FMC Corporation publishes 10th annual sustainability report

'Resilient.Ready.' theme reflects the company's tenacity and commitment to overcome obstacles to support farmers in their critical role of providing food

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Jun 01, 2021, 16:30 ET

PHILADELPHIA, June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --

FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) today published its 2020 sustainability report themed 'Resilient. Ready.' that outlines progress toward the 2025/2030 sustainability goals that were announced in 2019.

"The global pandemic presented challenges to our industry that required all of us to live and work differently. FMC employees rose to the challenge and developed creative ways to engage customers and growers while maintaining operations," said Mark Douglas, president and chief executive officer of FMC. "We are deeply proud of what our employees were able to achieve together to support growers and the strong progress we made against our sustainability goals."

This year's report highlights FMC's decade of progress on sustainability including advancements made against 2020 commitments. The report also details 2021 commitments.

"Thriving food systems are critical to the health and wellbeing of everyone on the planet. At FMC, we recognize we have an important role to play in helping shift the trajectory of climate change through agriculture," said Karen Totland, vice president and chief sustainability officer at FMC. "We are focused on understanding and evaluating where to direct our sustainability efforts to maximize impact and create the most value for all our stakeholders."

Additional information about FMC's sustainability progress and goals, including an online copy of the 2020 report, is available at fmc.com/sustainability.

About FMC

FMC Corporation, an agricultural sciences company, provides innovative solutions to growers around the world with a robust product portfolio fueled by a market-driven discovery and development pipeline in crop protection, plant health, and professional pest and turf management. This powerful combination of advanced technologies includes leading insect control products based on Rynaxypyr^® and Cyazypyr^® active ingredients; Authority^®, Boral^®, Centium^®, Command^® and Gamit^® branded herbicides; Talstar^® and Hero^® branded insecticides; and flutriafol-based fungicides. The FMC portfolio also includes biologicals such as Quartzo^® and Presence^® bionematicides. FMC Corporation employs approximately 6,400 employees around the globe. To learn more, please visit www.fmc.com.

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