Chemours

The Chemours Company (Chemours) is a global leader in Titanium Technologies, Thermal & Specialized Solutions, and Advanced Performance Materials. It delivers customized solutions with a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals products for markets, including semiconductor and consumer electronics, renewable and traditional energy, coatings, plastics, refrigeration, and air conditioning, transportation, general industrial, and more. Chemours' flagship products are sold under prominent brands such as Ti-Pure™, Opteon™, Freon™, Teflon™, Viton™, Nafion™, and Krytox™. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, Chemours has approximately 6,000 global employees and 28 manufacturing sites serving approximately 2,500 customers in approximately 110 countries.

In 2018, Chemours announced ten Corporate Responsibility Commitment (CRC) goals aligned with its focus on responsible operations, a more sustainable portfolio, a more diverse and inclusive workforce, and creating vibrant communities where it operates. Since articulating these goals, the company continues to advance its commitments and challenge itself to do more to meet the world’s growing demand for greater equity and safer, more sustainable products.

Chemours is pursuing energy efficiency initiatives and integrating renewable energy at its sites in a broader, deeper way. The company’s premier innovation center, the Chemours Discovery Hub, was awarded three out of four Green Globes for sustainable building.

As part of its Better Plants Challenge pledge, Chemours has committed to achieving a 17% reduction in energy intensity at its U.S. sites.

Additionally, as part of achieving its CRC goals, Chemours continues to partner with government, industry, and academic institutions to enable and advance the hydrogen economy and explore how its chemistries can be applied to other companies and industries to achieve more sustainable operations.

The Chemours Company received a 2023 Better Practice Award for launching a corporate roadmap to reduce fluorinated organic compound (FOC) process emissions by 99% by 2030. To-date, 24 FOC improvement projects have been completed, resulting in a more than 40% reduction in FOC emissions compared to a 2018 baseline and more than 3,500,000 metric tons of CO2e, per year of emission reduction.

The Chemours Company received a 2023 Better Project Award for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 1,200 metric tons of CO2e per year through a project to improve boiler control and optimize burner fuel/air to improve turndown, eliminate steam venting, and reduce stack losses.

The Chemours Company received a 2024 Better Practice Award for reducing energy intensity by 3.5% company-wide after launching an internal bonus metric based on implementing energy efficiency for 2023. This metric establishes the foundation for a year-over-year incentive program.

The Chemours Company received a 2024 Better Project Award for achieving over $1 million in annual savings on waste disposal costs at its Corpus Christi manufacturing site by employing a distillation column, which effectively reduced waste by 60% in a single process step.

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Planning Ahead: Comprehensive Operational Planning

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Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail: How Emissions Reduction Planning Helps Partners Meet Energy Goals

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Taking the Hy Road: Clean Hydrogen for Industry

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The Fuel Truth: Adopting Renewable Fuels

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The Fuel Truth: Adopting Renewable Fuels

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Energy Efficient-She

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Energy Efficient-She

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2022 Better Buildings & Better Plants Summit Opening Plenary

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Better Plants Challenge

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DOE Program Participation