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February 10, 2020

Trinseo Awarded Silver Medal Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Rating by EcoVadis

Trinseo (NYSE: TSE), a global materials solutions provider and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders, and synthetic rubber, has been awarded a Silver Medal from the EcoVadis Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Rating assessment. The recognition is announced each December and the title is valid through the following year.

Since its founding in 2007, EcoVadis has become a trusted partner for procurement teams in more than 450 leading multinational organizations to reduce risk and drive innovation in their sustainable procurements. The world's most trusted business sustainability rating agency assessed more than 60,000 companies in 198 industries and 155 countries.

“We are proud of the strides made to grow our sustainability program at Trinseo,” said Walter van het Hof, Global Industry Affairs & Sustainability Leader. “Our 2019 Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility Report marked the first full year of measuring performance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards. This recognition is well-deserved and reflects the importance of our adoption of the GRI framework for sustainability reporting.”

The EcoVadis CSR rating measures the quality of a company’s CSR management system – through its policies, actions, and results. The assessment focuses on 21 issues, which are grouped into four themes: Environment, Labor Practices & Human Rights, Fair Business Practices, and Sustainable Procurement. The issues assessed and their relative weight vary based on the company’s activities, size, and geographic location.

Trinseo’s overall score placed in the top quarter of all assessed industry peers while also ranking above average in all four themes with its best rating coming in the Ethics category. The Company was noted as having strong endorsements of external initiatives on environmental issues such as the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) Responsible Care® and Operation Clean Sweep® programs.

For more information on Trinseo’s sustainability and CSR program, visit Trinseo.com/Sustainability.

View Trinseo's Silver Medal Certificate from EcoVadis

About Trinseo

Trinseo (NYSE: TSE), a specialty material solutions provider, partners with companies to bring ideas to life in an imaginative, smart, and sustainability-focused manner by combining its premier expertise, forward-looking innovations and best-in-class materials to unlock value for companies and consumers.

From design to manufacturing, Trinseo taps into decades of experience in diverse material solutions to address customers’ unique challenges in a wide range of industries, including consumer goods, mobility, building and construction, and medical.

Trinseo’s approximately 3,400 employees bring endless creativity to reimagining the possibilities with clients all over the world from the company’s locations in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Trinseo reported net sales of approximately $4.8 billion in 2021. Discover more by visiting www.trinseo.com and connecting with Trinseo on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and WeChat.

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