Growth and sustainability, we choose both
Sustainability isn't a box we check. It's how we grow, how we win and how we stay ahead of what customers and regulators want next.
Sustainability isn't a box we check. It's how we grow, how we win and how we stay ahead of what customers and regulators want next.
Three focus areas, nine commitments, one way of working
We see sustainability as foundations to business growth and long-term value, delivering real, customer-focused solutions. Our framework is how we embed and measure sustainable practices in our business approach:
Making continuous strides across our focus areas
(1) Eco-premium solutions demonstrate at least a 10% lower environmental impact on a given criterion across the full product life cycle (cradle to grave) versus the relevant baseline, without significant adverse effects in other categories. For methodology, see the 2025 Sustainability Report, page 13.
By 2030, against a 2019 base year, here's the bar we're clearing:
76% of our R&D product pipeline is dedicated to sustainable solutions, driving progress across the markets we serve. Our product innovations include bio-based, biodegradable and circular solutions, such as chelating agents, surfactants and polymers based on natural materials. Many of the products we offer are recognized in our industry for product safety and sustainable benefits, including by EU Ecolabel, Nordic Swan, COSMOS APPROVED and US Environmental Protection Agency Safer Choice.
From sustainable innovation to responsible operations, see how we delivered progress this year.
Our Code of Conduct & Ethics, Business Partner Code of Conduct, policies and governance statements set the standards we hold ourselves and our partners to.
Safety is central to how we operate and to the trust our employees, customers and communities place in us. We strengthen performance in people, process and product safety across all sites.
Our solutions help customers meet sustainability and performance goals
Perkadox® PM-60ST-GR is an organic peroxide for recycled polypropylene that rebuilds the polymer's molecular structure during extrusion, restoring strength and consistency and enabling more recycled material in packaging, automotive and consumer goods applications that have traditionally required virgin polypropylene.
Finnfix® PB MAX is the cleaning industry's first fully biobased alternative that helps laundry detergent brands significantly reduce the carbon footprint of their products without compromising cleaning performance.
Nouryon's select cleaning ingredients are made using a process that minimizes impurities and is listed in the CleanGredients database, meeting the US EPA Safer Choice standard.
Nouryon's chelated micronutrients deliver essential metals to plants, increasing agricultural productivity and crop quality.
Earned EcoVadis Gold rating (top 3% overall, top 2% in its industry), a CDP Climate Change score of B, and a CDP Supplier Engagement score of A-, earning a place on CDP's supplier engagement leaderboard.
