LYB announces updated 2030 sustainability goals

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HOUSTON, Feb. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LyondellBasell (NYSE:LYB) today announced updates to its 2030 climate and circularity goals amid the need for disciplined capital allocation, evolving market conditions and regulatory developments. The goals remain ambitious, while balancing the need to adjust for near-term achievability. The company’s three-pillared strategy remains unchanged: growing and upgrading the core, building a profitable circular and low-carbon business, and stepping up performance and culture. To ensure alignment with the strategy and reflect the realities of today’s operating environment, the updated goals are as follows:

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“Over the past several years, we have made measurable progress and gained a deeper understanding of factors that enable us to deliver value from circular and low carbon solutions, including the pace of policy adoption and implementation, market demand and technology readiness. At the same time, maintaining capital discipline is essential in the current economic environment,” said Peter Vanacker, chief executive officer of LYB. “We will continue to create value for our stakeholders through being a leader in sustainability in the chemical industry and executing our strategy. These updates to our goals ensure we remain focused on advancing sustainability as a key value driver of our business at a pace aligned with market conditions and the regulatory environment.”

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To date, the company has achieved significant milestones, including advancing construction of the MoReTec-1 plant, the company’s first commercial-scale catalytic chemical recycling plant using its proprietary MoReTec technology in Wesseling, Germany, targeting future profitable growth in circular and low-carbon solutions. The company has also made progress in reducing emissions, including at the Houston Refinery site, and through value-creating energy efficiency measures at its manufacturing sites via its Value Enhancement Program, and securing sufficient projects to reach the company target of procuring a minimum of 50% of electricity from renewable sources by 2030 (based on 2020 procured levels).

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The updated goals will not impact supply commitments or commercial contracts.

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Details on LyondellBasell’s refreshed sustainability approach and the enablers that impact the achievement of its sustainability goals will be shared in the company’s annual Sustainability Report in April 2026.

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About LyondellBasell

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We are LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) – a leader in the global chemical industry creating solutions for everyday sustainable living. Through advanced technology and focused investments, we are enabling a circular and low carbon economy. Across all we do, we aim to unlock value for our customers, investors and society. As one of the world’s largest producers of polymers and a leader in polyolefin technologies, we develop, manufacture and market high-quality and innovative products for applications ranging from sustainable transportation and food safety to clean water and quality healthcare. For more information, please visit www.lyondellbasell.com or follow @LyondellBasell on LinkedIn.

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Forward-Looking Statements
The statements in this release relating to matters that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon the expectations and assumptions of management of LyondellBasell, including expectations based on third-party information and projections, which are believed to be reasonable at the time made and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. When used in this release, the words “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “strategy,” “goal,” “ambition,” “”achieve,” “pathway,” “enable,” “target,” “should,” “will,” “expect,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. In addition, any statements that refer to LyondellBasell’s sustainability goals and related efforts are forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially based on factors including, but not limited to, market conditions, the business cyclicality of the chemical, polymers and refining industries; the availability, cost and price volatility of raw materials and utilities, particularly the cost of oil, natural gas, and associated natural gas liquids; our ability to meet our sustainability goals, including the ability to  operate safely,  increase production of recycled and renewable-based polymers, and reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and energy usage; implementation of new technology and the ability to realize the expected benefits therefrom; our ability to access capital to fund our climate related initiatives; our ability to complete construction and successfully operate MoReTec-1; actions by our suppliers and customers, including the use of the Circulen family of products; our ability to procure renewable energy and reduce our reliance on coal; competitive product and pricing pressures; labor conditions; operating interruptions (including leaks, explosions, fires, weather-related incidents, mechanical failure, unscheduled downtime, supplier disruptions, labor shortages, strikes, work stoppages or other labor difficulties, transportation interruptions, spills and releases and other environmental risks); the supply/demand balances for our and our joint ventures’ products, and the related effects of industry production capacities and operating rates; our ability to manage costs; future financial and operating results; climate change developments; legal and environmental proceedings; tax rulings, consequences or proceedings; technological developments, and our ability to develop new products and process technologies; and potential governmental regulatory actions, including climate related disclosure requirements. Additional factors that could cause results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in the “Risk Factors” section of our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2026 and in our subsequent filings with the SEC, which can be found at www.LyondellBasell.com on the Investors page and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.