The Vinyl Institute (VI) announced on November 13, 2025, the recipients of its annual health, safety, and environmental awards. These awards are given to VI-member companies for protecting the environment and improving worker safety at manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada. This year, the VI recognized 26 facilities with 48 awards for outstanding performance.

“The dedication and commitment demonstrated by these facilities set a high standard for the entire industry,” said Ned Monroe, president & CEO of the Vinyl Institute. “Their achievements reflect our members’ ongoing focus on continuous improvement in environmental stewardship and workplace safety.”

Among the sites recognized are these Westlake facilities in the United States for the following awards:

Safety Excellence Award -- This award recognizes consistent adherence to OSHA safety regulations and recognizes plants with five or more consecutive years with no recordable incidents. 

• Westlake’s Aberdeen, Mississippi, Plasticizer/Additive Manufacturing plant, (9 consecutive years of performance)

Environmental Excellence Award -- This award is based on an outstanding track record of performance for five or more consecutive years under EPA’s NESHAPs, and other environmental permit requirements.

• Westlake’s Aberdeen, Mississippi, Plasticizer/Additive Manufacturing plant, and PVC/CPVC Compounding plant (each, 12 consecutive years of performance)
• Westlake’s Madison, Mississippi, PVC Compounding plant, (9 consecutive years of performance)

Safety Honor Award -- This award recognizes efforts to improve worker safety based on federal OSHA recordable incidents, which are defined as occupational injury or illness resulting in medical treatment. This award, which recognizes plants with no recordable incidents for the reporting year.

• Westlake’s Aberdeen, Mississippi, Plasticizer/Additive Manufacturing plant, and PVC/CPVC Compounding units
• Westlake’s Plaquemine, Louisiana PVC plant
• Westlake’s Calvert City, Kentucky EDC/VCM plant
• Westlake’s Geismar, Louisiana EDC/VCM plant and PVC plant 
• Westlake’s Lake Charles South, Louisiana EDC-only plant
• Westlake’s Lake Charles North, Louisiana EDC/VCM plant

The Vinyl Institute (VI), founded in 1982, is a U.S. trade association representing the leading manufacturers of vinyl, vinyl chloride monomers, vinyl additives, and modifiers. The VI works on behalf of its members to promote the benefits of the world’s most versatile plastic, used to make everything from PVC piping to flooring, roofing, and vinyl siding. The vinyl industry in the United States employs over 350,000 highly skilled employees at nearly 3,000 facilities and generates an economic value of $54 billion.