https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-03/Walter Ripple_Bio.pdf
Ripple is responsible for
developing and leading the company’s global sustainability strategy.
He served in various sales
and marketing leadership roles within the company’s global thermoplastic elastomers
division, culminating in his promotion to vice president and general manager.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2024-12/2024 Avient Executive Bios_Walter Ripplepdf.pdf
Ripple
is responsible for developing and leading the company’s global sustainability strategy.
He served in various sales
and marketing leadership roles within the company’s global thermoplastic elastomers
division, culminating in his promotion to Vice President and General Manager.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2025-04/WalterRipple_bio.pdf
Ripple
is responsible for developing and leading the company’s global sustainability strategy.
He served in various sales
and marketing leadership roles within the company’s global thermoplastic elastomers
division, culminating in his promotion to Vice President and General Manager.
https://www.avient.com/investor-center/news/polyone-raises-outlook-fourth-quarter-2019-adjusted-earnings
color and additive masterbatch business, including, without limitation, the acquisition being accretive; disruptions, uncertainty or volatility in the credit markets that could adversely impact the availability of credit already arranged and the availability and cost of credit in the future; the effect on foreign operations of currency fluctuations, tariffs and other political, economic and regulatory risks; changes in polymer consumption growth rates and laws and regulations regarding plastics in jurisdictions where we conduct business; changes in global industry capacity or in the rate at which anticipated changes in industry capacity come online; fluctuations in raw material prices, quality and supply, and in energy prices and supply; production outages or material costs associated with scheduled or unscheduled maintenance programs; unanticipated developments that could occur with respect to contingencies such as litigation and environmental matters; an inability to raise or sustain prices for products or services; an ability to achieve or delays in achieving or achievement of less than the anticipated financial benefit from initiatives related to acquisition and integration, working capital reductions, costs reductions and employee productivity goals; information systems failures and cyberattacks; and other factors affecting our business beyond our control, including, without limitation, changes in the general economy, changes in interest rates and changes in the rate of inflation.
1) Special items include charges related to specific strategic initiatives or financial restructuring such as: consolidation of operations; debt extinguishment costs; costs incurred directly in relation to acquisitions or divestitures, including adjustments related to contingent consideration; employee separation costs resulting from personnel reduction programs, plant realignment costs, executive separation agreements; asset impairments; mark-to-market adjustments associated with actuarial gains and losses on pension and other post-retirement benefit plans; environmental remediation costs, fines, penalties and related insurance recoveries related to facilities no longer owned or closed in prior years; gains and losses on the divestiture of operating businesses, joint ventures and equity investments; gains and losses on facility or property sales or disposals; results of litigation, fines or penalties, where such litigation (or action relating to the fines or penalties) arose prior to the commencement of the performance period; one-time, non- recurring items; and the effect of changes in accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results.
https://www.avient.com/news/new-regulatory-compliant-geon-bio-flexible-solutions
Consistent with the PolyOne No Surprises Pledge℠, reFlex 300 materials have been tested and certified by the United States Department of Agriculture’s BioPreferred® Program to be 99 percent bio-based.
Caption: Geon™ BIO Flexible Solutions are formulated with reFlex™ 300 plasticizer, derived from soybean oil and certified as 99 percent biobased by the USDA BioPreferred® Program.
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2022-07/EHS Committee Charter %28Amended July 2022%29.pdf
Oversee programs established by the Company whereby the Company is responsible to
monitor compliance with Company policies, standards and practices and with
applicable governmental laws and regulations concerning safety, health,
environmental, physical security and product stewardship on a global basis.
Duties and Responsibilities
The Committee will:
Assessment Process
• Periodically review the results of formal assessments by management of the
environmental liabilities for which the Company has known or probable environmental
exposure and the adequacy of the Company’s financial reserves for environmental
liabilities;
• Semi-annually review the status of health and safety performance of the Company;
• Semi-annually review the status of the Company’s product stewardship programs and
performance;
• Periodically review the Company’s staffing for its environmental, health and safety
assessments and compliance; and
2
• Periodically review new environmental, physical security, health and safety laws and
regulations applicable to the Company’s operations and issues or significant
developments arising from pending regulatory and citizen group activities.
Compliance Programs
• At least annually review the programs and procedures established by the Company that
monitor compliance with the Company’s policies, standards and practices, and laws
and regulations with respect to safety, health, environmental, physical security and
product stewardship, including providing oversight of the systems that are in place to
monitor and mitigate the Company’s carbon footprint and physical risks associated
with climate change;
• Periodically review with management the significant safety, health, environmental,
physical security, and product stewardship risks or exposures faced by the Company, if
any, and steps taken by management to minimize such risks and exposures to the
Company and its constituencies;
• At least annually review the status of the Company’s environmental and safety audit
process, assessing compliance with Company policies, standards, practices, laws and
regulations; and
• Periodically review claims, demands, administrative orders and legal proceedings
against the Company regarding safety, health, environmental, physical security and
product stewardship matters.
https://www.avient.com/investors/governance
The board of directors believes that corporate governance is enhanced when a substantial majority of the directors are independent and when all directors have demonstrated substantial professional accomplishment and leadership in their careers.
https://www.avient.com/idea/three-ways-automotive-color-influences-buyers
Burgundy: Vigor, elegance, richness, refinement, leadership, maturity, expensive
https://www.avient.com/careers/manufacturing
Up to $865/year through our Virgin Pulse wellness program
https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2023-02/KristenGajewski.pdf
She has global responsibility for the Human Resources function, including performance
management, succession planning, compensation, benefits administration, recruiting, labor
relations, and talent development.
Gajewski led Avient’s learning and organizational
development programs, talent management and acquisition, as well as working as the HR
Director for all global Corporate Functions.