Chemours Demonstrates Progress On Sustainability Efforts – Covering the Printing Inks, Coatings and Allied Industries – Ink World – Ink World Magazine

The Chemours Company announced strong progress towards achieving its long-term sus-tainability goals with the launch of its annual Corporate Responsibility Commitment (CRC) report.

This year's report lays out the work Chemours is doing around the world to deliver against its ten ambitious goals that relate to three pillarsInspired People, Shared Planet, and Evolved Portfolioand map to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).

This year's report, titled "Resilient and Responsible," is based on Chemours' 2020 achievements while operating through a challenging year in which the world was rocked by the COVID-19 global pandemic. It highlights actions by the company's 6,500 employ-ees to operate safely and supply essential chemistry during the pandemic, the introduc-tion of a more ambitious climate goal, expanded actions to foster an even more inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace, as well as continued support for the communities and organizations where the company operates.

I'm proud of the progress our team continues to make while delivering our essential chemistry to the world responsibly," said Mark Newman, president and chief executive officer of Chemours.

Select report highlights from the company's 2020 operations include: Continued progress toward achieving the company's goal to reduce air and water pro-cess emissions of fluorinated organic compounds by 99% or more by 2030. Published the award-winning EVOLVE 2030 methodology and deployed it to evaluate 40% of the product portfolio with 37.5% of the company's revenue coming from offerings that make a specific contribution to the UN SDGs. Released an enhanced emissions reduction goal, committing to reduce scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by an absolute 60% by 2030, putting Chemours on a path to net-zero by 2050. Expanded the Future of Chemistry Scholarship (FOCS) globally and into an industry-wide initiative, the Future of STEM Scholars Initiative (FOSSI), supporting underrepre-sented communities pursuing STEM degrees through scholarships, internships, and lead-ership development. Established the Chemours COVID-19 Community Relief Fund to help protect the safety and health of local communities where Chemours operates. To date, the Fund has sup-ported over 140,000 people in the US alone.

"Four years into our sustainability journey, and in a year of great challenge, we continue to demonstrate that we are a resilient and responsible industry leader," said Sheryl Tel-ford, chief sustainability officer and VP of environment, health and safety for Chemours. "We are conscious of our impact on the world and unafraid of pushing ourselves to achieve more."

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