UN Sustainable Development Goals

In September 2015, the United Nations, business leaders, civil society and citizens came together to adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – a path to achieve a better future for all. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) lie at the heart of the agenda and serve as a call for action to tackle society’s most pressing challenges. LyondellBasell has the potential  — and responsibility — to use our scale and reach to make a positive impact across our entire value chain on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Following our assessment of the SDGs, we’ve selected 11 goals that are most material and align best with our sustainability strategy to help address challenges such as reducing plastic waste in the environment, helping to mitigate climate change and contributing to a thriving society for our employees, the communities where we operate and the people who depend on our products.

We support foodbanks in the communities where we operate through monetary donations, food collection drives and employee volunteerism.

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We work every day to protect the health and safety of our employees, contractors and the communities where we operate.

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We are committed to educating and training our current and future workforce. Our business is driven by the next generation of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) professionals. 

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We aim to achieve gender parity in senior leadership roles globally by 2032, and increase the number of women senior leaders by 50% globally in the next five years. 

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We strive to optimize energy consumption in our operations by reducing resource use and GHG emissions. We are working to increase our use of renewable energy.

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We believe in integrity, diversity and fairness, and a work environment that is safe, respectful and inspires employees to strive for excellence.

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We aim to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in U.S. senior leadership roles. We are commited to fairness in our pay practices.

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We believe transitioning to a circular economy will enable a more sustainable future. We are investing in mechanical and advanced (molecular) recycling to make plastics a valuable, reusable resource.

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We are working to reduce our GHG emissions and deliver solutions which advance our customer's climate ambitions and support the transition to a low carbon economy.

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We are committed to helping eliminate plastic waste in the environment and participate in initiatives to reduce, recycle, reuse and repurpose plastic waste.

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We support cross-value chain and partnerships that will foster the collaboration required to reach the scale and impact needed to address global challenges.

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LyondellBasell supports the Sustainable Development Goals.