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— Richard Fearon, Lead Director,
PolyOne Corporation, Board of Directors
2020
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Environmental Data
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Environmental Data*
Category 2016 2017 2018 Change from
2016
Energy
Total Energy (MWh) 756,838 817,877 863,614 14.1%
Energy Intensity (MWh/MT Production) 1.26 1.10 1.11 -12.2%
Percent Energy—Purchased Electricity (%) 41.31
Percent Energy—Natural Gas (%) 14.55
Percent Energy—Purchased Steam (%) 43.85
Percent Energy—Diesel Fuel (%) 0.28
Emissions
Greenhouse Gas Emissions (MT Scope 1 & 2 CO2e) 254,995 275,811 288,436 13.1%
Greenhouse Gas Emissions (MT Scope 1 CO2e) 21,211 21,546 23,439 10.5%
Greenhouse Gas Emissions (MT Scope 2 CO2e) 233,784 254,265 264,997 13.4%
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensity
(MT Scope 1 & 2 CO2/ MT Produced) 0.43 0.37 0.37 -13.0%
Reportable Releases (above permitted limits) 0 0 0 0.0%
Waste
Total Waste (MT) 18,449 19,037 18,465 0.1%
Total Waste Intensity (Kg Waste/MT Production) 9.71 9.49 8.35 -14.1%
Percent of Total Waste Recycled/
Beneficially Reused (%) 66.37 61.26 63.75 -3.9%
Percent of Total Waste Landfilled (%) 31.52 37.17 34.53 9.5%
Water
Total Water Withdrawal (M m3) 1,316 1,609 1,505 14.4%
Total Water Withdrawal Intensity
(m3/MT Production) 2.18 2.15 2.01 -7.8%
* Includes updated data as originally estimated in the 2018 Annual Report
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1.
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EBITDA, free cash floff w, free cash flow with or without specific capital expenditure target or
range, including or excluding divestments and/or acquisitions, total cash floff w, cash flow in excess of cost of
capital or residual cash floff w or cash flow return on investment);
• Returns (e.g., Profitsff or Cash Flow returns on: assets, invested capital, net capital employed, sales, and
equity);
• Working Capital (e.g., working capital divided by sales, days’ sales outstanding, days’ sales inventory, and
days’ sales in payables);
• Profit Margins (e.g., Profits divided by revenues, gross margins and material margins divided by revenues,
and material margin divided by sales pounds);
• Liquidity Measures (e.g., debt-to-capital, debt-to-EBITDA, total debt ratio);
• Sales Growth, Gross Margin Growth, Cost Initiative and Stock Price Metrics (e.g., revenues, revenue growth,
revenue growth by targeted country, region or end market, gross margin and gross margin growth, material
margin and material margin growth, stock price appreciation, total return to shareholders, sales and
administrative costs divided by sales, and sales and administrative costs divided by profits); and
• Strategic Initiative Key Deliverable Metrics consisting of one or more of the folff lowing: product development,
strategic partnering, research and development, vitality index, market penetration, geographic business
expansion goals, cost targets, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, management of employment
practices (including succession planning and talent development) and employee benefitsff , supervision of
litigation and inforff mation technology, and goals or synergies relating to acquisitions or divestitures of
subsidiaries, affiliates and joint ventures.
w) “Perforff mance Period” means, in respect of a Cash Incentive Award, Perforff mance
Share or Performance Unit, a period of time established pursuant to Section 8 of this Plan within which the
Management Objectives relating to such Cash Incentive Award, Perforff mance Share or Perforff mance Unit are
to be achieved.