Governance for a more sustainable future

Cultivating accountability, oversight, and action across our sustainability agenda.

How sustainability governance is embedded across our business

Our sustainability governance model is designed to provide clear oversight, strategic direction, and operational accountability as we progress our sustainability agenda to 2030. We embed sustainability into business decision-making through a governance structure that connects Board oversight, executive leadership, and cross-functional implementation.

Our governance structure includes the following groups:

  • Board of Directors’ Sustainability Committee
  • Univar Solutions’ Executive Committee

Corporate, Operational and Commercial Sustainability leadership teams.Together, these groups help us oversee priorities, monitor progress, respond to emerging risks and opportunities, and strengthen the systems, behaviors, and partnerships needed to deliver our sustainability strategy through 2030.

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Our corporate story and sustainability approach

Our vision, mission, purpose, and values continue to shape how we govern and advance sustainability. As our business and stakeholder expectations evolve, we are strengthening how sustainability is integrated into strategy, operations, risk management, and performance across the enterprise.
 
Vision: We aim to redefine distribution and become the most valued chemical and ingredient distributor on the planet.
 
Mission: We streamline, innovate, and develop solutions and practices that help our business and our stakeholders grow more sustainably.
 
Purpose: We help keep our communities healthy, fed, clean, and safe.
 
Values: We bring our purpose to life by being serious about safety, doing what we say, and winning together. These values support the culture of accountability and continuous improvement that underpins our sustainability journey to 2030.

 

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Sustainable Supply Chain Leadership

We believe strong governance extends beyond our own operations. Our approach to sustainable sourcing is focused on setting clear expectations, improving transparency, and working with suppliers to support responsible practices across our value chain.

Through our Supplier Code of Conduct, supplier assessment processes, and ongoing engagement, we are strengthening how environmental, social, and ethical considerations are embedded in supplier relationships. This evolving approach helps us manage risk, support responsible sourcing, and drive better outcomes for people, communities, and the environment through 2030.

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Stakeholder engagement and evolving priorities

Our sustainability agenda continues to be shaped by ongoing engagement with customers, suppliers, employees, investors, communities, and industry stakeholders. Their perspectives help us understand the issues that matter most to our business and where we can create the greatest long-term impact.

As expectations, regulations, and market needs continue to evolve, we are also evolving how we assess impacts, risks, and opportunities across our sustainability agenda. Insights from stakeholder engagement support our governance processes, inform our priorities to 2030, and help us strengthen reporting, target-setting, and action across the enterprise.

Organizational Structure

We work through key committees to ensure we are tracking ESG progress, delivering on our strategic goals, and making meaningful contributions.

These governance groups include: 

  • Board of Director's Environmental, Social and Governance Committee
  • Univar Solutions Executive Committee
  • Global Sustainability Council
  • Regional Sustainability Working Groups

Together our committees are driving the change necessary to be a sustainable leader in chemical and ingredient distribution.

 

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Our Corporate Story

The vision, mission, purpose, and values we hold as a business underpin our ESG strategy.

 

Vision: We aim to redefine distribution and become the most valued chemical and ingredient distributor on the planet. 

 

Mission: To achieve this, we must streamline our processes and practices, innovate, and develop solutions and strategies that allow us to sustainably grow. 

 

Purpose: We help keep our communities healthy, fed, clean, and safe. 

 

Values: We put this to work every day through: being serious about safety, doing what we say, and winning...together. 

 

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Sustainable Sourcing

As a company, it's integral that we find partners who share our stance on ESG issues, agree on responsible ingredients and services, and operate in alignment with expectations—communicated through our Supplier Code of Conduct.


By building strong relationships with trusted suppliers, we're improving performance of our global supply chain. By leading with integrity, we can help ensure that people everywhere are using safer product alternatives, aren't engaging in harmful practices, and are preserving a healthier environment.

 

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Stakeholder Engagement

Our 2025 Sustainable Development Goals have been informed by our ongoing connections and engagement with our stakeholders. These customers, suppliers, employees, investors and association leaders help us identify the issues that matter to the organization, the global challenges ahead of us and the areas to explore in our ESG journey.


Over the past year, our stakeholders have provided insights on business priorities, research opportunities, workforce training and communication, and reporting functionality. Their input has been instrumental in helping us identify the best way to protect the planet, serve our people and cultivate a responsible culture.

 

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