Vinyl Sustainability Council Recognizes 26 Companies That Have Become +Vantage Vinyl® Verified
Recently Named Organizations Have Completed Rigorous Process to Earn the Mark
WASHINGTON, D.C, July 19, 2023 – The Vinyl Sustainability Council (VSC), a self-funded business council advancing sustainability in the vinyl industry, today announced that 26 companies have completed the arduous process to become +Vantage Vinyl® Verified in 2022. A voluntary assessment conducted by the council, +Vantage Vinyl serves as independent, third-party verification of a vinyl company’s integrated efforts to achieve sustainability in its operations and practices.
“The vinyl industry is redoubling its efforts to drive sustainability across organizations – from product development, to a product’s life cycle, to a company’s environment stewardship and its engagement in its community. +Vantage Vinyl is an important standard that identifies leaders in this endeavor,” said Jay Thomas, Executive Director of the VSC. “Congratulations to all 26 companies that earned the +Vantage Vinyl verification. They are setting an example, and we encourage others to fulfill their sustainability journey and Earn the Mark.”
To achieve verification through +Vantage Vinyl, companies are assessed by GreenCircle Certified, LLC., which authenticates and reports on the activities and key performance indicators achieved by each company within the five sustainability pillars: environmental stewardship, social diligence, economic soundness, collaboration, and open communications.
Launched in 2019, + Vantage Vinyl requires companies to re-verify every year. For this verification class, there were 18 re-verifications and 8 first-time verifications. This year’s class includes the following organizations:
- 3M
- Achilles USA
- Aurora Plastics
- Avery Dennison
- Baerlocher Production USA LLC
- Cornerstone Building Brands
- Deceuninck North America
- Eastman
- Formosa Plastics
- GEON Performance Solutions
- HMTX Industries
- IB Roofing Systems
- Mannington Mills Inc.
- Norac Additives LLC
- OMNOVA, A Division of SURTECO
- OxyChem
- ProFusion Industries
- Resin Technology LLC
- Shintech Incorporated
- Sika Corporation – Roofing
- Tarkett
- Teknor Apex
- The AZEK Company
- The Lubrizol Corporation
- Vestolit, an Orbia Business
- Westlake Corporation
About the Vinyl Sustainability Council
The Vinyl Sustainability Council (VSC), founded in 2016 in partnership with the Vinyl Institute, is a collaborative platform for companies, organizations, and other industry stakeholders to come together to advance the U.S. vinyl industry’s contribution to sustainable development. Through its +Vantage Vinyl® verification program, the VSC aims to drive continuous improvement across all three aspects of sustainability – environmental, social, and economic performance. For more information, please visit https://vantagevinyl.com/.