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the world’s first and only sustainability program to address an industry’s entire supply chain holistically. U.S. vinyl supply chain companies – including vinyl building product manufacturers – are being encouraged by the Vinyl Sustainability Council to earn the +Vantage Vinyl-verified mark by achieving milestones aligned with Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria.

Now you can do your part to help make a better tomorrow by selecting or specifying products from +Vantage Vinyl-verified building product manufacturers.

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Emissions to water have declined from 0.2% in 1987 to 0.01% in 2017*

Since 1987, PVC resin production has nearly doubled. Yet, in that time, VCM ambient emissions have decreased by 86%*

In 2017, OSHA recordable injuries decreased by 30% in facilities operated by Vinyl Institute members

Vinyl's ambient dioxin emissions have decreased by 52% since 2009*

PVC represents only 3.6% of all plastics landfilled

EXPLORE THESE +Vantage Vinyl-Verified Building Product Manufacturers

Unlike other sustainability initiatives, +Vantage Vinyl is holistic, addressing the entire industry supply chain.

Companies that make vinyl polymer
Companies that make chemicals that are added to vinyl polymer to improve processing or performance
Companies that combine vinyl polymer with additives to create specific vinyl formulations
Companies that make products from vinyl formulations
Companies that process production scrap and end-of-life vinyl for reintroduction into product production

OTHER +Vantage Vinyl-Verified COMPANIES

With operations in both the U.S. and Canada, Aurora Material Solutions manufactures the highest quality advanced polymers, custom plastics, and compounds, for a variety of applications in the building and construction industrial, wire and cable, and consumer product industries.

With a company history dating back more than 190 years, today Baerlocher is one of the world’s leading plastic additive suppliers. In fact, Baerlocher’s expertise in the production and use of additives is closely linked to the success story of plastic materials.

Eastman is a global specialty materials company producing a wide range of products found in everyday items. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman delivers innovative products and solutions with a commitment to safety and sustainability.

A supplier of plastic resins and petrochemicals, Formosa Plastics takes great care in having minimal impact on the environment and finding innovative ways to reduce waste, water usage, and emissions. At Formosa, environmental responsibility is a guiding principle.

A global leader in the formulation and manufacture of performance polymers, GEON’s is known for developing innovations that will drive the future of the industries they serve—including light weighting, improved strength and durability, energy efficiency and sustainability.

Lubrizol Corporation, a leader in polymer chemistry, creates materials and formulations that improve performance, compatibility, reliability, and efficacy of products. Sustainability is foundational to Lubrizol’s success and a vital driver for its long-term health and growth.

Occidental Chemical Corporation is a leading manufacturer of PVC resins. Within OxyChem is OxyVinyls, which also manufactures vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), and its precursor, ethylene dichloride. It is the largest VCM producer and the third-largest PVC supplier in the U.S.

Shintech Incorporated of Houston, Texas is a subsidiary of Shin- Etsu Chemical, the world’s largest producer of PVC. Shintech is committed to supplying key materials that meet society’s needs and to contribute solutions to various issues facing our planet.

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Five Pillars of the +Vantage Vinyl Initiative

Aligned with Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria, the +Vantage Vinyl initiative is framed around five pillars. Within each pillar are a series of guiding principles that set the direction and parameters for what a company will achieve over time on its journey of continuous improvement. The guiding principles support improved vinyl industry performance across three material impact categories including, resource efficiency, emissions, and health and safety.

  • Use of Environmental and Safety Management Systems and Operational Advanced Practices that Minimize Risk to Employees.

    Documented evidence of implementing best manufacturing practices.

    Lead, Hexavalent Chromium, and Cadmium as Added Ingredients in Vinyl Components are Not Used.

    Improve production of PVC products.

    Safely employ additives based on current data and scientific assessment methodologies.

    Safe manufacture and use of PVC products.

  • Provide open disclosure of additives in PVC products.

    Disclose information on additives used in PVC products to stakeholders.

    Manufacture safe and user-friendly products and consider potential effects throughout the product life cycle.

    Manufacturing of safe products.

    Manufacture or Use VCM that Relies on the Use of Advanced Technologies.

    Improve production process of PVC products.

  • Sustainability Portfolio Analysis.

    Sustainably manufacture PVC products.

Provide company operational performance metrics in annual survey for use in industry reporting.

Collect data to measure progress against baseline.

Demonstrate a commitment to improving the energy and greenhouse gas emission profile of PVC products

Reduce end-product embodied carbon.

  • Reduce releases to the environment

    Reduce emissions to water, air, and soil.

    Use land and other natural resources prudently to protect biodiversity and ecosystems

    To prevent unintended product releases to the environment and to foster biodiversity within the ecosystem.

    Implement water reuse and conservation practices to reduce the depletion of water resources and thereby support the availability of clean water

    Water conservation.

  • Establish resource conservation and material efficiency when setting business strategy objectives and goals

    Integrate resource conservation and efficiency in business planning.

    Support Watershed Management Practices

    Protect watershed health.

    Employ responsible sourcing practices that encourage supplier reductions in environmental impacts and minimal use of natural resources with positive lifecycle implications

    Responsible sourcing practices

  • Provide ready and easy-to-understand access to relevant information about the company’s compensation, benefits, recognition and incentive opportunities that meet the changing needs of employees.

    Transparent communications with employees regarding employment and benefits.

    Create a welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and has equal opportunity to contribute.

    Create a welcoming and inclusive work environment.

    Subscribe to corporate governance policies that are opposed to discrimination, child labor, bribery and corruption, human trafficking, forced labor, or use of conflict minerals.

