Growing with Our Customers
Sustainability Report 2022
Sustainability Report 2022
"Our close attention to customer needs and societal trends, alongside our ability to translate these into business opportunities, has allowed us to earn a place among leading companies in our industry in terms of safety and sustainability."
Charlie Shaver, Chairman and CEO
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Progress through Partnerships and Engagement
Sustainability is integral to everything we are and do – from our R&D to our operations – day in and day out. Everything we do, we do with our customers’ success in mind and at the forefront. We understand that many of our customers, like us, also care deeply about our planet and its future. Therefore, we continually partner with them to innovate and develop solutions for a more sustainable future.
To continue to grow with our customers, we invested a record amount of capital in our Company and expanded our business operations to support our regional and emerging markets growth plans. We also continued to engage with our communities and build an inclusive and diverse work environment and supported societal progress and inclusivity through volunteerism, engagement, and corporate giving.
~77% of our R&D product pipeline focused on solutions with sustainability benefits
34% of revenues from Eco-Premium Solutions
79% reduction in process safety incident rate (PSIR)*
2030 GHG emission reduction target and 2050 net-zero aspiration
Reduced our total Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 1.3%
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Continuously Improving Our Safety and Environmental Performance
Sustainability is at the core of Nouryon’s operations. We are focused on continually improving our safety performance and further reducing our environmental footprint. In 2022, Nouryon established a GHG emission reduction roadmap with tangible actions to achieve the Company’s 2030 targets. Between 2019 and 2022, Nouryon decreased its total absolute Scopes 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 1.3%. and 34% of the Company’s energy came from renewable sources such as hydro, wind, solar, biomass for power, and steam from waste biomass.
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We invite you to read more about all of the progress we are making in this report. And, as in previous years, we transparently report relevant data, including a clear overview of our annual sustainability data reporting. Thank you for your interest in Nouryon’s contribution to a sustainable future.
Growing Our Sustainable Solutions
Through Innovation
Our commitment to a sustainable future is deeply embedded in our business. Megatrends and customer demand drive growth for our sustainable solutions and, as a leading global specialty chemicals provider, we are dedicated to helping our customers achieve their sustainability goals and growing our addressable end-markets by investing resources via our Innovation and Application Development Centers, and through our talent and capacity. Examples include increasing demand for: compliant, eco-friendly, and more-natural, bio-based products; renewable energy and raw materials; biodegradable solutions; reduced carbon emissions, and recycling improvements. Recent Eco-Premium Solutions introduced to the market is Bermocoll® FLOW cellulose ether and Expancel® HP92 microspheres.
34% of revenues from Eco-Premium Solutions
~77% of our R&D product pipeline focused on solutions with sustainability benefits
Megatrends drive growth for sustainable solutions like Dissolvine® green chelating agents
11 strategically located Innovation and Application Centers
Retention rate of more than 98% over the past six years of our top 250 customers
Expancel® HP92 microspheres innovation
Lightweight materials are in high demand from automotive manufacturers to meet increasingly strict emission regulations and fuel-efficient...
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Did you know?
Dissolvine® GL (GLDA) and Dissolvine® M (MGDA) green chelating agents are the best replacements for phosphates in most cleaning pplications and they outperform alternatives such as citrates, gluconates, and zeolites because they form stronger bonds with metal ions.
Dissolvine GL and Dissolvine M combine excellent performance with a superior ecological profile, because they are readily biodegradable and largely biobased.
Meeting global demand with new biodegradable-chelates production facility
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We invite you to read more about all of the progress we are making in this report. And, as in previous years, we transparently report relevant data, including a clear overview of our annual sustainability data reporting. Thank you for your interest in Nouryon’s contribution to a sustainable future.
Engaging and Partnering with Employees, Customers, and Suppliers to Drive Progress
We actively engage and partner with our employees, customers, and suppliers to drive progress. We strive for a safe, diverse and inclusive work environment that reflects all employees’ unique experiences, perspectives, and potential. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) framework is a fundamental element of our sustainability approach. Practical in nature and based on volunteerism, engagement, and corporate giving, it allows us to support community engagement initiatives, as seen in e.g. our Eagles Autism Foundation support.
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Partnering to Offset CO2 with Reforestation
In partnership with Tree-Nation, a non-profit organization that allows citizens and companies to plant trees around the world and offset CO2 emissions, 7,462 trees were planted. This has resulted in six hectares reforested and a total of 2,295 tons CO2 captured.
Tree Nation
Planting trees has been proven to be one of the most efficient solutions to fight Climate Change. Tree Nation gathers and coordinates reforestation projects worldwide to stop deforestation, fight climate change and support local communities.
Download the Sustainability Report 2022
We invite you to read more about all of the progress we are making in this report. And, as in previous years, we transparently report relevant data, including a clear overview of our annual sustainability data reporting. Thank you for your interest in Nouryon’s contribution to a sustainable future.