ChemScore report card 2025

Westlake

Total Score
5/100

About the company

Westlake is an international manufacturer and supplier of petrochemicals, polymers and fabricated building products. The company serves a variety of different sectors such as the agricultural, food, construction, automotive and electronics industries. The Houston-based company operates in two segments — olefins and vinyls.
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Transparency
0 out of 25 points
Action points
  • Start disclosing revenue connected to hazardous chemicals
  • Start publishing volumes of hazardous substances that leave the company’s facilities as products or services
  • Report on global hazardous substances portfolio (beyond EU/US) on a substance-by-substance basis
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Phase-out of persistent chemicals
0 out of 25 points
Action points
  • Start mapping the presence of intentionally or unintentionally present persistent chemicals in the company’s processes and upstream value chain
  • Start reporting and/or limit the share of revenue from persistent chemicals considerably
  • Stop producing persistent chemicals and set up a timed phase-out plan
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Product portfolio
5 out of 25 points
Number of registered hazardous chemicals 20
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Candidate List 7
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Authorisation List and/or POP substances 2
Number of persistent chemicals 1
Product portfolio transparency 79%
Action points
  • Reduce the number of hazardous substances the company is using, producing and placing on the market
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Safer solutions
0 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
  • Publicly commit not to develop or market new products containing hazardous substances. At a minimum, REACH candidate list substances must be excluded from such products
  • Publicly commit to increasing the share of sales of safer solutions

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Company facts
Founded
1986
Headquarters
Houston, USA
Revenue
12.1 billion USD
ISIN
US9604131022
Category
Basic
Plastic / Rubber / Fibres
All years
Year Rank Total score
2025 37 / 40 5 / 100
2024 50 / 51 9 / 48
2023 45 / 50 8 / 48
2022 20 / 54 14 / 48
2021 23 / 50 13 / 48