TAGS: Sustainability / Natural Coatings
Orion Engineered Carbons (NYSE: OEC)Orion Engineered Carbons (NYSE: OEC), a global specialty chemicals company, announces that it has received a gold medal rating from EcoVadis, an independent organization that assesses the performance of companies in a wide range of sustainability areas.
Delivering Sustainable Solutions to Customers
Orion improved its score from the previous year, moving up from 72 to 77 points, just one point away from receiving a platinum medal rating. The company is now in the 99th percentile of companies assessed by EcoVadis.
“The way Orion was able to jump five points in one year and reach the top 1% of companies shows how the many improvements we have made can add up to a big change,” Orion CEO Corning Painter said.
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We are so close to Platinum now and will continue to strive for that goal as we deliver sustainable solutions to our customers,” added Painter.
Orion’s most recent sustainability initiatives have included installing control equipment at its U.S. plants that is substantially reducing emissions. The company produces innovative products with pyrolysis oils from end-of-life tires and bio-circular feedstocks. Orion also plans to expand production of acetylene-based conducive additives for lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles.
Source: Orion Engineered Carbons