Demonstrating progress against our goal requires us to measure our products’ impacts and how they contribute to the UN SDGs. We do this through EVOLVE 2030, our product sustainability assessment methodology. This methodology considers greenhouse gas emissions, landfill waste, and fluorinated organic chemical emission intensities during manufacture as well as life cycle climate impact, social impact, and risks to human health and the environment. During 2023, we further evolved this methodology to incorporate product circularity for the first time.
Our 2023 Actions
- Completed circularity method development and piloting for EVOLVE 2030 2.0
- Started third-party assurance of EVOLVE 2030 2.0 and product-application combination (PAC) evaluations by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA), which was completed in January 2024
- Contributed to the conversation of Green Chemistry and Sound Chemical Management by presenting at US Environmental Protection Agency organized Asia-Pacific Economic Corporation (APEC) workshop
- Supported two Tennessee State University environmental engineering classes in teaching risk assessment
- Continued to expand science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workshops for schools from 2021–2022 Phase 1 demonstration of concept