Climate Change Data

Chase Corporation

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)

Reporting Period: 2018

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Sustainability
  • Risk Management
  • Ethical Corporate Culture
  • Community Contribution
  • Environmental Respect
  • Fair Employee Treatment

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Rising raw material costs
  • Increased operational costs following plant closure
  • Product mix shift to lower margin products
Mitigation Strategies
  • Price increases
  • Short- and long-term steps to regain and improve margins
  • Plant closures and consolidation
  • Product pruning
  • Footprint reductions
  • Resource reallocation
  • Divestitures

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Period: 2019

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Human Rights
  • Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS)

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • COVID-19 pandemic impact on operations and supply chain
Mitigation Strategies
  • Maintaining operations at most facilities, implementing cost-cutting measures, leveraging strong financial position

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Period: 2020

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Human Rights
  • Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS)
  • Board Diversity

Social Achievements

  • Launched a Responsibility page on chasecorp.com detailing Human Rights and EHS policies.
  • Modified Board structure, creating the position of Lead Independent Director in October 2020.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • COVID-19 pandemic disruptions
  • Raw material cost increases
  • Supply chain challenges
  • Competitive landscape related to obtaining and retaining a manufacturing labor force
  • Tariffs
Mitigation Strategies
  • Operational discipline and proactive initiatives (consolidation of product lines, exit from low-margin services, facility relocation)
  • Developing non-tariff-sourced materials
  • Altering manufacturing logistics by utilizing non-U.S. manufacturing facilities
  • Instituting customer price adjustments to protect gross margins

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Human Rights
  • Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS)

Social Achievements

  • Launched a Responsibility page on chasecorp.com detailing Human Rights and EHS policies.

Governance Achievements

  • Modified Board structure in October 2020, creating the position of Lead Independent Director.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Increased input costs due to global raw material inflationary pressures, increased logistics costs, and a more competitive labor market.
  • Lagging effects of customer price increases due to notification period requirements.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Operational discipline and proactive initiatives (consolidation of product lines, exit from low-margin services, facility relocation).
  • Customer price adjustments to protect gross margins.
  • Consolidation and optimization initiatives to reduce manufacturing spending and improve operational efficiency.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities