Sustainability

Providing Circular Side Stream Solutions

Interview with Steven De Laet, InOpSys

Making Demanding Applications Bio-Based

Biovox was founded in 2020 to enable more sustainability through renewable bioplastics even in difficult applications such as consumables in healthcare or machine parts.

ExxonMobil Plans Chemical Recycling Plant in Baytown

Following trials earlier this year of its proprietary technology for advanced recycling – also referred to as chemical recycling – ExxonMobil has now announced its intention to build a large-scale plant in Baytown, Texas, USA.

Processes4Planet: EU Cross-Sectorial R&I

The Processes4Planet (P4Planet) partnership’s goal is to transform the European process industries to make them circular and achieve overall climate neutrality at EU level by 2050, while enhancing their global competitiveness.

Chemical Industry – Surviving or Thriving in the Next Normal?

In his interview with CHEManager, Thorsten Wenzel, Vice President and global head of the industry business unit Chemicals at SAP, talks about most recent trends and developments shaping the future of the chemical industry.

The Future of Sustainability Policy

Over the past few years, sustainability has become a priority for innovation teams in the materials and chemicals industry as well as consumer-facing industries like apparel, food, and beauty.

On the Way to Climate Neutrality

The EU Commission’s ambitious plan for a European Green Deal, launched shortly before the pandemic struck in early 2020, aims to make the continent the world’s first climate-neutral region by 2050. The goals spelled out in January last year call for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% up to 2030, compared with 1990 levels.

Sustainable Synthesis of Biochemicals

When Circa was founded in 2006, the company’s aim was to convert non-food cellulose into high-performance, renewable chemicals, at scale — extracting value from waste biomass and addressing a gap in the market for better, more sustainable materials.

Taking an Active Role in the Industry Transformation

Fernando J. Gómez, head of the Chemical and Advanced Materials Industry at the World Economic Forum (WEF), discusses the chemical-industry-related topics that are high on the WEF’s agenda.

The Age of Sustainability

In a nutshell, reaching sustainability has become a key aspect for chemical companies and adjacent businesses along the product chain with a high entry hurdle for everyone.

The Role of Clean Hydrogen for a Climate Neutral Industry

Europe wants to become the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050 and decouple its economic growth from the consumption of natural resources – this is what the members of the European Union committed to in the so-called Green Deal in December 2019.

CO2-Neutral Chemical Industry

The European Chemical Industry has set out on an ambitious path to become carbon neutral. Germany, as one of the major chemical manufacturing nations, has committed to achieve this goal by 2050.

Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Chemical Industry

Besides digitalization, sustainability and the circular economy are the key issues facing the chemical industry at present and in the com­ing decades.

Ercros Launches Three-Dimensional Sustainability Strategy

Spanish chemical company Ercros has launched a three-year strategic plan to improve its sustainability. The plan, which incorporates 20 projects, is based on three dimensions: diversification, digitalization and decarbonization.

LyondellBasell Sets Out Sustainability Aims

LyondellBasell has pledged to produce and market 2 million t/y of recycled and renewable-based polymers by 2030 as part of a range of new sustainability targets.

Into the Crucible: Will the European Chemicals Industry Rise to the Circularity Challenge?

Chemicals are a critical, but often overlooked, factor of success for a circular economy. 96% of all products on European markets, from food to medical treatments, from buildings to consumer electronics, rely on chemicals, so this shouldn’t come as a surprise. But what does circularity mean for the future of the chemicals industry? Should it embrace circular systems or resist them?

Upcycling of Post-Consumer PLA Waste

Designed for their performance and durability, synthetic plastics have become indispensable as “materials of every-day use”. However, their characteristic long life span and indiscriminate disposal have led to an acute problem of plastic pollution. In order to address this issue, the European Union is not only trying to adopt a circular system to reuse, repair and recycle plastics (circular economy) but it also aims to produce plastics out of renewable resources (biobased plastics).

A New Responsible Way of Doing the Chemical Distribution Business

The Chemical Distribution Industry

Science to Enable Sustainable Plastics

“Science to Enable Sustainable Plastics” was the topic of the 8th Chemical Sciences and Society Symposiums, held from November 10-13, 2019, in London.

Industry and EU Parliament Back Green Recovery

Sekisui Chemical and INCJ Form Ethanol JV

Plastics manufacturer Sekisui Chemical and the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) have formed a joint venture to verify and commercialize combustible waste-to-ethanol technology.

Ineos Pursues Chemical Recycling With Plastic Energy

Ineos has joined forces with Plastic Energy to help promote and employ chemical recycling.

Flow Chemistry Opens up New Possibilities

Clariant and Floreon Collaborate on Biopolymer Applications

Industriepark Höchst Combines Tradition and Future

CEFIC’s Mid-Century Vision

Sustainable Chemical Supply Chains

Sustainability versus Profitability

Logistics Trends and the Chemical Industry: Digitalize and Cooperate

Driving Innovation with Petrochemicals

WEF’s Global Competitiveness Index 2018

Neste in Waste Plastics to Feedstock Project

Biotechnology Is about to Change Our Lives

Regaining Competitiveness in the Global Market