We partner with our customers, suppliers and employees to deliver innovative solutions, drive progress and create a safe and sustainable today and tomorrow for everyone.

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Our sustainability approach

Sustainability is embedded in our strategy, operations, and product portfolio. Our “Commitment to a Sustainable Future” is how we embed and measure sustainable practices in our business approach. It is based on three clear commitments to:

CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE our safety and environmental performance.
GROW and INNOVATE to create sustainable solutions enabling customers to be more sustainable.
ENGAGE and PARTNER with employees, customers, suppliers, and society to drive sustainable progress.

These goals were developed following a materiality assessment and aims to support the objectives of the UN Paris Agreement on climate change and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Sustainability is embedded in our strategy, operations, and product portfolio. — Click to enlarge

A key business driver

EcoVadis Gold rating

Top 3% of companies then assessed by EcoVadis

35% of revenue

from Eco-Premium Solutions

74% of our R&D product pipeline

focused on solutions with sustainability benefits

23% of organic raw materials

sourced from renewable sources

>95% retention rate

over the past six years for our top 250 customers

CDP B

Climate Score Leadership

Top-quartile people safety performer

according to American Chemistry Council (ACC) benchmark data

2024 Responsible Care Company Award

and 14 safety awards from the TCC

56% of total electricity

from renewable and/or low carbon sources

19% reduction in GHG

in total absolute Scopes 1 and 2 vs 2019

Strategy based on 3 key pillars

Windmills improving the environmental footprint

Improving our safety performance and environmental footprint

We continuously work to improve our safety performance and environmental footprint for the benefit of our employees, contractors, customers, neighbors, and the environment

Grow and innovate

We provide solutions that are essential in applications ranging from pharmaceuticals and farming to electric cars and building insulation. Our goal is to deliver not just the desired functionality but improved sustainability performance as well.

Engaging and partnering with employees, customers, and suppliers

At Nouryon, we aim to achieve sustainable business growth and have a positive impact on people’s everyday lives through our essential solutions as well as our actions.

EcoVadis Gold rating for sustainability performance

We achieved strong scores in all assessed areas, including environment, labor and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement placing us in the top 3% of companies then assessed

Ambitious Targets

We have set ambitious targets to improve our environmental performance. As the transition to a net-zero-carbon economy accelerates, we continue to challenge ourselves to reduce impacts, mitigate risks, and harness growth opportunities related to climate change.

Sustainability targets

Recognized for global climate leadership with B score

Awarded in recognition of the Company’s progress in implementing current best practices in sustainability targets, value chain engagement, and opportunity disclosures.

Progress, Reporting and Governance

Latest Sustainability report

Our 2024 Sustainability Report showcases our progress as your partner in essential solutions for a sustainable future. At Nouryon, sustainability is about long-term thinking and achieving growth.

Two Nouryon employees managing risk and governance

Governance and Risk management

A crucial component of securing a sustainable future is ensuring that we continue to always operate ethically and responsibly and employ an enterprise risk management (ERM) approach to identify potential rewarded and unrewarded risks in order to take appropriate mitigating actions.

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Data, Reports and Policies

Reports, policies and more shows how we partner with our customers, suppliers, and employees to deliver solutions and drive sustainable progress.

Strengthening our commitment by joining the United Nations Global Compact

Nouryon is aligned with the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and it supports the objectives of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

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Memberships and Partnerships

Nouryon proudly maintains several key memberships, including being a signatory of the UN Global Compact, the world's largest initiative dedicated to corporate sustainability. This international program fosters collaboration to
uphold universal principles concerning human rights, labor, environmental protection, and anti-corruption. Our Company strategy, sustainability commitment, and Code of Business Conduct & Ethics are meticulously designed to align with and support these principles.

Additionally, Nouryon is a member of Together for Sustainability (TfS), the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, and Responsible Care®, demonstrating our commitment to ethical and sustainable practices. We also partner with Hållbar Kemi (Sustainable Chemistry), a Swedish regional corporate cooperative, and the Emission Free Pulping program.

Nouryon's goals and selection of memberships

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Agriculture and food

Home and Personal care

Paints and coatings

Building and infrastructure

Polymer specialties

Oil, gas and mining

Pulp, paper and packaging

Transportation

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Bleaching and oxidizing chemicals and technologies

Specialty polymers

Surfactants and chelating agents

Polymer production and processing chemicals

Specialty chemicals and intermediates

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