THE
WOODLANDS, Texas, July 21,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN)
has published its 2021 corporate sustainability report titled,
"Brightening the Horizon: Enabling Sustainability," on its website
at Huntsman.com/sustainability. The interactive HTML report
highlights many of the ways Huntsman products offer critical
solutions to today's most pressing sustainability challenges.
"As a chemical manufacturer and solutions provider, Huntsman's
sustainability journey starts within our own operations. However,
the impact our products have toward enabling a carbon-neutral
society tells a much bigger story," said Brittany Benko, Senior Vice President of
Environmental, Health, Safety and Manufacturing Excellence and
Corporate Sustainability Officer for Huntsman. "Our solutions make
homes and buildings more energy efficient, reduce fuel demand for
transportation on the ground and in the sky, enable alternative
energy solutions, increase the durability of materials to reduce
waste, and make our customers' processes more energy and water
efficient. In a word, we are enabling sustainability."
Highlights from the report include:
- 55% collective progress on Huntsman's near-term Horizon 2025
targets
- 65% improvement in water usage in water-stressed areas
- 40% reduction in overall emissions intensity rate since
2019
- 750 million tons of lifetime emissions avoided each year
through our innovative emissions-reducing solutions
New to the 2021 Sustainability Report, Huntsman discloses
against the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
(TCFD), further improving the quality of its disclosures in
accordance with both the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the
Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) frameworks.
Limited assurance has been provided by a third party for
operational greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 and Scope 2) and
water consumption.
About Huntsman:
Huntsman Corporation is a publicly
traded global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated and
specialty chemicals with 2020 revenues of approximately
$6 billion. Our chemical products
number in the thousands and are sold worldwide to manufacturers
serving a broad and diverse range of consumer and industrial end
markets. We operate more than 70 manufacturing, R&D and
operations facilities in approximately 30 countries and employ
approximately 9,000 associates within our four distinct business
divisions. For more information about Huntsman, please visit the
company's website at www.huntsman.com.
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Forward-Looking Statements:
Certain information in
this release constitutes forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements are
based on management's current beliefs and expectations. The
forward-looking statements in this release are subject to
uncertainty and changes in circumstances and involve risks and
uncertainties that may affect the company's operations, markets,
products, services, prices and other factors as discussed under the
caption "Risk Factors" in the Huntsman companies' filings with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Significant risks and
uncertainties may relate to, but are not limited to, volatile
global economic conditions, cyclical and volatile product markets,
disruptions in production at manufacturing facilities,
reorganization or restructuring of Huntsman's operations, including
any delay of, or other negative developments affecting the ability
to implement cost reductions, timing of proposed transactions, and
manufacturing optimization improvements in Huntsman businesses and
realize anticipated cost savings, and other financial, economic,
competitive, environmental, political, legal, regulatory and
technological factors. The company assumes no obligation to provide
revisions to any forward-looking statements should circumstances
change, except as otherwise required by applicable laws.
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