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ChemScore report card 2025
LyondellBasell
Total Score
27/100
Ranking
6/40
About the company
LyondellBasell is one of the largest chemical companies in the world and the largest licensor of polyethylene and polypropylene technologies. Its activities include the production of olefins, polyolefins, intermediate chemical products, refining of crude oil and manufacturing of advanced polymers. The company operates globally, serving a wide range of industries, including packaging, automotive, construction, and more.
Transparency
10 out of 25 points
Action points
- Be encouraged to have a lower reporting threshold (<1000 ppm) for the hazardous substances present in the company’s products and include more hazard classes as well as report the effected revenue on a more detailed level, substance by substance
- Include more hazard classes when the company reports the produced volumes of hazardous substances leaving the facilities
- Include more hazard classes to be more protective in the company’s reporting
Phase-out of persistent chemicals
5 out of 25 points
Action points
- Stop producing persistent chemicals and set up a timed phase-out plan
- Stop buying/importing persistent chemicals and set up a timed phase-out plan
- Stop selling persistent chemicals and set up a timed phase-out plan
Product portfolio
10 out of 25 points
Number of registered hazardous chemicals
50
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Candidate List
5
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Authorisation List and/or POP substances
0
Number of persistent chemicals
1
Product portfolio transparency
100%
Action points
- Reduce the number of hazardous substances the company is using, producing and placing on the market
Safer solutions
2 out of 25 points
Action points
- Either start reporting the company’s share of safer solutions or increase it substantially. At a minimum, REACH candidate list substances must be excluded from such products
- Define a safer solution that excludes at least the substances on the REACH candidate list
- Publicly commit to increasing the share of sales of safer solutions
Category breakdown
How did we come to this score?
Company facts
Founded
2007
Headquarters
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Revenue
40.3 billion USD
ISIN
NL0009434992
Category
Basic
Plastic / Rubber / Fibres
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