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Community Service & Charitable Contributions

Avient’s long-standing dedication to community engagement is integral to our culture. In a challenging year like 2022, our associates continued to prioritize making a meaningful difference in the communities we serve.

They demonstrated unquestionable service and empathy for others by volunteering their time, talents, and treasures to support local organizations and causes worldwide. 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.

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Global Giving

United Way remains our most significant philanthropic endeavor, and our associates continue to give generously every year. We have raised over $19 million for United Way chapters throughout North America since 2007. In 2022, we expanded these efforts with our first Global Giving campaign. We partnered with local leaders to identify areas of need and support communities where we operate through donations and volunteering. As our Global Giving theme states, we undoubtedly did Give, Serve and Inspire. We remain committed to our ongoing efforts to create a positive social impact and help build strong, resilient communities. Last year, over 2,600 Avient associates participated in our inaugural Global Giving campaign, serving more than 100 communities and benefitting 70 non-profit and charity organizations around the world. We volunteered more than 8,200 hours to initiatives ranging from mentorship programs to environmental cleanups and fundraising events.

Political Contributions

Avient does not fund political parties or members of government. In the United States, employees at Avient have made use of their right to establish a Political Action Committee (PAC), which is a voluntary, federally registered employee association that collects donations for political purposes and decides how these are used, in accordance with U.S. law. The Avient PAC Committee, comprised of Avient PAC Members, meets, discusses key topics and decides the annual budget. Avient PAC aligns with candidates who support laws and regulations consistent with sustainable business practices and Avient’s interests, represent a state or district where an Avient facility is located and/or are active members or leadership of key committees/positions. Our discussions with legislators provide awareness on Avient’s role and contributions to the science that enables sustainability and a circular economy, as well as the importance of maintaining a cost and regulatory environment that allows companies to best operate, invest and grow. In 2022, Avient PAC contributed $9,500 to federal candidates in the U.S. and $15,000 to state candidates in Ohio. No political contributions are made outside the U.S. Avient PAC’s Federal Election Commission filings, including listings of contributions, are publicly available at www.fec.gov. State of Ohio filings and contributions are publicly available at www.ohiosos.gov.

Community Engagement

Stepping Up to Meet Local Needs
Our teams in Bangkok and Phan Thong, Thailand, organized an event to support the local Lorenzo Child Center. There was an outpouring of support for this activity among the teams as dozens of associates rushed to participate, performing various tasks to help refurbish the community center, such as planting, cutting grass, and painting the children’s playground.

Making Rania Greener
Avient associates from our site in Rania, India, put their passion for sustainability to work, by restoring natural resources, planting more than 100 trees and herbal shrubs during our Tree Plantation Drive. Participating associates were motivated to lead by example, inspiring their colleagues and neighbors to be environmentally conscious.

Upcycling Plastic for Children with Cancer
Associates in Santo Amaro, Itupeva, and Suzano, Brazil, launched a sustainability challenge for the collection of PET bottles and plastic caps. The recovered bottles were donated to the non-profit organization Fios Encantados to turn the PET material into wigs for children with cancer. Also, the caps benefitted 40 elderly dogs sheltered by Humanimal, a non-profit that sells recycled items to save canines.

Preserving Valued Community Resources
In partnership with United Way, Avient associates organized a cleanup event to remove trash from Turkey Creek in Birmingham, Alabama. During the activity, the team collected over 200 pounds of rubbish from the creek banks and donated new parking signs to improve this valued community resource. In addition, they again supported the Birmingham Zoo cleanup efforts, removing three tons of natural vegetation and structural materials from the Komodo exhibit.

Brightening up the Holidays for Our Neighbors
For the 18th consecutive year, our Community Service Team at the Avient Headquarters collected donations to support our neighbors in need during the holidays. Once again, our associates contributed generously, donating countless items for families, seniors, and children in distress and making financial contributions for the local infant home and homeless shelter. This generosity was replicated in other countries, like Brazil, where Avient “Santas” delivered gifts for children in underserved communities, and the Netherlands, where associates brought holiday meals to a shelter for young mothers.

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Over 2,600 Avient associates participated in our inaugural Global Giving campaign, serving more than 100 communities and benefitting 70 non-profit and charity organizations around the world.

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Avient offers a global benefit of Community Service hours. We encourage our people to help create more sustainable communities by providing 16 hours of paid time off each year to volunteer for a cause of their preference. These hours are used during the workday, and the activities can be done as a group of fellow Avient associates or individually. Since 2018, Avient associates have performed more than 10,500 hours of community service through this program.

Annual Paid Time Off to Volunteer

Earth Day Clean Up

Associates in Avon Lake picked up waste and litter in the Cleveland Metroparks in honor of Earth Day.

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