Our Sustainability Strategy Sustainability is integral to achieving Avient’s vision, mission and performance. Execution of our sustainability strategy is essential to achieving our mission and vision. Mission To create a community at Avient that supports and provides resources for caregivers and working parents, empowering them to thrive personally and professionally.

While led by women, the initiative is all- inclusive—everyone is encouraged to participate, learn, improve skills sets, and advance our mission. The mission of the Alliance is clear: develop, accelerate, and deploy solutions, catalyze public and private investment, and engage communities to help end plastic waste in the environment. In addition, numerous leaders in our company serve on non-profit Boards of Trustees, helping them toward sustainability in their operations and mission to serve.

While led by women, the initiative is all- inclusive—everyone is encouraged to participate, learn, improve skills sets, and advance our mission. The mission of the Alliance is clear: develop, accelerate, and deploy solutions, catalyze public and private investment, and engage communities to help end plastic waste in the environment. In addition, numerous leaders in our company serve on non-profit Boards of Trustees, helping them toward sustainability in their operations and mission to serve.

AEPW’s mission is to develop, deploy and bring to scale solutions that help end plastic waste and promote solutions for used plastics, including reuse, recovery and recycling plastic to keep it out of the environment.

Our Sustainability Strategy Sustainability is integral to achieving Avient’s vision, mission and performance. Execution of our sustainability strategy is essential to achieving our mission and vision. Mission To create a community at Avient that supports and provides resources for caregivers and working parents, empowering them to thrive personally and professionally.

We also established a Sustainability Council that is global in reach, impassioned in its work and has the overarching mission to enable our customers’ sustainability goals.

Avient Corporation 19 Sustainability is integral to achieving our vision, mission, and performance that: • creates a safe and accepting environment that empowers associates to perform to their fullest potential • gives back to the communities where we work and live • enables customers to innovate solutions that help make the planet more sustainable • protects the environment by addressing climate change, conserving natural resources and preventing pollution • actively manages risk for investors & yields financial performance Avient Corporation 20 EXTERNAL ALIGNMENT DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN OUR CULTURE Avient Corporation 21 MEGATRENDS OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS Advancements in Technology Transformation of Municipalities Lifestyle Refresh Rethinking Globalization Evolution of Healthcare Avient Corporation 22 SUSTAINABILITY TRENDS DRIVING AVIENT’S GROWTH Changes in consumer behavior driven by climate change & desire to reduce plastics waste Consumers seeking to buy more sustainable products from more sustainable companies Brand owner and retailer demand to meet sustainability targets & needs Rising emphasis on preserving and protecting natural resources & human life Increased current and pending government legislation and regulations CONSUMERS WANT SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS Source: Simon Kucher 2022 Avient Corporation 23 85% Consider sustainability when they purchase 60% Rate sustainability as a key criterion in purchasing decisions 34% Are willing to pay more for sustainable products 25% Average premium consumers are willing to pay for sustainable products PURPOSE-DRIVEN CONSUMERS NOW LARGEST SEGMENT Source: IBM / National Retail Federation 2022 Avient Corporation 24 “Purpose-driven consumers seek products and brands that align with their values and provide health and wellness benefits.

Patricia Verduin HOME | Contents | Message from the CEO | About Us | People | Products | Planet | Performance | Metrics | Index Sustainability Report | 2022 4 https://www.avient.com/company/policies-and-governance/code-conduct https://www.avient.com/company/policies-and-governance/avients-position-human-rights https://www.avient.com/company/policies-and-governance/avients-position-human-rights https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-01/Corporate%20Governance%20Guidelines%20REV%202022.pdf Our Sustainability Strategy Sustainability is integral to achieving Avient’s vision, mission and performance. Our sustainability strategy—People, Products, Planet, Performance—is essential to achieving our mission and vision, and our associates are actively engaged and passionate about driving our strategy forward. In addition, we contributed to numerous non-profit organizations where our leaders sit on boards of trustees, helping them advance sustainability in their operations and missions to serve.

More frequently than quarterly Other, please specify Sustainability Council Other, please specify The ultimate goal of our Sustainability Council is to drive sustainable performance aligned with Avient’s mission and 4P cornerstones (People, Products, Planet and Performance), with a focus on Product and Planet. The Operating Council is responsible for oversight of the Sustainability Council, whose charter provides that its ultimate goal is to drive sustainable performance aligned with Avient’s mission and its 4P Strategy, with a focus on Product and Planet. We are not attempting to influence their position State the trade association’s position on climate change, explain where your organization’s position differs, and how you are attempting to influence their position (if applicable) Avient CDP Climate Change Questionnaire 2022 Friday, July 29, 2022 116 Avient believes in and supports the UNGC’s mission that states that a global movement of sustainable companies and stakeholders can mobilize together to do business responsibly by aligning their strategies and operations with UNGC’s Ten Principles on human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption, as well as the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with an emphasis on collaboration and innovation.

More frequently than quarterly Other, please specify Sustainability Council Other, please specify The ultimate goal of our Sustainability Council is to drive sustainable performance aligned with Avient’s mission and 4P cornerstones (People, Products, Planet and Performance), with a focus on Product and Planet. The Operating Council is responsible for oversight of the Sustainability Council, whose charter provides that its ultimate goal is to drive sustainable performance aligned with Avient’s mission and its 4P Strategy, with a focus on Product and Planet. ii.