联合国可持续发展目标

Avient 重申对联合国全球契约的承诺

Since 2021, Avient has been a proud member of the United Nations Global Compact, which is a voluntary leadership platform for the development, implementation and disclosure of responsible business practices. 这是全世界最大规模的企业可持续发展倡议。参与其中的公司要使其运营和战略符合人权、劳工、环境和反腐败等领域的十项普遍接受的原则，并采取行动支持可持续发展目标 (SDG) 中体现的事项。

可持续发展目标 (SDG) 旨在解决全球环境、社会和经济问题，并为通往更可持续未来的道路绘制蓝图。可持续发展目标包括 2030 年的具体进展目标，并鼓励所有利益相关方对实现全球目标作出坚定承诺。社会将越来越多地期待像 Avient 这样的公司来开发应对这些可持续挑战的解决方案。We’ve identified and mapped the SDGs that are most material to Avient and align with our sustainability goals and business model. 我们相信 Avient 的创新能力可以在五个可持续发展目标（如下所示）方面产生最大的影响。

3: 确保所有年龄段的人都有健康的生活并提升他们的幸福感

Avient 致力于为员工提供安全健康的工作场所。We also provide our customers with innovative healthcare technologies that prevent and reduce the spread of germs and illness, In addition, we provide eco-conscious and lightweighting solutions that serve as alternatives to traditional materials and decrease carbon footprints, improve air and water quality and reduce exposure to potentially hazardous substances. 最后，Avient 作为终结塑料垃圾联盟的创始成员之一，将继续合作开发和实施解决方案，以推动基础设施、教育、创新和清理工作。

7: 确保人人都能获得负担得起、可靠、可持续的现代能源

We increased our original renewable energy goal to obtain directly or contract for 60% of our electricity demand from renewable sources by 2030. Last year, we made substantial progress by reaching 53% from renewable sources. 除了在内部推行可再生能源的使用外，我们还为客户提供解决方案，使其能够降低能耗和使用可再生能源。Avient 将继续推动内部项目和外部合作（即虚拟购电协议），以增加我们可再生能源的占比。

9: 建设有弹性的基础设施，促进包容和可持续的工业化并推动创新

作为一家公司，我们确定了帮助客户实现其可持续目标的八种方法：lightweighting, reduced energy use, volatile organic compound reduction, enabling recycle solutions, biopolymers, eco-conscious, sustainable infrastructure, and human health & safety. 通过专注于这八种方法，我们将继续在我们的每个终端市场提供可持续的创新。

12: 确保可持续的消费和生产模式

在 Avient，我们专注于持续改进流程和优化资源利用。我们承诺遵守 ACC 责任关怀倡议及其指导原则。This year, we updated our goal to reduce our waste to landfill intensity annually by 3% and exceeded it by reaching 6% last year. We are dedicated to ensuring 100% of our products manufactured for packaging applications will be recyclable or reusable, reaching 92% in 2022 by launching solutions and services to enable circular economy. Additionally, we assessed 60% our top suppliers to ensure alignment with our environmental, social, and governance requirements. 对于我们的客户，我们提供的解决方案使其能够实现可再生能源的应用，降低能源消耗，并带来轻量化优势。

13: 采取紧急行动应对气候变化及其影响

在 Avient，我们认识到气候变化的负面影响，因此我们正在努力减少公司对环境的影响。We have updated our goal to reduce our Scope 1 & 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 55% with 2019 as a baseline and achieve operational carbon neutrality by 2050. In addition, many of our innovation focus areas support the fight against climate change: 轻量化、生态环保解决方案、回收解决方案、减少挥发性有机化合物、生物聚合物解决方案和降低能源消耗。