Indorama Ventures releases independently assured advocacy transparency report

Indorama Ventures published its 2025 Advocacy Transparency Report, a standalone disclosure independently assured by Bureau Veritas. The report is meant to give investors, regulators and other stakeholders clearer visibility into how the company engages on public policy and industry advocacy.

Why it matters: - Indorama Ventures is trying to set a higher bar for corporate advocacy disclosure at a time when investors, policymakers, customers and civil society are paying closer attention to policy influence. - The report adds independent assurance to a topic where reporting standards remain fragmented across jurisdictions. - The company is positioning transparency on advocacy as part of broader scrutiny of sustainability claims tied to waste management, recycling performance, recycled content and circular economy accountability.

What happened: - Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited published the 2025 edition of its Advocacy Transparency Report. - The report is a standalone corporate reporting initiative and the company describes it as first of its kind. - Bureau Veritas independently assured the report. - Indorama Ventures said the report builds on its inaugural 2024 publication.

The details: - The report covers the company’s public policy engagement on waste management, recycling performance, recycled content and circular economy accountability. - Indorama Ventures prepared the report in line with its Principles for Responsible Advocacy, GRI 415: Public Policy and relevant criteria under the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment. - Bureau Veritas carried out a limited assurance engagement under ISAE 3000 (Revised). - The assurance covered the information specified in Bureau Veritas’ assurance statement. - The report gives visibility into direct engagement with policymakers and regulators, plus participation in industry associations and multi-stakeholder platforms. - The disclosure also outlines advocacy governance processes and how Indorama Ventures reviews participation in industry associations. - In 2025, the company engaged on the UN negotiations toward a global treaty on plastic pollution. - Indorama Ventures also engaged on policy issues across Europe, the United States, Latin America and Thailand.

Between the lines: - The report reflects a broader push by companies to defend their role in policy debates while facing more pressure to show how that engagement works. - By choosing independent assurance, Indorama Ventures is signaling that credibility in advocacy disclosure may matter as much as the disclosure itself. - Colm Jordan, Indorama Ventures’ global head of advocacy, said the company hopes more consistent and comparable expectations will emerge across industries and geographies.

What’s next: - Indorama Ventures says independent assurance is only a step, not a final standard, for advocacy transparency. - The company is effectively inviting wider adoption of more uniform disclosure and assurance practices across markets. - The report is likely to serve as a reference point for future corporate advocacy reporting as pressure builds for more comparable data.

The bottom line: - Indorama Ventures is moving policy engagement disclosure from a side note to a formal, independently checked reporting exercise.