管理方法：环境、健康和安全
Avient 的首要任务是安全。
在最高层面上，Avient 董事会有一个长期的环境、健康和安全 (EH&S) 委员会，负责监督和监控环境、健康、安全、安保和产品管理政策、标准和实践，以确保全球范围内的监管合规和卓越运营。
Avient 的环境、健康和安全管理系统 (EH&S MS) 由公司的环境、健康、安全和产品管理部门以及所有地区和业务部门中聘用的有学位的技术专家进行管理。Avient 的环境、健康和安全副总裁以及全球运营与流程改进高级副总裁负责向董事会环境、健康和安全委员会报告。
The foundation of our Management Approach to EH&S is rooted in ACC Responsible Care®. 我们建立了一个全面的环境、健康和安全管理系统 (EH&S MS)，以系统地识别和解决任何风险。Avient 的环境、健康和安全管理系统 (EH&S MS) 已通过外部认证，并基于 美国化学委员会的责任关怀管理系统 (RCMS) 标准，其中包含持续改进的原则。它适用于 Avient 在全球的所有工厂和我们的承包商。
Avient’s EH&S MS is comprised of global standards for safety, health, security, product safety, and environmental protection, covering the transportation of materials, activities at our sites and warehouses, and distribution of our products, as well as our customers’ use of our products. 它包括监管要求和自愿行动。环境、健康和安全管理系统 (EH&S MS) 中包含的政策和规范包括：
Our EH&S MS includes both physical security at sites, as well as cybersecurity, the latter of which is managed by the Information Technology department at Avient. Through this system, we identify and assess the risk of all technology related activities, and the potential effects these risks may have on all of our stakeholders. We report any material risks identified by the system, as well as plans to address them, to the Board of Directors EH&S Committee on an annual basis.
安全至上
Avient 专注于实现零可记录伤害的目标，并不断努力将安全融入我们运营的各个方面。在业务部门和区域层面衡量零可记录工伤目标的进展情况，并在全球范围内予以传达，同时与许多表彰机制挂钩。
零可记录工伤目标反映了 Avient 对我们 4P 可持续性基石的“人员”方面的专注。In 2020, we maintained world class safety performance and had our safest year ever with a recordable incident rate of 0.50, which is more than 7 times better than the U.S. Rubber and Plastics Manufacturers industry average. 在该数字变为零之前，我们仍然任重道远。Additional detail, systems, and performance metrics are provided in the Occupational Health & Safety section of this report.
新冠肺炎疫情
保护我们的员工是一项重要任务
作为一家全球公司，Avient 认识到与新冠肺炎疫情相关的早期风险。And we took action. 我们早期的一贯做法侧重于保护我们的员工及其家人、客户和社区的健康与安全。
我们始终如一地监督并遵守我们经营所在地政府的要求和条件。我们设立区域新冠疫情特别工作组，并共同制定各项规程，然后采取相应的措施。To ensure our work environment is as safe as possible,
this included:
在将健康与安全放在首位的同时，Avient 必须继续生产材料并为客户提供服务。
我们的材料是供应链中的关键组成部分，能够让食品、饮料和医疗用品继续得以生产、包装、运输和使用。这包括口罩、防护服、医用导管以及个人护理用品包装。此外，我们的材料能够让基础设施、电信和技术正常运转。
随着疫情的进展，或者如果出现其他全球挑战，我们会保持警惕并矢志不移地采用这种方法：将我们员工的健康和安全放在首位，同时继续运营并满足世界各地人们的基本需求和新兴需求。
职业安全与健康
Occupational safety, health and well-being are paramount at Avient because we understand the value of good performance in these areas to our people, their families, collective morale, operational costs and reputation. 因此，我们确保我们的运营符合法律和最佳标准。
我们的“安全至上”文化不是凭口号建立起来的，而是通过奉献、持续改进和行动建立起来的。在 Avient 的整个发展史中，我们已实施的各项制度强调我们对员工的职业健康、安全和福祉的承诺。
Avient 认为，只有在公司各级员工的积极参与下，才能真正将风险降至可接受的水平。因此，我们建立一种积极关怀和体贴周到的文化。在这种文化中，安全和健康主题受倡导，并预期作为雇佣条件。
每位员工都可自由地并且应当传达危险，并使自己从不安全的情况中摆脱出来，而不用担心遭到报复。安全委员会代表所有从事生产的员工。如果需要制定新的内部标准或者需要更新现有标准，则会成立由区域和公司 EH&S 专家组成的工作组。然后，我们制定草案并将其传达给内部利益相关方，征求反馈意见，考虑修订，然后敲定和批准此类标准。所有标准随后都会发布在 The Loop 的 EH&S 部分。The Loop 是 Avient 全体员工都可以访问的内部网。
Under our EH&S MS, Avient has rolled out multifaceted trainings and tools to achieve our ultimate goal of zero recordable injuries in the workplace. Examples include Residual Risk Reduction (R3), which incorporates behavioral safety, improvements to safety leadership, various safety suggestion mechanisms, internal and external audit systems, and Global Safety Days. 我们 Avient 各培训体系的一条共同主线是，员工参与安全管理体系至关重要。
持续改进
Prior to, and including 2020, we have set ambitious internal goals for safety, health, and environmental protection, and we regularly conduct audits to monitor our performance and progress toward these goals. We also track physical security incidents and manage those through the EH&S MS. 管理体系审计由公司和各运营部门的领导团队在必要时与第三方专家合作进行，包括实地考察以验证是否符合内部标准和监管要求。审计旨在识别出需要采取纠正和预防措施的领域，以便进一步减少风险。Avient 收购的公司都经过严格的 EH&S 整合流程，以使新工厂符合我们的严苛标准和政策。该流程的一部分是帮助各工厂制定自己的 EH&S 成熟度路线图，用于指导它们通过基于风险的方法实施我们的标准。
