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Sustainability Report

2022

Though it has been a part of our founding principles from our beginning in 1963, in 2021 Webb Chemical started a journey of documenting how we exist as a positive influencer in a world experiencing pandemics, natural disasters, and geopolitical conflicts.

We have observed firsthand that a human’s ability to flourish is compromised when we pursue individualized wants rather than communal needs. Humankind is better when we work together.

We are charged to do a job, but through that job we desire to achieve an abundance, an excess of wealth measured not by dollars but by the benefit we can provide to our broader communities.

We are a team of people who desire to have Fun, operate Safely, deliver Results with Integrity, prioritize our Families, and grow Relationships.

Environmental

Our environmental impact continues to be a top priority in what we do and offer to our community.

Environmental
Solar
Water
Green House Gasses (GHG)
For the first time in 2021 Webb Chemical engaged in a project to quantify scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions.
90%
Nearly ¾ of Webb Chemicals GHG comes from mobile sources (trucks).
1,190,000 miles driven in 2021 and 1,030,000 miles driven in 2022 through Q3 2022.
Idle time reduction
Fuel Efficiency Improvements
Solar
573,412

Since the Solar Generation 500 mW system was installed in May of 2020, there has been a 573,412 lb offset of CO2 equivalent to 2,971 trees. The first full year generated 518,456 kw (518 MW).

Water
REDUCE

Current projects aimed at measuring water usage with a goal to seek areas of reduced consumption in operations (tanker washouts).

Social
For the benefit of our employees and their families, we invest in our community as we invest in our operations. Community Investment and Outcomes are driven by paid employee volunteering at non-profits of employee choosing and financial contributions towards community festivals, non-profits, and beneficiaries. In 2019, 2020, and 2021 Covid impacted volunteer opportunities, but Webb chemical responded with increased financial contributions to sections of the community hit hardest by COVID.
Employee Paid Volunteer Hours
Community Investment & Outcomes
Annual Contributions
Community Investment for those hit hardest by COVID-19
Leadership

Relationships are the currency of transformation. Nothing in this world will be sustainably improved or solved if relationships are not maintained. One of our goals in 2022 was to improve employee retention.

Bowling
Golf Outings
Hockey Games
Food Trucks
Gym Membership
Gas Stipends
Paid Volunteer Time
And More
Bonus Pay
$61K

$61k of bonus pay was provided to employees specifically to offset rising fuel costs and decrease the burden of transportation to and from work.

Employee Turnover Decrease
6%

Employee turnover rate decreased to 17.8% in 2022 compared to 24.2% in 2021. While Webb maintains a natural turnover rate of 10-11% due to retirement and performance-related issues, we believe a decrease of 6% in employees choosing to leave on their own to work elsewhere is an accomplishment worth celebrating.

91% of employees Agree or Strongly Agree that Webb is a good place to work – 2022 Employee Opinion Survey

Future Goal Summary
Environment
  • Continued reduction of Carbon usage/volume moved
  • Understand and improve water usage
Social
  • Maintain low debt and fiscally conservative practices that allow 15% of profit investment into communities
  • Work together to contribute 16 hrs of volunteer time per employee per year to communities
Leadership
  • Seek employee turnover of 15% or less
  • Maintain satisfaction of 90% or greater
View our commitment to safety and responsibility as a leading chemical distributor with locations in Muskegon Heights, Michigan, and Fort Wayne, Indiana.