Nymax™ PIR Post-Industrial Recycled Nylon Formulations offer high strength, durability and impact resistance, all while enabling landfill waste reduction of >21M pounds since 2016, by providing an alternative use for post- industrial reclaimed nylon*. The Impact The new materials also offer sustainability benefits over the product lifecycle through carbon footprint reductions compared to competitive materials—PK base resin production emits up to 61 percent less carbon dioxide (CO2) than nylon and POM. Source: Edgetek™ and LubriOne™ PKE Materials from Avient Replace Nylon and Acetal, Reduce Carbon Footprint HOME | Contents | Message from the CEO | Who We Are | People | Products | Planet | Performance | Metrics | IndexHOME | Contents | Message from the CEO | Who We Are | People | Products | Planet | Performance | Metrics | Index Sustainability Report | 2021 54Sustainability Report | 2021 54 https://www.avient.com/news/new-edgetek-and-lubrione-pke-materials-avient-replace-nylon-and-acetal-reduce-carbon-footprint Improving Quality of 100% Recycled PET (rPET) Content The Challenge PET packaging can be easily recycled, yet plastic packaging waste in landfills and oceans is increasing worldwide.

HIGHLIGHTS from 2023: Key Markets Key Customer Challenges • Meet aggressive sustainability goals • Develop strategies to minimize plastic waste • Increase post consumer recycle (PCR) utilization and PCR availability • Meet legislation requirements Avient Solutions & Services • Solutions enabling increased use of PCR content • Specialty solutions incorporating recycle and biobased content • PCR Color Predictive Service, enabling increased use of recycled content • Avient Design Services to enable circular solutions LEARN MORE Avient Sustainability RENEW Packaging Consumer Transportation 35-60% BIO-RENEWABLE CONTENT reSound™ BIO Thermoplastic Elastomers LEARN MORE 35% LOWER CARBON EMISSIONS ColorMatrix™ SmartHeat™ RHC PCR Performance Additives LEARN MORE EXPANDS PCR USAGE Design for Recycling CycleWorks™ Center for Mechanical Recycling LEARN MORE 60% Nymax™ REC Recycled Nylon Formulations LEARN MORE RECYCLE CONTENT ENABLES 100% PCR UTILIZATION Cesa™ Nox A4R Additives for Enhanced Recycling LEARN MORE BIOBASED FIBER ENABLING 10-20% LIGHTER WEIGHT SOLUTIONS Dyneema® SB301 Biobased UD Fiber LEARN MORE 85% PCR Color Prediction Service Winner: Innovation Award, Plastics Industry Association & Product Technology Innovation, Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2023 LEARN MORE OF CONSUMERS CHOOSE BASED ON COLOR 35-40% RECYCLED CONTENT reSound™ REC PCR TPE for Automotive Interiors LEARN MORE HOME | Contents | Message from the CEO | About Us | People | Products | Planet | Performance | Metrics | Index Sustainability Report | 2023 42Sustainability Report | 2023 42 https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability/sustainable-solutions-portfolio https://www.avient.com/products/thermoplastic-elastomers/resound-bio-thermoplastic-elastomers https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-additives/reheat-additives-pet/colormatrix-smartheat-rhc https://www.avient.com/resource-center/services/cycleworks-innovation-center-plastic-recycling https://www.avient.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/sustainable-formulations/nymax-rec-recycled-nylon-formulations https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-additives/antioxidant-additives https://www.dyneema.com/latest-news/dyneema-unveils-breakthrough-innovation https://www.avient.com/resource-center/services/avient-color-prediction-service https://www.avient.com/products/thermoplastic-elastomers/resound-rec-recycled-content-thermoplastic-elastomers REDUCE Avient’s portfolio of REDUCE solutions include design and materials solutions that enable customers to reduce weight, energy consumption and emissions. HIGHLIGHTS from 2023: Key Markets Key Customer Challenges • Improve fuel economy • Reduce energy consumption • Reduce carbon footprint • Lessening environmental impact Avient Solutions & Services • Specialty solutions designed to replace traditional materials (e.g. metal, wood) at lower weight • Alternative solutions to reduce emittance of volatile organic compounds • Lightweighting design and solutions to reduce material usage • Avient Design Services to reduce weight or energy consumption REDUCE Consumer Transportation Building & Construction 20% LESS MATERIAL Lightweight Dashboards Hydrocerol™ Chemical Foaming Agents LEARN MORE REDUCES VOCs SmartBatch™ FX for Body & Trim Paint Replacement LEARN MORE 59% Air Cargo Nets Bio-Based Dyneema® Fiber LEARN MORE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN Design for Lightweighting Avient Design Services LEARN MORE LESS WEIGHT 60% EV Connectors Edgetek™ PKE Non-Halogen Flame Retardant Formulations LEARN MORE40% LED Lighting Components Therma-Tech™ Thermally Conductive Formulations LEARN MORE LESS CO2 THAN NYLON LIGHTER THAN ALUMINUM LEARN MORE Avient Sustainability HOME | Contents | Message from the CEO | About Us | People | Products | Planet | Performance | Metrics | Index Sustainability Report | 2023 43Sustainability Report | 2023 43 https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-additives/foaming-agents/hydrocerol-chemical-foaming-agents https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-colorants/color-additive-combination-masterbatches/smartbatch-fx-paint-replacement-0 https://www.dyneema.com/sustainability/bio-based-dyneema-fiber https://www.avient.com/resource-center/services/avient-design https://www.avient.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/chemical-corrosion-resistant-formulations/edgetek-pke-polyketone-formulations https://www.avient.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/conductive-signal-radiation-shielding-formulations/therma-tech-thermally-conductive-formulations https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability/sustainable-solutions-portfolio PRESERVE Avient’s portfolio of PRESERVE sustainable solutions are designed to preserve natural resources like water, protect human health and safety, and enable sustainable infrastructure.

