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Huntsman Group Announces 2021 Sustainability Results

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Recently, Huntsman Group, the world's leading specialty chemicals company, released its 2021 Sustainability Report "Lighting the Future: Helping Achieve Sustainable Development". The report provides a comprehensive account of the positive progress the Huntsman Group has made in the area of sustainability over the past year. In order to help China achieve the goal of "dual carbon" as soon as possible, Huntsman organically combines green product innovation with localized production and operation, continues to upgrade and refresh the four innovative solutions for sustainable development, and empowers the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain to jointly achieve low-carbon transformation to promote sustainable social development.


Huntsman Group Announces 2021 Sustainability Results


Huntsman Group Publishes 2021 Sustainability Report


“In 2021, Huntsman has demonstrated great resilience and successfully passed the test. We continue to ensure the safety of our employees, serve our customers, achieve financial goals, and become more focused. Huntsman looks forward to continuing to work with other chemical industry partners. Provide solutions that pave the way to a sustainable future. We will continue to develop innovative solutions to help customers improve efficiency, reduce emissions, and improve environmental performance to meet the needs of sustainable development.” Huntsman Group Chairman , President and CEO Peter R. Huntsman said.


This year marks the eleventh consecutive year that Huntsman has released its Sustainability Report. The report shows that Huntsman Group's "2025 Vision" 1 target plan has reached 55% completion; the water use improvement rate in water-scarce areas has increased by 65%; the total greenhouse gas emission intensity rate has decreased by 40% since 2019; products, which can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 750 million tons per year during their life cycle.


On the basis of "Vision 2025", Huntsman also announced a long-term vision for sustainable development: it plans to achieve its own carbon neutrality by 2050, and formulate a low-carbon transformation plan and related assessment methods for this purpose; comprehensively promote circular economy, further Increase the proportion of recyclable materials in the product portfolio, including bio-based, recyclable, and degradable products; commit to producing sustainable chemicals and ensure that the content of SVHC in products sold is less than 4%.


Huntsman Group Announces 2021 Sustainability Results


Huntsman uses innovative technology to drive sustainable development


It is a practitioner of carbon reduction and an enabler


Under the "dual carbon" goal, green and low carbon has become the main tone of China's high-quality economic development, and it has also accelerated the pace of industrial upgrading. Huntsman takes the realization of its own carbon neutrality as the cornerstone, and through the empowerment of recycling technology and the value linkage of the industrial chain, it helps the green and low-carbon transformation of industries such as industry, transportation, and construction.


PET (polyethylene terephthalate) is the most used beverage packaging material in the world. Huntsman uses the patented recycling PET plastic recycling technology to produce TEROL® polyester polyols, which can be used as raw materials for various polyurethane products. The content of recycled PET plastics in its composition can reach up to 60%. Based on this technology, Huntsman Group can currently recycle 1.44 billion plastic bottles equivalent to 500 ml each year, and the Asian polyester polyol plant has recycled 382 million PET plastic bottles equivalent to 500 ml since it was put into operation in 2020.


Huntsman Group Announces 2021 Sustainability Results


Teluore® polyester polyols produced at Huntsman's Asian plants are certified by UL2089 and RCS for recycled materials


On the way to a sustainable future, Huntsman is a practitioner and an enabler of carbon reduction. Huntsman's polyurethane building insulation series solutions are highly compatible with near-zero energy buildings, providing technical impetus for the low-carbon transformation of the construction industry and other related industries.


Architecture is a "hidden" carbon emitter and a key area to achieve the "double carbon" goal. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, carbon dioxide emissions from buildings and construction will account for 37% of global emissions in 2021. On July 13, 2022, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the National Development and Reform Commission issued the "Implementation Plan for Carbon Peaking in Urban and Rural Construction", specifying that new public buildings should meet the energy-saving requirements of 78% by 2030.


To fight the tough battle of low-carbon transformation of the construction industry, technological innovation is the only way. In terms of civil buildings, Huntsman has jointly developed doors and windows with polyurethane energy-saving systems that are at the international advanced level in terms of thermal insulation, wind pressure resistance, and air tightness, which can effectively reduce building energy consumption and improve fire performance. In the field of industrial construction, Huntsman assisted customers in launching the first batch of polyurethane continuous panels and polyurethane spray foam systems based on TEROL® polyester polyols, which greatly reduced energy consumption and carbon emissions with excellent thermal insulation and energy-saving performance. Zero-energy buildings and cold chain infrastructure provide green building materials options.


Huntsman Group Announces 2021 Sustainability Results


Huntsman Polyurethane Thermal Insulation Spray System Helps Near-Zero Energy Buildings and Cold Chain Infrastructure



Carbon neutrality is a systematic project, and coordinated carbon reduction in the industrial chain has become a consensus. Huntsman focuses on the "pain points" of carbon reduction in typical application scenarios such as construction, and gathers wisdom to make precise attacks. In December 2021, Huntsman signed a memorandum of cooperation with China IOT Cold Chain Logistics Research Institute, China Academy of Building Research Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Higher Institutions of Chinese Academy of Sciences to jointly create the "Low-Carbon Cold Storage Evaluation Standard" and jointly promote the cold storage industry to leapfrog development and low-carbon transition. Previously, Huntsman has also cooperated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences to actively carry out carbon emissions "self-inspection", to fully understand the carbon footprint evaluation of polyurethane product production and life cycle, and to help the measurable, feasible and controllable carbon emission reduction of the whole range. This cooperation is also the first time that an international leading enterprise in the polyurethane industry and a local first-class research institution jointly promote carbon neutrality research.



Practice responsible care and advocate green and low-waste life



Since entering China in 1996, Huntsman has always adhered to the sustainable development concept of "rooting in China, serving China, and talent in China", gathering forces from various parties to actively promote sustainable public welfare actions and talent training.



In 2021, Huntsman has successively launched the "Small Bottles of Love" and the Green River Environmental Protection Public Welfare Activities, collecting PET plastic beverage empty bottles and turning waste into treasures, creating a green corporate ecosystem. In the "Small Bottles of Love" public welfare activity, Huntsman cooperated with partners to collect and donate 40 tons of PET plastic beverage empty bottles, which were made into 500 sets of environmentally friendly school uniforms containing recycled polyester fibers and donated to Guizhou mountainous primary schools. By joining hands with the "Green River" environmental protection organization, Huntsman works with employees, partners and downstream customers to promote waste management in Sanjiangyuan, build a diverse green alliance, and help Sanjiangyuan to be environmentally sustainable.


Huntsman Group Announces 2021 Sustainability Results


Huntsman joins hands with "Green River" and other non-profit organizations to build a green ecosystem



Huntsman has always insisted on trusting and respecting employees, and has provided potential employees with career development opportunities, achievement recognition and incentive mechanisms as much as possible, and has been awarded "China's Top Employers" for three consecutive years. The certification, issued by the Top Employers Research Institute, fully recognizes Huntsman's excellence in cultivating and developing talent at all levels and in the field of employee care.


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