Protecting Our Planet

Avient is fully committed to protecting the environment by addressing climate change, conserving natural resources and preventing pollution. Through our environmental aspect and impact assessments within our RC14001 EH&S Management System, we have focused on the following key topics: energy, emissions and climate change, as well as effluents and waste from our operations.

Avient’s EH&S Committee of the Board of Directors provides oversight of the systems that are in place to monitor and mitigate risk associated with these key topics. Avient’s Corporate EH&S Department defines the strategy and monitors performance against related management system standards. Full operational responsibility for execution lies within each business unit and operating site. To ensure performance expectations are met, each site has trained management personnel to oversee their systems. To drive engagement at all levels of the organization, financial incentives for all salaried personnel are partially tied to energy intensity and waste intensity targets.

Furthermore, to ensure the ongoing prioritization of capital projects that drive energy, waste, and water efficiency, we have implemented a system for identifying and centrally funding projects that have the greatest impact on our sustainability goals.