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Success built on partnerships
Success built on partnerships
We are working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders, such as customers, partner companies, universities, and startups that help us become more sustainable, more innovative, and deliver more value to our customers.
We have formed partnerships with several startups and other companies to pursue innovative solutions, including Renewcell on sustainable textile recycling; Itaconix for bio-based polymers; Avantium for chemicals from wood; as well as co-hosting an event with Icos Capital Innovation Summit that brings startups, corporations, and industry experts in climate tech together.
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We are a member and signatory of the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. An international program, it brings companies, UN agencies, and labor and civil society organizations together to support universal principles on human rights, labor, environment, and anticorruption.
We are also a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and Responsible Care®, and partner with Swedish regional corporate cooperation Hållbar Kemi (Sustainable Chemistry). Furthermore, we are a strategic investor in the Icos Capital Fund III, a fund that supports start-ups, including those focused on software and process technologies for manufacturing in agriculture, food, and chemical industries.
Growing with our customers
Since the start of 2017, we have announced numerous investments or plant startups that support the growth of our customers.
Examples includes the expansion and upgrade of a surface chemistry plant in Sweden, acquisition of a leading Chinese metal alkyls producer, and increased production capacity for organic peroxides, expandable microspheres and colloidal silica.
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About Nouryon
Nouryon is a global, specialty chemicals leader. Markets and consumers worldwide rely on our essential solutions to manufacture everyday products, such as personal care, cleaning goods, paints and coatings, agriculture and food, pharmaceuticals, and building products. Furthermore, the dedication of approximately 8,300 employees with a shared commitment to our customers, business growth, safety, sustainability and innovation has resulted in a consistently strong financial performance. We operate in over 80 countries around the world with a portfolio of industry-leading brands.