Message from Avient’s VP of Sustainability
Sustainability is core to Avient’s strategy. It’s in our culture and how we do business. Execution of our sustainability strategy is essential to achieving our mission and vision. As the global need for sustainability accelerates, we are prepared and ready to meet the challenge. Our focus remains on developing innovative solutions that solve our customers’ most demanding sustainability challenges to help them to meet their sustainability goals, while minimizing the environmental impact of our operations.
Several years ago we set ambitious 2030 sustainability targets that outline our commitments related to climate change, waste, product innovation, and supplier engagement, as well as a goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. Thanks to the dedication and enthusiasm of our global associates, we’re steadily progressing towards these milestones. We invite you to read this year’s Sustainability Report, a testament to our unwavering commitment to sustainability and a glimpse into the vibrant culture that defines Avient.
Walter Ripple
Vice President of Sustainability
The Avient Sustainability Promise
As a leading provider of specialized and sustainable material solutions, Avient is committed to meeting the needs of the present without compromising future generations’ ability to do the same. We are committed to creating value for our customers, employees, communities and shareholders through our dedication to ethical, sustainable and fiscally responsible principles.
- We will provide a safe workplace for our employees and will protect our communities by continuously improving our world-class environmental, health and safety performance.
- We will put our customers first by helping them grow their businesses with innovative, safe and environmentally sound solutions following the principles of trust and environmental stewardship established in our groundbreaking No Surprises PledgeSM.
- We will strive to minimize our environmental impact and maximize our conservation of the earth’s resources by using energy-efficient technologies, recycling more, reducing waste, continuously improving operating efficiencies and driving operational excellence.
- We will create opportunity for our employees by growing our business, investing in world-class training and development, and making Avient the employer of choice.
- We will be involved in the communities in which we operate by building closer relationships with charitable and public service organizations and encouraging our people’s engagement in local sustainability initiatives.
- We will be involved in the communities in which we operate by building closer relationships with charitable and public service organizations and encouraging our people’s engagement in local sustainability initiatives.
- We will work collaboratively with our suppliers to lessen the environmental impact of logistics across our global supply chain.
- We will build strong relationships with providers of leading-edge sustainable technologies.
A Few Highlights from 2023:
- Sustainability performance recognized with a Gold Medal for EcoVadis, and with an ARanking for CDP Climate Change
- Ranked as one of America’s Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek, 100 Most Sustainable Companies by Barron’s, and recognized on the USA Today’s America’s Climate Leaders List
- Reaffirmed our commitment to the UN Global Compact and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste
- Launched Avient’s Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Mapping Service, 3rd party certified by TÜV Rhineland
- Recognized with 4 sustainability innovation and design recognitions as finalists or award winners
- Made strong progress in reducing company’s Scope 1 & 2 GHG emissions, reaching nearly 50% reduction in 2023 vs. 2019