HIGHLIGHTS from 2023: Key Markets Key Customer Challenges • Meet aggressive sustainability goals • Develop strategies to minimize plastic waste • Increase post consumer recycle (PCR) utilization and PCR availability • Meet legislation requirements Avient Solutions & Services • Solutions enabling increased use of PCR content • Specialty solutions incorporating recycle and biobased content • PCR Color Predictive Service, enabling increased use of recycled content • Avient Design Services to enable circular solutions LEARN MORE Avient Sustainability RENEW Packaging Consumer Transportation 35-60% BIO-RENEWABLE CONTENT reSound™ BIO Thermoplastic Elastomers LEARN MORE 35% LOWER CARBON EMISSIONS ColorMatrix™ SmartHeat™ RHC PCR Performance Additives LEARN MORE EXPANDS PCR USAGE Design for Recycling CycleWorks™ Center for Mechanical Recycling LEARN MORE 60% Nymax™ REC Recycled Nylon Formulations LEARN MORE RECYCLE CONTENT ENABLES 100% PCR UTILIZATION Cesa™ Nox A4R Additives for Enhanced Recycling LEARN MORE BIOBASED FIBER ENABLING 10-20% LIGHTER WEIGHT SOLUTIONS Dyneema® SB301 Biobased UD Fiber LEARN MORE 85% PCR Color Prediction Service Winner: Innovation Award, Plastics Industry Association & Product Technology Innovation, Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2023 LEARN MORE OF CONSUMERS CHOOSE BASED ON COLOR 35-40% RECYCLED CONTENT reSound™ REC PCR TPE for Automotive Interiors LEARN MORE HOME | Contents | Message from the CEO | About Us | People | Products | Planet | Performance | Metrics | Index Sustainability Report | 2023 42Sustainability Report | 2023 42 https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability/sustainable-solutions-portfolio https://www.avient.com/products/thermoplastic-elastomers/resound-bio-thermoplastic-elastomers https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-additives/reheat-additives-pet/colormatrix-smartheat-rhc https://www.avient.com/resource-center/services/cycleworks-innovation-center-plastic-recycling https://www.avient.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/sustainable-formulations/nymax-rec-recycled-nylon-formulations https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-additives/antioxidant-additives https://www.dyneema.com/latest-news/dyneema-unveils-breakthrough-innovation https://www.avient.com/resource-center/services/avient-color-prediction-service https://www.avient.com/products/thermoplastic-elastomers/resound-rec-recycled-content-thermoplastic-elastomers REDUCE Avient’s portfolio of REDUCE solutions include design and materials solutions that enable customers to reduce weight, energy consumption and emissions. HIGHLIGHTS from 2023: Key Markets Key Customer Challenges • Improve fuel economy • Reduce energy consumption • Reduce carbon footprint • Lessening environmental impact Avient Solutions & Services • Specialty solutions designed to replace traditional materials (e.g. metal, wood) at lower weight • Alternative solutions to reduce emittance of volatile organic compounds • Lightweighting design and solutions to reduce material usage • Avient Design Services to reduce weight or energy consumption REDUCE Consumer Transportation Building & Construction 20% LESS MATERIAL Lightweight Dashboards Hydrocerol™ Chemical Foaming Agents LEARN MORE REDUCES VOCs SmartBatch™ FX for Body & Trim Paint Replacement LEARN MORE 59% Air Cargo Nets Bio-Based Dyneema® Fiber LEARN MORE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN Design for Lightweighting Avient Design Services LEARN MORE LESS WEIGHT 60% EV Connectors Edgetek™ PKE Non-Halogen Flame Retardant Formulations LEARN MORE40% LED Lighting Components Therma-Tech™ Thermally Conductive Formulations LEARN MORE LESS CO2 THAN NYLON LIGHTER THAN ALUMINUM LEARN MORE Avient Sustainability HOME | Contents | Message from the CEO | About Us | People | Products | Planet | Performance | Metrics | Index Sustainability Report | 2023 43Sustainability Report | 2023 43 https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-additives/foaming-agents/hydrocerol-chemical-foaming-agents https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-colorants/color-additive-combination-masterbatches/smartbatch-fx-paint-replacement-0 https://www.dyneema.com/sustainability/bio-based-dyneema-fiber https://www.avient.com/resource-center/services/avient-design https://www.avient.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/chemical-corrosion-resistant-formulations/edgetek-pke-polyketone-formulations https://www.avient.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/conductive-signal-radiation-shielding-formulations/therma-tech-thermally-conductive-formulations https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability/sustainable-solutions-portfolio PRESERVE Avient’s portfolio of PRESERVE sustainable solutions are designed to preserve natural resources like water, protect human health and safety, and enable sustainable infrastructure.

