Employee Resource Groups & Inclusion Employee Resource Groups & Inclusion

Avient's commitment to the health and well-being of our employees, our customers, and our neighbors is second to none. Employee Resource Groups & Inclusion

Focused on making energy safe, reliable, efficient, productive and green, the Group’s 140,000 employees achieves sales of €24 billion in 2012. Guided by its Core Values, Sustainability Promise and No Surprises PledgeSM, PolyOne is committed to its customers, employees, communities and shareholders through ethical, sustainable and fiscally responsible principles.

Gordon Composites and Polystrand are exceptional businesses that were born and bred through entrepreneurial spirit, innovation and the hard work of dedicated employees over the last 60 plus years,” said Mike Gordon, chairman and president, Gordon Holdings, Inc.   I’m extremely pleased to have these two great businesses and their employees join the PolyOne team.   Guided by its Core Values, Sustainability Promise and No Surprises PledgeSM, PolyOne is committed to its customers, employees, communities and shareholders through ethical, sustainable and fiscally responsible principles.

Safety Performance: Avient achieved its best safety performance to date in 2024, with a Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of 0.40 per 100 employees We are proud of the progress we've made toward our 2030 sustainability goals, which are a testament to the dedication and passion of our global employees. We harness the collective strength of more than 9,000 employees worldwide to collaborate and build on each other’s ideas.

Newlin said, “PolyOne’s transformation has been an extraordinary and incredibly rewarding achievement – for our customers, employees and shareholders, as well as for me personally. Guided by its Core Values, Sustainability Promise and No Surprises PledgeSM, PolyOne is committed to its customers, employees, communities and shareholders through ethical, sustainable and fiscally responsible principles. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve the strategic and other objectives relating to the acquisition of Spartech Corporation, including any expected synergies; our ability to successfully integrate Spartech and achieve the expected results of the acquisition, including, without limitation, the acquisition being accretive; disruptions, uncertainty or volatility in the credit markets that could adversely impact the availability of credit already arranged and the availability and cost of credit in the future; the financial condition of our customers, including the ability of customers (especially those that may be highly leveraged and those with inadequate liquidity) to maintain their credit availability; the speed and extent of an economic recovery, including the recovery of the housing market; our ability to achieve new business gains; the effect on foreign operations of currency fluctuations, tariffs and other political, economic and regulatory risks; changes in polymer consumption growth rates where we conduct business; changes in global industry capacity or in the rate at which anticipated changes in industry capacity come online; fluctuations in raw material prices, quality and supply and in energy prices and supply; production outages or material costs associated with scheduled or unscheduled maintenance programs; unanticipated developments that could occur with respect to contingencies such as litigation and environmental matters; an inability to achieve or delays in achieving or achievement of less than the anticipated financial benefit from initiatives related to working capital reductions, cost reductions and employee productivity goals; an inability to raise or sustain prices for products or services; an inability to maintain appropriate relations with unions and employees; the inability to achieve expected results from our acquisition activities; our ability to continue to pay cash dividends; the amount and timing of repurchases of our common shares, if any; and other factors affecting our business beyond our control, including, without limitation, changes in the general economy, changes in interest rates and changes in the rate of inflation.

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exemplifies performance excellence through its commitment to the Responsible Care Guiding Principles, and its employees can be proud of the culture of continuous improvement in environmental, health, safety and security demonstrated in its recent certification." is committed to its customers, employees, communities and shareholders through ethical, sustainable and fiscally responsible principles.

All employees are required to complete annual web-based training, and we extend security controls to business partners. The Board and its Audit Committee actively oversee our enterprise risk assessment, with the Audit Committee receiving regular updates on cybersecurity threats, defense capabilities, incident response plans, and employee training activities.

All employees are required to complete annual web-based training, and we extend security controls to business partners. The Board and its Audit Committee actively oversee our enterprise risk assessment, with the Audit Committee receiving regular updates on cybersecurity threats, defense capabilities, incident response plans, and employee training activities.