:

• being on the safe side in terms of risk assessment
• identifying sustainable solutions and getting clear facts on both sustainability and performance 
• using products which pay into sustainability and performance 
• supporting business and regulatory requirements 
• making decisions that align with your goals  

SPM is a structured methodology used to evaluate and classify products based on both sustainability and performance. As a customer, you rely on it to ensure that product decisions are not just technically sound but also environmentally and socially responsible. 

Yes, they significantly reduce the energy required for grinding by improving mill efficiency and material flow.

They are used in ball mills, vertical roller mills, and HoroMills during the cement manufacturing process.

Grinding aids improve the milling process, while quality improvers enhance final cement properties such as strength and performance. 

They reduce particle agglomeration, improve material flow, increase mill output, and enhance the fineness of cement.

Cement grinding aids are chemical additives used in cement mills to improve grinding efficiency, reduce energy consumption, and enhance cement quality.

Cement additives are primarily used in cement manufacturing plants and by cement producers supplying the construction industry.

They enable the use of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), reduce clinker content, and lower overall CO₂ emissions.

They reduce energy consumption, increase mill output, and improve material flowability, resulting in more efficient cement manufacturing.

Grinding aids are a type of cement additive specifically used to improve the efficiency of the grinding process, while cement additives also include strength enhancers and performance enhancers.

Cement additives are chemicals added during cement manufacturing to improve grinding efficiency, enhance cement performance, and optimise production processes.

Applications must be submitted online through the official Sika careers portal. Select the relevant job posting, review the requirements carefully, and follow the online application process.

All current job vacancies are published on the official career page of Sika. Positions are updated regularly across various departments and regions.

To ensure a fair and structured recruitment process, Sika requires all applications to be submitted through the official careers platform. Unsolicited CVs sent via email may not be processed.