NEW at Avient In 2022, we launched new products and expanded applications for the healthcare market that continue to evolve our portfolio to include more sustainable options, including: Mevopur™ Healthcare Bio-Based Polymer Solutions are color and performance-enhancing additive solutions formulated with bio-based polymers for healthcare applications Mevopur™ Nucleation Additive Concentrates help produce thinner walls in polyolefin applications while maintaining mechanical properties and reduce Moisture Vapor Transmission Rate (MVTR) in HDPE Mevopur™ Chemical Foaming Agents (CFA) enable reduced material use, while meeting regulatory requirements for medical devices and pharmaceutical packaging REMAFIN™ EP White Colorants for Pharmaceutical Packaging designed for a range of pharmaceuticals, safeguarding light transmission while meeting regulatory requirements Trilliant™ HC Glass Filled Polyketone offers a lower carbon footprint alternative to nylon with excellent chemical resistance, high temperature performance, and good wear resistance Versaflex™ HC Thermoplastic Elastomers are formulated to meet demanding healthcare device and application challenges without phthalate plasticizers, including respiratory applications Application Highlight: Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Clamps The Challenge Develop an alternative to traditional nylon materials that meets dimensional stability, impact and wear resistance requirements, while enabling the customer to address consistency of supply and sustainability objectives. The Solution & Impact Avient’s newest Trilliant™ HC formulation not only provided improved chemical resistance over traditional nylon, it was developed a lower carbon footprint material. NEW at Avient In 2022, we expanded our portfolio of sustainable solutions, including: Complet™ REC solutions provide long fiber-reinforced composites are now available in recycled nylon and TPU formulations Polystrand™ R continuous fiber thermoplastic composites enables lighter weight reinforcement with recycled PET Edgetek™ PKE NHFR formulations are polyketone grades with non-halogen flame retardants specifically designed for electric vehicle components, including connectors Paint replacement technologies, including Artisan™ ABS portfolio and Molded-In Color Metallic Hydrocerol™ Chemical Foaming Agents enable reduced part weight without compromising performance Automotive OEM Lowers Carbon Footprint With Avient The Challenge An automotive OEM was looking to increase the use of sustainable materials for various vehicle parts in order to make progress towards achieving their sustainability goals and net zero emissions targets.

NYMAX™ AND BERGAMID™ RECLAIMED NYLON FORMULATIONS offer high strength, durability and impact resistance, all while enabling landfill waste reduction of >21M pounds since 2016, by providing an alternative use for post-industrial reclaimed nylon*.

Nymax™ nylon substrate and Versaflex™ TPE overmold combine to deliver structural integrity and comfort for archery OEM

Nymax™ nylon substrate and Versaflex™ TPE overmold combine to deliver structural integrity and comfort for archery OEM

In addition, certain raw materials such as nylon 6/6 and fluoropolymers continue to be in short supply."