    No discrimination or exploitation of any population segment.

  • Treat suppliers, customers, and business partners fairly and ethically through honest and mutually beneficial dealings.

    Transparent and ethical business practices.

    Promote open and fair competition throughout industry and in dealing with other business entities, regulators, and government officials. This includes compliance with competition and antitrust laws.

    Promote open and fair competition.

    Establish sustainability as a criterion in identifying research and development and innovation projects

    Include sustainability as a criterion when evaluating R&D projects or capital projects.

    Work within the industry to find solutions, create pilot programs, identify opportunities, and implement them for sustainability-driven advances and innovation.

    Promote industry collaboration.

  • Communicate company sustainability initiatives

    Transparency within sustainability initiatives.

    Contribute to Community Outreach Where Companies Operate.

    Benefiting your community through outreach, education, and engagement.

    Engage external stakeholders in development of company sustainability programs

    Develop a feedback loop that considers external stakeholder input in company sustainability programs.

    Promote industry and company's vinyl sustainability work

    Promote the advancement of the vinyl sustainability programming.

Minimize waste.

Reduce managed volumes that are landfilled. Reduce carbon footprint through recycled products.

Reuse, recycling and recovery in accordance with sustainable materials management principles.

Resource efficiency through reuse and recovery practices during production and incorporation of recycled content and recycling programs.

Responsibly Recycle Products that Contain Regulated Additives.

Safe use and conversion of recycled materials into the company’s own products.

  • Human Health

  • Use of Environmental and Safety Management Systems and Operational Advanced Practices that Minimize Risk to Employees.

    Documented evidence of implementing best manufacturing practices.

    Lead, Hexavalent Chromium, and Cadmium as Added Ingredients in Vinyl Components are Not Used.

    Improve production of PVC products.

    Safely employ additives based on current data and scientific assessment methodologies.

    Safe manufacture and use of PVC products.

    Provide open disclosure of additives in PVC products.

    Disclose information on additives used in PVC products to stakeholders.

    Manufacture safe and user-friendly products and consider potential effects throughout the product life cycle.

    Manufacturing of safe products.

    Manufacture or Use VCM that Relies on the Use of Advanced Technologies.

    Improve production process of PVC products.

    Sustainability Portfolio Analysis.

    Sustainably manufacture PVC products.

  • Climate Responsibility

  • Provide company operational performance metrics in annual survey for use in industry reporting.

    Collect data to measure progress against baseline.

    Demonstrate a commitment to improving the energy and greenhouse gas emission profile of PVC products

    Reduce end-product embodied carbon.

  • Ecosystem Protection

  • Reduce releases to the environment

    Reduce emissions to water, air, and soil.

    Use land and other natural resources prudently to protect biodiversity and ecosystems

    To prevent unintended product releases to the environment and to foster biodiversity within the ecosystem.

    Implement water reuse and conservation practices to reduce the depletion of water resources and thereby support the availability of clean water

    Water conservation.

    Establish resource conservation and material efficiency when setting business strategy objectives and goals

    Integrate resource conservation and efficiency in business planning.

    Support Watershed Management Practices

    Protect watershed health.

    Employ responsible sourcing practices that encourage supplier reductions in environmental impacts and minimal use of natural resources with positive lifecycle implications

    Responsible sourcing practices

  • Social Health & Equity

  • Provide ready and easy-to-understand access to relevant information about the company’s compensation, benefits, recognition and incentive opportunities that meet the changing needs of employees.

    Transparent communications with employees regarding employment and benefits.

    Create a welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and has equal opportunity to contribute.

    Create a welcoming and inclusive work environment.

    Subscribe to corporate governance policies that are opposed to discrimination, child labor, bribery and corruption, human trafficking, forced labor, or use of conflict minerals.

    No discrimination or exploitation of any population segment.

    Treat suppliers, customers, and business partners fairly and ethically through honest and mutually beneficial dealings.

    Transparent and ethical business practices.

    Promote open and fair competition throughout industry and in dealing with other business entities, regulators, and government officials. This includes compliance with competition and antitrust laws.

    Promote open and fair competition.

    Establish sustainability as a criterion in identifying research and development and innovation projects

    Include sustainability as a criterion when evaluating R&D projects or capital projects.

    Work within the industry to find solutions, create pilot programs, identify opportunities, and implement them for sustainability-driven advances and innovation.

    Promote industry collaboration.

    Communicate company sustainability initiatives

    Transparency within sustainability initiatives.

    Contribute to Community Outreach Where Companies Operate.

    Benefiting your community through outreach, education, and engagement.

    Engage external stakeholders in development of company sustainability programs

    Develop a feedback loop that considers external stakeholder input in company sustainability programs.

    Promote industry and company's vinyl sustainability work

    Promote the advancement of the vinyl sustainability programming.

  • Circular Economy

  • Minimize waste.

    Reduce managed volumes that are landfilled. Reduce carbon footprint through recycled products.

    Reuse, recycling and recovery in accordance with sustainable materials management principles.

    Resource efficiency through reuse and recovery practices during production and incorporation of recycled content and recycling programs.

    Responsibly Recycle Products that Contain Regulated Additives.

    Safe use and conversion of recycled materials into the company’s own products.

TAKE THE FIRST
STEP TODAY

+Vantage Vinyl verification is open to any company in the vinyl supply chain who is also a member of the Vinyl Sustainability Council (VSC). If your company is not yet a member of the VSC, join today and take the first step toward earning the mark.

Your membership in the VSC accelerates your company’s path to verification through a host of support services, sustainability resources, and networking opportunities.

Interested? Download the Informational Packet by filling out the form below.

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