Protective equipment like masks and sterile packaging help to prevent disease transmission, while critical devices like ventilators and CPAP machines work to save lives. Commerce, education and healthcare are just a few example areas that became reliant on 24/7 internet accessibility, as populations in countries around the world began sheltering and conducting life “remotely.” 5G, fiber optic cabling components and other network supporting infrastructure have been crucial in the response and recovery. 5G (the 5th generation mobile network) is designed to connect machines, objects, and devices, providing data hundreds of times faster than current wireless technology.

Protective equipment like masks and sterile packaging help to prevent disease transmission, while critical devices like ventilators and CPAP machines work to save lives. Infrastructure, commerce, education and healthcare are just a few example areas that became reliant on 24/7 internet accessibility, as populations in countries around the world began sheltering and conducting life “remotely.” 5G, fiber optic cabling components and other network supporting infrastructure have been crucial in the response and recover y. 5G (the 5th generation mobile network) is designed to connect machines, objects, and devices, providing data hundreds of times faster than current wireless technology.

It will elevate the mobile network to interconnect people and control machines, objects, and devices.

Initiative category & Initiative type Energy efficiency in production processes Machine/equipment replacement Estimated annual CO2e savings (metric tonnes CO2e) 8 Avient CDP Climate Change Questionnaire 2021 Tuesday, August 3, 2021 51 Scope(s) Scope 2 (location-based) Scope 2 (market-based) Scope 3 Voluntary/Mandatory Voluntary Annual monetary savings (unit currency – as specified in C0.4) 3,541 Investment required (unit currency – as specified in C0.4) 411,747 Payback period >25 years Estimated lifetime of the initiative >30 years Comment This represents an aggregate of all equipment replacement projects implemented in 2020.

Protective equipment like masks and sterile packaging help to prevent disease transmission, while critical devices like ventilators and CPAP machines work to save lives. Infrastructure, commerce, education and healthcare are just a few example areas that have grown dependent on 24/7 internet accessibility. 5G, fiber optic cabling components and other network supporting infrastructure have been crucial in the response and recovery. 5G (the 5th generation mobile network) is designed to connect machines, objects, and devices, providing data hundreds of times faster than current wireless technology.

Initiative category & Initiative type Energy efficiency in buildings Avient CDP Climate Change Questionnaire 2022 Friday, July 29, 2022 42 Lighting Estimated annual CO2e savings (metric tonnes CO2e) 330.9 Scope(s) or Scope 3 category(ies) where emissions savings occur Scope 2 (location-based) Scope 2 (market-based) Voluntary/Mandatory Voluntary Annual monetary savings (unit currency – as specified in C0.4) 318,550 Investment required (unit currency – as specified in C0.4) 717,464 Payback period 1-3 years Estimated lifetime of the initiative 6-10 years Comment Initiative category & Initiative type Energy efficiency in buildings Insulation Estimated annual CO2e savings (metric tonnes CO2e) 0.11 Scope(s) or Scope 3 category(ies) where emissions savings occur Scope 1 Voluntary/Mandatory Voluntary Annual monetary savings (unit currency – as specified in C0.4) 2,250 Investment required (unit currency – as specified in C0.4) 11,610 Payback period 4-10 years Estimated lifetime of the initiative Avient CDP Climate Change Questionnaire 2022 Friday, July 29, 2022 43 11-15 years Comment Initiative category & Initiative type Energy efficiency in buildings Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Estimated annual CO2e savings (metric tonnes CO2e) 9.33 Scope(s) or Scope 3 category(ies) where emissions savings occur Scope 1 Voluntary/Mandatory Voluntary Annual monetary savings (unit currency – as specified in C0.4) 76,653 Investment required (unit currency – as specified in C0.4) 203,000 Payback period 1-3 years Estimated lifetime of the initiative 11-15 years Comment Initiative category & Initiative type Energy efficiency in buildings Motors and drives Estimated annual CO2e savings (metric tonnes CO2e) 5.06 Scope(s) or Scope 3 category(ies) where emissions savings occur Scope 2 (location-based) Scope 2 (market-based) Voluntary/Mandatory Voluntary Annual monetary savings (unit currency – as specified in C0.4) Avient CDP Climate Change Questionnaire 2022 Friday, July 29, 2022 44 2,280 Investment required (unit currency – as specified in C0.4) 541 Payback period