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ChemScore report card 2025
Syensqo
Total Score
23/100
Ranking
9/40
About the company
Syensqo is a Belgian multinational materials company headquartered in Brussels. Established in 2023 as a spin-off from Solvay, it quickly made its mark by joining the BEL 20 shortly after being publicly listed. Syensqo researches and produces advanced materials for both industrial and consumer applications. The company's business portfolio includes specialty polymers, composites, and surfactants, with growth platforms in batteries and green hydrogen. The company operates globally with 62 industrial sites and 12 major R&D centres, employing 13,000 people across 30 countries.
Transparency
10 out of 25 points
Action points
- Report on the company’s global hazardous substances portfolio (beyond EU/US) on a substance-by-substance basis
- 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 as well as report the produced volumes of hazardous substances leaving the facilities on a more detailed level, substance by substance
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
0 out of 25 points
Number of registered hazardous chemicals
53
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Candidate List
13
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Authorisation List and/or POP substances
3
Number of persistent chemicals
24
Product portfolio transparency
54%
Action points
- Reduce the number of hazardous substances it is using, producing and placing on the market
Safer solutions
8 out of 25 points
Action points
- Publicly commit not to develop or market new products containing hazardous substances. As a minimum, REACH candidate list substances must be excluded from such products
- Publicly commit to increasing the share of sales of safer solutions
- Start disclosing the share of R&D expenditures that are targeted towards the development of safer solutions
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Company facts
Founded
2023
Headquarters
Brussels, Belgium
Revenue
6.8 billion USD
ISIN
BE0974464977
Category
Basic
Detergent
Other
Plastic / Rubber / Fibres
CSRD
Pollution reporting
