Sustainable practices are not just the right things to do for the environment, they are also a smart business strategy. Building sustainability into the sourcing, design, manufacture and reuse of products delivers important business advantages, including lower costs from reduced waste, improved customer satisfaction and increased competitive advantage. Improving the environmental sustainability of plastics, from production through use to disposal, is important to our business.

SABIC Innovative Plastics has a long history of positive contributions to the environmental performance of our customers’ products and our own. Our operating systems that ensure compliance with safety and environmental regulations are robust and have been strengthened over time as new science and methods become available. In addition, we have made ongoing investments in materials, technologies and processes that help customers worldwide lower their carbon and energy footprints, eliminate waste, and ensure strict compliance with global environmental regulations.

Today, we have an active sustainability program that builds on our progress to date with even greater focus, resources and commitment. Our program has two broad goals. First, we continue to focus on reducing the intensity of our global operational footprint, including carbon intensity, energy and water use, and material efficiency – benefits that ultimately also flow to our customers. Second, we are committed to sharing our expertise and working even more closely with our customers to develop products, applications and solutions that respond to their sustainability needs. For example, we have expanded the Sustainability Solutions portfolio to help customers easily choose high-performance materials that advance their specific environmental goals and contribute to their business success. This portfolio includes 5 broad categories, 20 families and hundreds of grades. In addition, we believe that key sustainability claims validated against recognized standards, global regulations, or through scientific life cycle assessment provide value and strengthen our trusted relationships with customers and have introduced a rigorous new validation process for sustainable materials and applications.

“We have a tradition of innovation that has delivered materials
that are inherently more sustainable than common practice in the market, and has helped our customers use plastics more effectively to achieve sustainability benefits beyond the gates of our business.”
Charlie Crew, CEO, SABIC Innovative Plastics
From letter to UN Global Compact