MFG Chemical (Dalton, Georgia, USA) a global leader in specialty and custom chemical manufacturing, is partnering with EcoVadis to measure and continuously improve its sustainability profile.
EcoVadis (Paris, France) is a provider of business sustainability ratings, intelligence, and collaborative performance improvement tools for industry companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Verizon, L’Oréal, Subway, Nestle, Michelin, and BASF.
EcoVadis’ program provides reliable corporate social responsibility (CSR) scores across 21 CSR indicators within four categories, including environment, labor and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement. Its program of “combining people, process and platform” helps participating companies in reducing environmental, social, and ethical risks all along the supply chain.
“MFG Chemical, which has already made plant safety and customer confidentiality part of its DNA, will now add sustainability to its core values,” says Paul Turgeon, president and CEO at MFG Chemical. “We believe this will benefit our customers and communities all along the supply chain.”
MFG describes itself as a specialty and custom chemical manufacturer for a variety of global markets, including agriculture, asphalt, graphic arts, lubricants, mining, oilfield, paints and coatings, personal care, pulp and paper, and water treatment. The company operates four manufacturing facilities in Northwest Georgia and Pasadena, Texas, with strong product development capabilities.
Key chemistries include dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinates (DOSS), water soluble polymers, rheology modifiers, amides, esters, imidazolines, surfactants, and specialty anhydrides. In addition, the ISO 9001-certified company received two previous SOCMA awards for plant safety and process efficiency.
Source: MFG Chemical, www.mfgchemical.com.