Nymax™ nylon substrate and Versaflex™ TPE overmold combine to deliver structural integrity and comfort for archery OEM

HIGHLIGHTS from 2023: Key Markets Key Customer Challenges • Meet aggressive sustainability goals • Develop strategies to minimize plastic waste • Increase post consumer recycle (PCR) utilization and PCR availability • Meet legislation requirements Avient Solutions & Services • Solutions enabling increased use of PCR content • Specialty solutions incorporating recycle and biobased content • PCR Color Predictive Service, enabling increased use of recycled content • Avient Design Services to enable circular solutions LEARN MORE Avient Sustainability RENEW Packaging Consumer Transportation 35-60% BIO-RENEWABLE CONTENT reSound™ BIO Thermoplastic Elastomers LEARN MORE 35% LOWER CARBON EMISSIONS ColorMatrix™ SmartHeat™ RHC PCR Performance Additives LEARN MORE EXPANDS PCR USAGE Design for Recycling CycleWorks™ Center for Mechanical Recycling LEARN MORE 60% Nymax™ REC Recycled Nylon Formulations LEARN MORE RECYCLE CONTENT ENABLES 100% PCR UTILIZATION Cesa™ Nox A4R Additives for Enhanced Recycling LEARN MORE BIOBASED FIBER ENABLING 10-20% LIGHTER WEIGHT SOLUTIONS Dyneema® SB301 Biobased UD Fiber LEARN MORE 85% PCR Color Prediction Service Winner: Innovation Award, Plastics Industry Association & Product Technology Innovation, Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2023 LEARN MORE OF CONSUMERS CHOOSE BASED ON COLOR 35-40% RECYCLED CONTENT reSound™ REC PCR TPE for Automotive Interiors LEARN MORE HOME | Contents | Message from the CEO | About Us | People | Products | Planet | Performance | Metrics | Index Sustainability Report | 2023 42Sustainability Report | 2023 42 https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability/sustainable-solutions-portfolio https://www.avient.com/products/thermoplastic-elastomers/resound-bio-thermoplastic-elastomers https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-additives/reheat-additives-pet/colormatrix-smartheat-rhc https://www.avient.com/resource-center/services/cycleworks-innovation-center-plastic-recycling https://www.avient.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/sustainable-formulations/nymax-rec-recycled-nylon-formulations https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-additives/antioxidant-additives https://www.dyneema.com/latest-news/dyneema-unveils-breakthrough-innovation https://www.avient.com/resource-center/services/avient-color-prediction-service https://www.avient.com/products/thermoplastic-elastomers/resound-rec-recycled-content-thermoplastic-elastomers REDUCE Avient’s portfolio of REDUCE solutions include design and materials solutions that enable customers to reduce weight, energy consumption and emissions. HIGHLIGHTS from 2023: Key Markets Key Customer Challenges • Improve fuel economy • Reduce energy consumption • Reduce carbon footprint • Lessening environmental impact Avient Solutions & Services • Specialty solutions designed to replace traditional materials (e.g. metal, wood) at lower weight • Alternative solutions to reduce emittance of volatile organic compounds • Lightweighting design and solutions to reduce material usage • Avient Design Services to reduce weight or energy consumption REDUCE Consumer Transportation Building & Construction 20% LESS MATERIAL Lightweight Dashboards Hydrocerol™ Chemical Foaming Agents LEARN MORE REDUCES VOCs SmartBatch™ FX for Body & Trim Paint Replacement LEARN MORE 59% Air Cargo Nets Bio-Based Dyneema® Fiber LEARN MORE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN Design for Lightweighting Avient Design Services LEARN MORE LESS WEIGHT 60% EV Connectors Edgetek™ PKE Non-Halogen Flame Retardant Formulations LEARN MORE40% LED Lighting Components Therma-Tech™ Thermally Conductive Formulations LEARN MORE LESS CO2 THAN NYLON LIGHTER THAN ALUMINUM LEARN MORE Avient Sustainability HOME | Contents | Message from the CEO | About Us | People | Products | Planet | Performance | Metrics | Index Sustainability Report | 2023 43Sustainability Report | 2023 43 https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-additives/foaming-agents/hydrocerol-chemical-foaming-agents https://www.avient.com/products/polymer-colorants/color-additive-combination-masterbatches/smartbatch-fx-paint-replacement-0 https://www.dyneema.com/sustainability/bio-based-dyneema-fiber https://www.avient.com/resource-center/services/avient-design https://www.avient.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/chemical-corrosion-resistant-formulations/edgetek-pke-polyketone-formulations https://www.avient.com/products/engineered-polymer-formulations/conductive-signal-radiation-shielding-formulations/therma-tech-thermally-conductive-formulations https://www.avient.com/company/sustainability/sustainable-solutions-portfolio PRESERVE Avient’s portfolio of PRESERVE sustainable solutions are designed to preserve natural resources like water, protect human health and safety, and enable sustainable infrastructure.