JOHN MIDEA Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Process Improvement John Midea is Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Process Improvement at Avient Corporation, an innovator of materials solutions that help customers succeed while enabling a sustainable world. Midea joined Avient in February 2015 and leads the company’s award-winning global operational excellence initiatives, including manufacturing process improvement, environmental health and safety, global sourcing and logistics, Lean Six Sigma training and deployment, and acquisition integration. Avient Corporation • 33587 Walker Road • Avon Lake, Ohio 44012 • 440.930.1000 • www.avient.com

Beggs is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Avient Corporation, an innovator of materials solutions that help customers succeed while enabling a sustainable world. Beggs joined Avient in August 2020 and has more than 20 years of experience in finance and business leadership roles in both public and private organizations with an emphasis on specialty materials and diverse end markets. Avient Corporation • 33587 Walker Road • Avon Lake, Ohio 44012 • 440.930.1000 • www.avient.com

The CEO also approved the setting of Avient’s 2030 Sustainability Goals. Board-level committee Avient’s Board recently collectively reviewed its role, and the roles of the Avient Board Committees, in sustainability and ESG. Yes, achieving this target will support Avient's achievement of Abs1.

Avient CDP Climate Change Questionnaire 2022 Friday, July 29, 2022 2 In all of its activities, Avient puts high emphasis on environmental protection and safety. Board-level committee Avient’s Board recently collectively reviewed its role, and the roles of the Avient Board Committees, in sustainability and ESG. Avient is fully aligned with the ACC’s position on climate.

SAFETY & HEALTH POLICY Avient Corporation believes that safety and health are the highest corporate priority. Avient strives to be the industry leader in safety and health by setting aggressive goals, measuring performance, and making necessary adjustments. Each Avient associate’s responsibility is to give the highest priority to safety and health, both on and off the job.

AVIENT RESPONSIBLE CARE POLICY Avient Corporation conducts its operations in a manner that is protective of the environment, and the health, safety and security of associates, customers, and all our stakeholders, including the communities in which we operate. It is Avient’s expectation that our stakeholders be equally committed to environmental responsibility. Each Avient associate’s responsibility is to give the highest priority to safety and health, both on and off the job.

Avient urges all shareholders to vote their proxies so that they can participate in the decisions at the annual meeting. Avient Stock Performance The following is a graph that compares the cumulative total shareholder returns for Avient’s common shares, the S&P 500 index and the S&P Mid Cap Chemicals index, with dividends assumed to be reinvested when received. President and Chief Executive Officer, Avient Corporation Committee: 3 Sandra B.

Patterson, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Avient Corporation. http://www.avient.com/investors 2 About Avient Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT), with expected 2021 revenues of $4.75 billion, provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. To access Avient’s news library online, please visit www.avient.com/news.

Patterson, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Avient Corporation. Beggs, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Avient Corporation. Senior management believes these measures are useful to investors because they allow for comparison to Avient's performance in prior periods without the effect of items that, by their nature, tend to obscure Avient's operating results due to the potential variability across periods based on timing, frequency and magnitude.

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Avient Announces Registration Details for 2023 Sustainability Day CLEVELAND – August 28, 2023 – Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT), a leading provider of specialized and sustainable material solutions, has announced registration details for a virtual Sustainability Day for investment professionals on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, from 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Avient serves a unique role in enabling the sustainability goals of our customers through the application of material science in nearly every end market,” said Jamie A. Beggs, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Avient Corporation.