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Davis-Standard achieves “clean sweep” certification

Lubrizol sites certified Three additional Lubrizol Engineered Polymers sites obtained the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) Plus certification at the end of last year. ISCC Plus is a standard for fully traceable sustainable supply chains that allows companies to track and attribute environmentally friendly raw materials along the entire value chain, without altering the production process. The three sites that have achieved this third-party qualification are the Lubrizol Advanced Materials headquarters in Brecksville, Ohio, USA, and the production plants in Avon Lake, Ohio, and Oevel, Belgium. Expanding the use of alternative feedstocks using the mass balance approach whilst adopting this ISCC Plus external verification system as a tracking element will support the acceleration of Lubrizol’s “global sustainability journey”. Lubrizol Engineered Polymers www.lubrizol.com

these resources and is why Operation Clean Sweep certification is so important to us.” Dan Guthrie, the company’s COO and president of film, sheet and core auxiliaries, commented, “Environmental stewardship is deeply ingrained in our company culture at Davis-Standard. Achieving Operation Clean Sweep certification reinforces our dedication to responsible manufacturing practices and our commitment to minimising our environmental footprint.” American facilities are powered by carbon-free electricity, and its Maillefer division received a Silver EcoVadis rating for its sustainability efforts in Finland. Numerous Davis-Standard facilities main tain ISO 14001 certification for their en vironmental management systems, with only one yet to achieve the certification. Davis-Standard https://davis-standard.com Davis-Standard’s North

Davis-Standard, a designer and manu- facturer of extrusion and converting technologies, has become the first OEM in its field to achieve Operation Clean Sweep (OCS) certification. The certification demonstrates the company’s commitment to preventing plastic pellet (resin) loss and contributing to a cleaner environment, setting a new benchmark for environmental sustainability in the plastics industry. OCS is an international programme de signed to help plastics industry compa nies implement good housekeeping and pellet containment practices. By achiev ing OCS certification, Davis-Standard joins a growing list of companies com mitted to reducing plastic pollution in waterways and communities. “Our facilities in Fulton, New York, and Pawcatuck, Connecticut, are blessed with natural beauty and proximity to vital waterways and the ocean,” said Giovanni Spitale, CEO of Davis-Standard. “This underscores our responsibility to protect