Ashland Partnership Aims to Sustainably Increase Guar Harvests in India
Ashland Global Holdings Inc. has announced the first in a series of sustainable business initiatives resulting in positive economic, environment, and social impacts from the company’s Responsible Solvers™ program. Ashland teamed up with the SM Sehgal Foundation in 2021 to think differently about its supplier relationships in India.
The collective goal was to increase the volume of guar harvested annually through educational programs and scientific solutions for sustainable farming while respecting the sourcing relationships and local cultures of small village farmers in the Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan, India. These relationships are reportedly critical to the company, which uses guar to formulate specialty ingredients for coatings, personal care, and life sciences applications.