https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-10/Avient CDP Climate Change %26 Water Submission 20241001.pdf
Both these targets
form a part of Avient’s climate transition plan.
Department of Energy’s Better Plants Program.
Department of Energy’s Better
Plants Program.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2021-09/cai-biopolymers-brochure-2021.pdf
The agricultural
market is looking to biopolymers as a new
solution to lower environmental impact, while
the packaging sector is turning to biopolymers
since compostability can be seen as beneficial
when compared to reuse and other forms of
packaging recovery.
The pigments and ingredients contained in Avient’s
bio colorants have been tested in independent
laboratories who assessed the compliancy of those
materials according to standard EN 13432 for
content of heavy metals, and toxicity to plants.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2020-08/colormatrix-joule-fast-reheat-dispersions-tech-bulletin-a4.pdf
Joule additive is available as a 10% concentrated
dispersion, made up solely of 10% active
component with 90% PET grade mono ethylene
glycol (MEG).
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2021-06/avient-ir-presentation-may-2021-w-non-gaap-recs.pdf
You are advised to consult any further disclosures we make
on related subjects in our reports on Form 10-Q, 8-K and 10-K that we provide to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
It’s in this spirit that we joined legacy PolyOne and the Clariant Masterbatch business,
two complementary businesses, and formed a new one that we’ve named Avient.
Reduce Scope 1 & 2 greenhouse gas
emissions by 35%.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/resources/PolyOne_English-Thai_Terms_and_Conditions.pdf
Buyer must give Seller written notice of the
existence of each claim involving the Product
(whether based in contract, breach of warranty,
negligence, strict liability, other tort or
otherwise) within the earlier of thirty (30) days
after receipt of the quantity of the Product
forming the basis for the claim or applicable
shelf-life expiration, if any.
Either party may suspend
performance hereunder (except to pay for the
Product already received) in the event of: (1)
acts of God, fire, explosion, flood, earthquake,
storms, or other natural disasters; (2) strikes,
lockouts or other industrial disturbances or
riots; (3) war, declared or undeclared, or acts
of terrorism; (4) compliance with any
governmental, provincial, municipal or
military law, regulation, order, or rule, foreign
or domestic, including priority, rationing,
allocation or preemption orders or regulations,
or cancellation of Seller’s or Buyer’s license to
operate its plant; (5) catastrophic failure of
facilities used to manufacture the Product,
interruption or shortage of transportation,
labor, power, fuel or raw materials; (6) total or
partial shutdown due to Seller’s plant
turnaround resulting from Items (1)-(5) above;
or (7) any other cause or causes of any kind or
character reasonably outside the control of the
party failing to perform, whether similar or
dissimilar from the enumerated causes (a
“force majeure”).
No modification or addition to
this contract shall occur by the
acknowledgment or acceptance by Seller of a
purchase order, acknowledgment, release or
other form submitted by Buyer containing
additional or different terms or conditions, and
Seller hereby gives Buyer notice of the
rejection of such additional terms and
conditions.
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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 realize anticipated savings and operational benefits from the realignment of assets, including the closure of manufacturing facilities;
The timing of closings and shifts of production to new facilities related to asset realignments and any unforeseen loss of customers and/or disruptions of
service or quality caused by such closings and/or production shifts;
Separation and severance amounts that differ from original estimates;
Amounts for non-cash charges related to asset write-offs and accelerated depreciation realignments of property, plant and equipment, that differ from
original estimates;
Our ability to identify and evaluate acquisition targets and consummate acquisitions;
The ability to successfully integrate acquired companies into our operations, retain the management teams of acquired companies, retain relationships
with customers of acquired companies, and achieve the expected results of such acquisitions, including whether such businesses will be accretive to our
earnings;
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 and laws and regulations regarding the disposal of plastic in jurisdictions 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;
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
You are advised to
consult any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our reports on Form 10-Q, 8-K and 10-K that we provide to the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
1) Special items include charges related to specific strategic initiatives or financial restructuring such as: consolidation of operations; debt extinguishment costs; costs incurred directly in relation to acquisitions or divestitures; employee separation costs resulting from
personnel reduction programs, plant realignment costs, executive separation agreements; asset impairments; mark-to-market adjustments associated with actuarial gains and losses on pension and other post-retirement benefit plans; environmental remediation
costs, fines, penalties and related insurance recoveries related to facilities no longer owned or closed in prior years; gains and losses on the divestiture of operating businesses, joint ventures and equity investments; gains and losses on facility or property sales or
disposals; results of litigation, fines or penalties, where such litigation (or action relating to the fines or penalties) arose prior to the commencement of the performance period; one-time, non-recurring items; the effect of changes in accounting principles or other
such laws or provisions affecting reported results and tax adjustments.
