Our Corporate Story

Executing our Strategy and Fulfilling our Purpose

As a leading global solutions provider to users of specialty ingredients and chemicals, Univar Solutions features a premier portfolio from the world's leading producers. With the industry's largest private transportation fleet and technical sales force, unparalleled logistics know-how, deep market and regulatory knowledge, formulation and recipe development, and leading digital tools, the company is well-positioned to offer tailored solutions and value-added services to a wide range of markets, industries, and applications.

David Jukes

President and Chief Executive Officer

“Putting the customer at the center of all we do is our North Star. In this pursuit, it’s our people that make the difference and our purpose drives us to help keep our communities healthy, fed, clean and safe, while focusing on Growing Together.”

Our Vision

To redefine distribution and be the most valued chemical and ingredient distributor on the planet.

Our Mission

Streamline. Innovate. Grow. To achieve this, we must streamline our processes and practices, innovate and develop solutions and strategies that allow us to sustainably grow.

Our Core Values

Serious about safety

We are vigilant and proactive to prevent safety hazards, and we will always place safety before profit.

We do what we say

We put service first and make commitments that we can keep, trusting others to do the same, and hold ourselves accountable while being bold, direct, and transparent.

Where people matter

We care about others and their contributions, and ensure diversity and inclusion. Of course, we do this while growing ourselves to grow our business.

Valuable to others

We’re here to solve problems for our customers and suppliers, and to improve the communities where we live and work.

Together we win

We will play to win and get results while working towards common goals and using common processes to continuously improve.

Our Purpose

We help keep our communities healthy, fed, clean and safe.

Our Priorities

Deliver Profitable Share Growth​

Win in our Ingredients & Specialties Vertical

Digital at our Core

Portfolio Upgrade

Leverage Assets & Scale

Grow our People & Culture​