After all health, safety, security or environmental incidents, Avient conducts an investigation to identify root causes, implement corrective actions and validate measures to prevent reoccurrence are enduring. Specific investigation methodologies are provided and described in Avient’s Incidents, Accidents & Safety Reporting module of our EtQ information management system. 此流程确保 EH&S 和业务部门领导团队及时对所有事件进行全面记录、沟通和妥善管理。
EH&S “Maturity Roadmap” Standard
Recognizing that all facilities are not at the same place on their journey to EH&S excellence, Avient uses an EH&S Maturity Road Map. With this standard, facilities are guided through a process of determining if each element of their management system is beginning, developing, performing, highly performing or excelling. Regardless of performance level, a risk-prioritized approach to continuous improvements is outlined. Facility maturity is assessed during each internal audit with actions designed to facilitate increased management system maturity. This tool allowed Avient to minimize facility level risk and facilitate continuous improvements in 2020, despite challenges presented by COVID-19 related travel restrictions.
绩效：指标和监控
为了量化风险并随着时间的推移降低风险，Avient 会定期监控几个关键绩效指标：总可记录事故率 (TRIR) 和失时工伤/疾病率 (LTIR)。
这些比率在全球范围内编制，并每月向公司所有领导团队成员报告。由于 Avient 专注于“零可记录工伤”最终目标，并且持续渴望把安全融入我们运营的方方面面，所以我们跟踪在业务部门和区域层面衡量的年度减少目标。零可记录工伤方面的进展在全球范围内得到沟通和赞扬。
我们还跟踪领先指标，以确保不断主动识别和消除风险。这些领先指标包括持续监测：纠正和预防措施的进展情况、所实施的风险评估次数、所消除或减轻的风险量的详情、所实施的内部审计次数以及全球安全日活动的参与率。
Security
Keeping Avient’s operations, infrastructure, and intellectual property protected is a vital task, as a breach in physical security at sites or cybersecurity online could lead to risk to stakeholders and the sustainability of our enterprise.
Avient’s robust security measures are designed to protect our personnel and facilities from operational threats and keep our business safe from cybersecurity attacks. Our security programs are risk-based, flexible and responsive to the environments in which we operate. The security management system module in the EH&S MS is based upon the Responsible Care® Security Code that continuously seeks to improve our processes and systems related to security performance and implement management practices consistent with the Security Code.
The Avient Security and Privacy Council (ASPC) oversees the security-related governance, risk mitigation and regulatory compliance requirements of our company globally. The ASPC has two subcommittees focused on physical security and cybersecurity, with the latter having a global privacy program to help ensure our organization maintains compliance with ever-changing privacy laws, including General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), as well as specific laws in all countries and regions in which Avient operates. We are also a member of the U.S. Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT), the supply chain security program under U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and a member of the Canadian Border Services Agency Partners in Protection (PIP) program. Avient’s Global Trade and EH&S departments share responsibility for supply chain security.
Regarding physical security, facilities undergo periodic analyses to address potential threats. Each assessment considers geographic location, relationships with communities and applicable laws. In higher-risk locations, we maintain detailed security preparedness plans. Our security personnel continuously improve our risk management methodologies, threat-assessment capabilities and technical security management processes through drills, training programs and industry forums.
As cybersecurity risks continue to evolve, we must protect against threats against our data, facilities and operations. Awareness remains one of our best defenses, and cybersecurity education is a priority for our associates and business partners. In 2020, 100% of our required associates completed web-based cybersecurity training to help them identify and respond to potential cybersecurity risks and reinforce safe behaviors. The company maintains cyber security insurance, and a third-party auditor performs a quarterly assessment of our processes, policies and performance as it relates to IT security.
