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Category 2019* 2020* 2021* 2022* 2023 2024
ENERGY¹    

Total Energy (GJ)

2,377,860

2,242,291

2,361,107

2,265,482

2,144,770

2,217,903

Energy Intensity (GJ/MT Sales)

5.09

5.04

4.77

5.05

5.63

5.61

Renewable Electricity (MWh)**

104,880.63

122,505.22

174,701.68

232,488.43

253,894.78

259,622.57

Electric Power (MWh)

461,426.13

439,773.23

460,693.35

439,215.11

409,650.68

424,609.88

Renewable Electricity (%)

23

28

38

53

62

61

Renewable Energy(%)

16

20

27

37

43

42

Total Self-Generated Energy (GJ)

11,845

11,461

12,019

5001

15,710

13,490

Energy Saving Activities (#)

59

74

102

129

118

103

Annual Savings from Energy Saving Activities (GJ)

35,573

19,470

72,845

439,347

64,987

27,104

Capital Invested in Energy Savings ($MM USD)

1.97

2.43

1.74

5.05

3.79

3.48

Purchased ENERGY (%)

   

Purchased Electricity (%)

49.74

51.70

51.05

69.79

68.76

68.92

Purchased Natural Gas (%)

12.89

14.11

13.46

29.45

30.24

30.09

Purchased Steam (%)

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.12

Purchased Diesel Fuel (%)

0.87

0.95

1.12

0.76

0.48

0.38

SOURCES OF PURCHASED ELECTRICITY (%)²

   

Non-Renewable: Coal

46.72

45.53

41.12

40.04

39.61

38.40

Non-Renewable: Natural Gas

33.69

36.12

17.51

17.41

17.35

16.70

Non-Renewable: Other Fossil Fuels

0.00

0.00

0.26

0.21

20.00

19.00

Non-Renewable: Nuclear

11.95

11.37

9.86

9.01

8.82

8.70

Non-Renewable: Oil

2.16

1.60

1.82

1.70

1.67

1.43

Renewable: Hydro

3.24

2.23

14.79

15.22

14.07

14.24

Renewable: Wind

0.70

0.88

7.94

9.02

9.97

10.00

Renewable: Solar

1.48

2.20

3.76

4.67

5.61

7.14

Renewable: Biomass

0.06

0.07

2.53

2.44

2.37

2.41

Renewable: Geothermal

0.00

0.00

0.29

0.28

0.27

0.25

EMISSIONS1

   

Greenhouse Gas Emissions (MT Scope 1 GHG)**

36,680

39,023

36,147

34,792

33,384

37,334

Greenhouse Gas Emissions (MT Scope 2 GHG)**

169,789

102,479

100,595

99,465

72,976

62,431

Greenhouse Gas Emissions (MT Scope 3 GHG)³

584,622

1,440,584

2,122,338

6,421,128

5,685,564

See CDP

Greenhouse Gas Emissions (MT Scope 1 & 2 GHG)**

206,469

141,502

136,742

134,257

106,360

99,765

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensity (MT 1&2 GHG/ MT Sales)

0.44

0.32

0.28

0.30

0.28

0.25

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensity (MT 1&2 GHG/$B Revenue)

51,864

63,886

41,249

39,524

33,840

30,792

Annual GHG Emissions Avoidance from ESA & WMP (MT)

8,378

10,235

33,631

115,099

127,938

6,588

Reportable Releases (above permitted limits)

0

0

0

0

1

0

EMISSIONS OF SOx/NOx/VOC/HAPS(MT)

   

SOx

0.08

0.08

0.08

0.17

0.16

0.16

NOx

14.74

10.85

11.77

12.96

13.40

10.45

VOC

695.40

659.43

648.17

563.96

669.99

452.66

Top 4 Hazardous Air Pollutants

0.98

1.00

1.18

6.96

6.77

6.79

Particulate Matter

33.78

30.99

 32.88

28.02

24.12

26.43

WASTE

   

Total Waste (MT)

31,087

29,783

33,090

32,267

31,462

30,012

Total Waste Intensity (Kg Waste/MT Sales)

66.60

66.92

66.90

71.88

82.66

75.79

Total Waste Intensity (MT Waste/B Revenue)

7,809

13,447

9,982

9,499

10,010

9,263

Percent of Total Waste Recycled/Beneficially Reused (%)

51.45

50.51

47.85

48.60

61.06

58.95

Percent of Total Waste Landfilled (%)

40.13

40.20

43.26

44.24

34.17

35.20

Total Waste Landfilled (MT)**

12,476

11,972

14,315

14,274

10,751

10,565

Total Non-Hazardous Waste (MT)

27,608

26,606

29,298

28,503

28,318

26,125

Waste Minimization Projects (#)

34

53

142

114

84

74

Annual Diversion from Waste Minimization Projects (MT)

2,087

743

3,136

8,425

13,965

1,845

Capital Invested in Waste Minimization ($MM USD)

0.00

0.33

1.48

2.68

0.40

1.21

Landfill Free Sites (%)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

47

50

HAZARDOUS WASTE

   

Hazardous Waste US & Canada (%)

29

16

19

21

26

34

Hazardous Waste Latin America (%)

5

5

6

6

3

3

Hazardous Waste Europe (%)

36

51

41

34

36

27

Hazardous Waste Asia Pacific (%)

27

25

30

36

34

34

Hazardous Waste Middle East & Africa (%)

3

3

4

3

2

3

Total Hazardous Waste (MT)

3,480

3,177

3,792

3,850

3,173

4,169

WATER

   

Total Water Withdrawal (1000 m3)

1,356

1,801

1,796

1,738

1,599

1,652

Total Water Withdrawal Intensity (m3/MT Sales)

2.90

4.05

3.63

3.87

4.1999

4.18

Total Wastewater Discharge (1000 m3)

892

1,032

1,164

1,122

1,144

1,247

Wastewater Recycled (% of Total)

34

43

35

35

28

25

Total Water Related NoV (#)

0

0

0

0

3

0

Withdrawal & Consumed from High Water Stress Areas (% of Total)

38

35

30

28

36

37

Water Minimization Projects (#)

4

6

19

19

10

10

Annual Diversion from Water Minimization Projects (1000 m3)

9

19

55

115

284

6

Capital Invested in Water Minimization ($MM USD)

0.04

0.38

0.24

0.07

1.02

0.39

CERTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

   

Facilities externally certified to ISO14001/RC14001 (%)⁴

NA

50

52

57

58

52

Facilities externally certified to ISO50001 (# of high energy sites)⁴

2

2

2

2

3

3

Suppliers externally certified ISO14001 (% of surveyed)

N/A

70

75

72

72

54

Suppliers externally certified to ISO50001 (% of surveyed)

N/A

17

19

24

32

22

* Includes estimated full year performance of APM acquisition
** 2019 baseline data revised to account for acquisition pro-forma performance and divestitures
¹Refer to CDP Climate Change Report for finalized Energy/Emissions information at https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability/sustainability-report/reporting/cdp-climate-change-report 

²Estimates. Does not include renewable energy credits from Virtual Power Purchase Agreements

³Increase due to capture of all relevant Scope 3 category data from APM acquisition

⁴Certificates can be found at https://www.avient.com/company/policies-and-governance/global-iso-certificate-library