Covestro LLC Recognized for Sustainability Efforts with Ohio EPA E3 Award

Covestro announced that it was recently honored by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) with the prestigious E3 (Encouraging Environmental Excellence) Sil-ver Award.
Ohio EPA’s E3 Award program recognizes organizations for their activities that reduce en-vironmental impact, conserve natural resources and result in long-term economic success. Through the program, Ohio EPA evaluates environmental excellence across 15 categories, including topics such as pollution prevention, life cycle assessments and sustainable mate-rials and purchasing.

Covestro, which, in 2020, established a new vision to become fully circular and, in 2022, set the goal to achieve climate neutrality by 2035, was able to show tangible results and long-term commitment across many categories.

Among its achievements, Covestro’s Newark OH site has:
• Reduced absolute CO2 emissions against a 2019 baseline.
• Increased its recycling of industrial materials from 45% to 57% against a 2019 baseline.
• Reduced the amount of water used annually by more than 4 million gallons against a 2019 baseline.
• Implemented Operation Clean Sweep Blue, a program designed to prevent plastic pellet loss into the environment.
• Actively contributed to numerous community programs, including Adopt A Highway, United Way, Red Cross, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, and more.