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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 realize anticipated savings and operational benefits from the realignment of assets, including the closure of manufacturing facilities;
The timing of closings and shifts of production to new facilities related to asset realignments and any unforeseen loss of customers and/or disruptions of
service or quality caused by such closings and/or production shifts;
Separation and severance amounts that differ from original estimates;
Amounts for non-cash charges related to asset write-offs and accelerated depreciation realignments of property, plant and equipment, that differ from
original estimates;
Our ability to identify and evaluate acquisition targets and consummate acquisitions;
The ability to successfully integrate acquired companies into our operations, retain the management teams of acquired companies, retain relationships
with customers of acquired companies, and achieve the expected results of such acquisitions, including whether such businesses will be accretive to our
earnings;
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 strength and timing of economic recoveries;
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 and laws and regulations regarding the disposal of plastic in jurisdictions 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;
Information systems failures and cyber attacks;
An inability to maintain appropriate relations with unions and employees;
Our ability to continue to pay regular cash dividends and the amounts and timing of any future 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
You are advised to
consult any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our reports on Form 10-Q, 8-K and 10-K that we provide to the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
1) Special items include charges related to specific strategic initiatives or financial restructuring such as: consolidation of operations; debt extinguishment costs; costs incurred directly in relation to acquisitions or divestitures; employee separation costs resulting from
personnel reduction programs, plant realignment costs, executive separation agreements; asset impairments; mark-to-market adjustments associated with actuarial gains and losses on pension and other post-retirement benefit plans; environmental remediation
costs, fines, penalties and related insurance recoveries related to facilities no longer owned or closed in prior years; gains and losses on the divestiture of operating businesses, joint ventures and equity investments; gains and losses on facility or property sales or
disposals; results of litigation, fines or penalties, where such litigation (or action relating to the fines or penalties) arose prior to the commencement of the performance period; one-time, non-recurring items; the effect of changes in accounting principles or other
such laws or provisions affecting reported results and tax adjustments.
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Buyer must give Seller
written notice of the existence of each claim involving the Product (whether
based in contract, breach of warranty, negligence, strict liability, other tort or
otherwise) as soon as possible, however not later than within ten (10) days after
receipt of the quantity of the Product forming the basis for the claim; a failure by
Buyer to give such written notice within the applicable time constraint will
constitute an absolute and unconditional waiver of all such claims irrespective of
whether Buyer has discovered the facts giving rise to such claim, or whether
further processing, manufacture, other use or resale of such Product has actually
occurred.
FORCE MAJEURE
Either party may suspend performance hereunder (except to pay for the Product
already received) in the event of: (1) acts of God, fire explosion, flood,
hurricanes; (2) strikes, lockouts or other industrial disturbances or riots; (3) war,
declared or undeclared; (4) compliance with any applicable law, regulation,
order, or rule, foreign or domestic, including but not limited to, export license
restrictions, priority, rationing, allocation or preemption orders or regulations, or
cancellation of Seller's or Buyer's license to operate its manufacturing facilities;
(5) shortage or other failure of facilities used for manufacture or transportation,
shortage of labor, power, fuel or raw materials; (6) total or partial shutdown due
to Seller's normal plant turnaround; or (7) any other cause or causes of any kind
or character reasonably outside the control of the party failing to perform,
whether similar or dissimilar from the enumerated causes (a "force majeure").
No modification or addition to these
Terms and Conditions shall occur by the acknowledgment, release or other form
submitted by Buyer containing additional or different terms or conditions, and
Seller hereby gives Buyer notice of the rejection of such additional terms and
conditions.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-03/Global Supplier Quality Manual_2024.pdf
The supplier should complete the QF-05 Supplier Self Assessment Audit Form (DOC-03818) to
demonstrate quality conformance and accept Avient’s Supplier Change Notification.
Should the need arise to return any purchased material, the supplier shall provide
Avient the required authorization for prompt material return.
4.3 Contingency / Disaster Recovery Plan
Suppliers shall have and maintain a contingency plan or disaster recovery plan for potential
catastrophes that may disrupt the flow of products to Avient plants.
This document is property of Avient
Corporation and may not be reproduced or communicated to third parties without authorization.
6.0 References
Document Title Description
IATF 16949 Automotive Quality Standard
ISO 9001 International Quality Standard
ISO 13485 Healthcare Quality Standard
QF-05 Supplier Self-Assessment Audit Form
QS-05 Control of External Providers Procedure
7.0 Definitions and Acronyms
Term Definition
Audit Examination and evaluation of an organization’s
products and processes
CAPA Corrective Action Preventive Action: Evaluation
process used to eliminate the cause of a non-
conformance or issue
COA Certificate of Analysis
Containment Isolation of nonconforming material to prevent the
shipment of product, and measures taken to prevent
the manufacture of additional product containing the
non-conformance
Corrective Action Actions taken to eliminate the causes of a
nonconformance to prevent recurrence
External Provider Term referenced in ISO 9001.
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Protection from Retaliation
Retaliation in any form against an employee who has, in
good faith, reported a violation or possible violation of
this Policy is strictly prohibited.
Always adhere
to the principles of honesty, frankness and forthrightness
in the sale of the Company’s products, including the
advertising and promotion of those products.
17.
Avient personnel should always consider foreign
legislation and regulations in the antitrust area.