Orion S.A.’s Sustainability Report Highlights Role in Electrification, Circular Economy

Orion S.A. (NYSE: OEC), a global specialty chemicals producer, today released its 2025 Sustainability Report, showcasing how the company’s materials are advancing electrification, energy storage and the circular economy.

With the theme “Driving innovation – essential for the future,” the report’s highlights include upgrading technology in Sweden that recovers heat from the production process and supplies it to a city. In South Africa, operational improvements reduced waste by 30%. And at its plants worldwide, Orion achieved a safety record that was nine times better than the chemical industry’s average.

The company’s achievements with sustainability were recognized with several honors, including a Platinum rating from EcoVadis, 10 safety awards from the International Carbon Black Association, a listing on the European Commission’s Innovation Radar and a “Green Factory” designation in China.

Key growth opportunities include supplying differentiated conductive materials for: