Sustainability

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.

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.

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A key business driver

EcoVadis Gold rating
Top 5% of companies rated by EcoVadis

32% of revenue
from Eco-Premium Solutions

74%
of our R&D product pipeline is focused on solutions with sustainability benefits

20%
of organic raw materials are from renewable sources

>95% retention rate
over the past six years for our top 250 customers

CDP A-

Climate Score Leadership

Top-quartile performer

in people safety

100%

of our in-scope employees completed mandatory Compliance trainings

36%
gender and ethnic diversity represented on our Board of Directors

23%

of mid-level managers and above are female

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

Growing our sustainable solutions through innovation

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 people, partners, and society

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.

Recognized for global climate leadership with A- score

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

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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

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 5% of companies evaluated.

Progress, Reporting and Governance

Nouryon's 2023 Sustainability Report is available now.

Latest Sustainability report

Our 2023 Sustainability Report and 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

We are a member and signatory of the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. An international program, it unites corporations, UN agencies, and labor and civil society organizations, fostering collaboration to uphold universal principles concerning human rights, labor, environmental protection, and anti-corruption. Learn more about how this connects to our Code of Business Conduct & Ethics as well as our sustainability goals.

We are also a member of Together for Sustainability, 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.