Covestro and Lanxess Cooperate to Produce Sustainable Raw Materials
Covestro and LANXESS are cooperating in the energy-intensive production of basic chemicals at the Lower Rhine sites in Germany, to make the chemicals more climate friendly. LANXESS procures chlorine, caustic soda, and hydrogen from the ISCC PLUS-certified sites of Covestro in Leverkusen, Germany, and Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany. With immediate effect, Covestro is manufacturing around one-third of the volume of products it supplies to LANXESS using energy from hydropower based on guarantees of origin.
"Covestro is pursuing the goal of completely converting its production to electricity from renewable sources on its path to operational climate neutrality in 2035," said Klaus Schäfer, Ph.D., chief technology officer of Covestro. "A particular focus is on the energy-intensive production of basic raw materials. In cooperation with LANXESS, we use energy in our electrolysis plants in North Rhine-Westphalia on a pro-rata basis, which enables us to reduce our reported emissions by up to 120,000 metric tons of CO2 per year."