Environmental, Sustainability and Governance

Westlake is committed to acting in a safe, ethical, environmentally, and socially responsible manner in everything we do. For us, this means being true to our company's longstanding values and focusing on what matters most.

"Westlake products touch lives every day, and that is why we consider environmental responsibility, product durability and safety, and community relations in our day-to-day decisions. This mindset is the driving force across our operations and in product development."

-Jean-Marc Gilson, President & CEO of Westlake

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At Westlake, we aspire to continuously improve our ESG journey. We are proud of our accomplishments so far but are also committed to doing more each year to support and enhance the planet, our people, and our communities worldwide.

Policies Sustainability Report

To further our commitment to transparency, we published Westlake's seventh annual Sustainability report, which reports on our sustainability advances and initiatives in products and operations. This year, the report includes certain metrics established by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), and the Task Force on Climate-Related Disclosures (TCFD) Gap Assessment standards.

Download Westlake 2023 Sustainability Report

Download Westlake's Sustainability Fact Sheet

The company’s seventh voluntary annual update on sustainability innovations in products and continuous improvement in operations. The report also expands on the Company’s contributions to local communities as well as advancements in employee collaboration and professional development.

All of Westlake's greenhouse gas emission disclosures are based on Version 2023-06 of the SASB industry standard. All data and descriptions apply to Westlake's global operations for January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023, unless stated otherwise or relevant data is minor or de minimis. Westlake's disclosures on these topics may evolve over time.

As Westlake continues to work on identifying new interim emissions-based goals and develop our longer-term sustainability strategy, Westlake is researching economically feasible technologies to help reduce our CO2e emissions intensity. These technologies could play a role in building a plan to establish updates and achievable interim carbon intensity reduction goals and ultimately develop a path to reach operational net-zero direct carbon emissions on or before 2050.

While Westlake has utilized third party verification or certification for certain product-specific claims related to the carbon profile of certain products, Westlake has not generally engaged any independent third party to verify greenhouse gas emissions data or the methods by which we track our progress toward achieving stated goals related to greenhouse gas emissions.

rss Westlake's Five Pillars of Sustainability and Material Topics

Our materiality assessment identified 14 sustainability topics as particular areas of focus for our company and our stakeholders. We consider these top 14 material topics and our related efforts under our five Sustainability pillars.

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