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Community Support Programs

Our businesses and sites around the world are committed to providing support, sponsorships, fundraising efforts and outreach opportunities to their local communities and causes close to their hearts.

Social sourcing

Innospec utilises organizations who create employment opportunities for disadvantaged members of our local communities.

  • Our site in Vernon has supported a local workwear laundry company called Blanchisserie A.P.E.E.R, who create employment opportunities for local people with disabilities, since 2017.
  • Our Herne site have used an organization called WeWoLe, who employ handicapped individuals for maintenance and laundry, since 1999.
  • In Castiglione, the site has engaged with the local organization Saint Lucia Social Cooperative since 2018, who provide employment opportunities to disabled and disadvantaged people in the form of cleaning.

Tackling plastic pollution along the River Mersey

The global beauty industry is estimated to produce 120 billion units of packaging every year, with plastic accounting for 70% of these. At Innospec, our Personal Care team are committed to helping reduce plastic waste and water usage to tackle this issue and support a sustainable future. In September 2024, our Personal Care team partnered with the Mersey River Trust for a litter collection event, as part of their Plastic Free Mersey initiative, reducing plastic waste along the River Mersey. Over the course of the day, they collected over 140kg of waste along the banks of the river, near to our site in Ellesmere Port, UK.

Find Out More About Our Sustainable Formulations In Personal Care

Local Sponsorship

Our sites around the world are committed to supporting local organizations close to their hearts. Our people take on a range of creative ideas to help their local communities. From taking part in sponsored sporting events to promoting employee blood donor sessions, we embrace a wide range of initiatives to support the places where our people live and work.

Some of the fantastic efforts undertaken by our sites in 2023 included:
  • UK
  • France
  • Italy
  • Germany

Ellesmere Port, UK:

The sites sponsored a local half marathon event, in which a team of 16 employees also participated to raise funds for Dementia UK.

Ellesmere Port, UK:

Held 2 shopping trolley events, where people could donate items for those in needs through organisations such as Wirral Women and Children’s Aid and the Salvation Army.

North America

Vernon, France:

Continued their long-standing partnership with Ma Ruche En Pot, sponsoring 10 beehives to help improve biodiversity and pollination.

Castiglione, Italy:

The site sponsored a local soccer team of 180 children. This will help to renovate the soccer field’s turf that needed complete resurfacing after many years of use. This support will allow the association to continue offering a wide variety of sports to children in the local area.

Employees organized and donated to an annual Christmas food, goods and toys collection in support of the local Red Cross, helping to support more than 160 families in the town area.

 

Leuna, Germany:

Continued their annual support of the Ambulantes Kinder – und Jugendhospiz Halle, a local children’s hospice, through a Christmas donation and continued their annual donation to cCe Kulturhaus Leuna, a historical arts centre.

Herne, Germany

Organized a blood donation campaign at our Herne site, together with the German Red Cross. The German Red Cross set up a mobile blood donation unit on site for this purpose and 30 employees took part.

  • Performance Chemicals
  • Oilfield Services
  • Fuel Specialties

Salisbury and High Point, US:

Our Performance Chemicals sites in Salisbury and High Point, NC, sponsored floats in their local parades for 2 charitable organizations that improve the lives of disadvantaged children within the community. They also sponsored the Spencer Winterfest that aims to attract visitors to the town and support local businesses.

Salisbury, US:

Donated blankets to the elderly within the community to help keep them warm through winter. This was part of a wider volunteering activity for Meals on Wheels Rowan, where employees delivered nutritious meals on a weekly basis to those who are unable to buy food for themselves.

Salisbury and High Point, US:

2023 marks the 5th year Innospec Performance Chemicals has been the main sponsor for the United Way Into the Light walk. This event raises funds and awareness for suicide by honoring lives lost, fighting the stigma, and supporting local mental health treatment services.

Oklahoma and Midlands, US:

Innospec sponsored a tree planting project in the Oklahoma and Midland regions. The sites are making donations of $150.00 per 1 Million lbs. of chemical manufactured through the Oklahoma and Midland facilities. In 2023, they planted 28 trees and donated over $14,000 to protect the local environmental areas.

Oklahoma, Pleasanton, and Texas, US:

The Oilfield Services division made a commitment to hosting blood drives at each of Manufacturing sites Oilfield headquarters. The teams hosted a total of 8 blood drive events at: Oklahoma City, OK, Pleasanton, TX, Midland, TX and The Woodlands, TX. The group surpassed the blood donation goal by 12% from the previous year and plans to continue the Journey moving into 2024.

Pencader, US:

Supported Rockwood High School Biodiesel project by offering testing and sampling services to help improve the stability of their biodiesel to be used in the local community.