H.B. Fuller taking sustainability further

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Global adhesives and sealants manufacturer H.B. Fuller Co. has released its sustainability report for 2021, leaning on product innovation and employee education to further its green goals for 2025 and beyond.

"We view sustainability as a fundamental responsibility and a strategic priority that touches every aspect of our business," H.B. Fuller President and CEO Jim Owens said. "Our commitment to developing adhesive technologies that help customers achieve their sustainability goals and to operating H.B. Fuller to reach ours are building momentum in all of our key global metrics.

"These efforts are driving positive change not only across our company but in the industries and communities where we operate."

H.B. Fuller added another reporting platform for its sustainability goals, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board; formed a committee to study environmental, social, governance initiatives in its operations; launched continuing education groups for its employees in diversity and inclusion; and launched a number of products that have enabled downstream customers to reach their own renewable product goals.

The company's future goals include reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent and its water consumption by 10 percent (compared to a base year of 2014 in both cases) by 2025 for its production processes.

"We believe our responsibility to improve is never finished and always look for new ways to embed our environmental, social and governance principles into everything we do," Owens said. "Across our company and around the world, H.B. Fuller is connecting what matters to create a better world for generations to come."

H.B. Fuller, with $3.3 billion in revenue in 2021, was founded in 1887 and continues to provide adhesives, sealants and other specialty chemicals to the disposable hygiene, medical, transportation, aerospace, clean energy, packaging, construction and many other industries.