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Hexion's Sustainability Goals for 2021 and Beyond

After an extensive materiality assessment, Hexion is excited to announce our bold sustainability goals for 2021 and beyond.
October National Energy Awareness Month
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October is National Energy Awareness Month

At Hexion, efficiently managing energy resources is essential to operational excellence and the sustainability of our business.
Hexion joins FOSSI
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Hexion Joins Future of STEM Scholarship Program

Hexion continues to support the Future of STEM Scholars Initiative (FOSSI), the chemical industry’s collaborative equity, diversity, and inclusion initiative.
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Hexion-Canadian Partnership for Bio-based Resins

Hexion has partnered with Canadian government agency Alberta Innovates to accelerate development of next-generation resin chemistries and engineered panel products.
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Achieving an incident-free workplace

At Hexion, we have a clear priority around working safely and are committed to the possibility of an incident-free environment for all our associates and stakeholders. We are responsible, engaged and focused on reducing exposures across the value chain.
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Curitiba Provides Food, Hand Sanitizer to Community in Need

Our team in Curitiba, Brazil has led outreach efforts in their area to provide hand sanitizer and food to local health organizations and community members in need.
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Hexion Celebrates Earth Day and Commitment to Our Planet

Hexion’s passionate and engaged associates strive to operate efficiently and create a safe work and operations environment. This includes continued efforts to minimize our impact to the planet.
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Letmathe Associates Manufacture Hand Sanitizer for Local Hospitals

On Saturday Hexion's Letmathe site produced the first batch of 1,000 liters hand sanitizer for local hospitals, healthcare practitioners and retirement homes.
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Hexion's Australia and New Zealand Team to Manufacture Hand Sanitizer

The Hexion ANZ team is making plans to manufacture World Health Organization-approved formulas for hand sanitizer to supply their community.
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Hexion Lakeland donates isopropyl alcohol during COVID-19 shortage

Our Lakeland site recently donated two large drums of isopropyl alcohol to the local Polk County Sheriff's office to help them with the shortage of disinfectant.
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Hexion's Springfield site donates N95 masks to local hospital

In the midst of a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) Hexion's Springfield site donates N95 masks to local hospital
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Initiative Offsets Freshwater Purchases and Waste Treatment Costs

The Geismar plant had a need to reduce costs for interplant truck transfers, and had rainwater that was captured on site, but could not be used.
Energy Star Partner
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Energy Star Industrial Partnership

Hexion became an ENERGY STAR Partner in 2019. The ENERGY STAR industrial partnership program is a voluntary, free program sponsored by the EPA which provides guidance and assistance to organizations towards development of robust Energy Management Systems.
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Hexion Partners with “Treeslouisville” on Beautification Program

Hexion’s Louisville manufacturing site is partnering with “TreesLouisville” as part of a city-wide initiative to help restore Louisville’s tree canopy. Keep reading to find out more.
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Strategic and Sustainable Thinking Reduces Waste and Saves Water

Hexion's Hope, AR plant recently was able to reduce their waste stream, cut fresh water usage, and recovered thousands of pounds of product. Keep reading to find out how.
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Hexion Cares Day

Hexion supported around 20 organizations across the country as part of Hexion Cares Day 2019 on October 4th.
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Energy Star Partner St Romuald
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St. Romuald Team Makes a Big Impact

The St. Romuald team made big savings and cut power consumption while providing a more consistent process and lowering risks. Keep reading to find out how they did it.
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Hexion joins U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ENERGY STAR program

Late last year Hexion joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ENERGY STAR program as a partner. By doing so we made a fundamental commitment to protecting the environment through the continuous improvement of the energy performance of our facilities and operations.
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Students Shadow and Gain Experience During Annual Barry Site Event

Every year our Barry, UK site welcomes some students to show them around the manufacturing plant and to help them understand how school work fits into real life as well as provide insight into difference career choices that may be available.