Chemical companies’ attention has shifted from demand issues to more sustainable practices in an effort to address rising production and transportation costs, greater demand to reduce carbon footprint, diminished profitability, and the push to develop more recyclable products.
The U.S. chemical industry is undergoing a profound transformation in 2023, embarking on a journey of portfolio refinement, supply chain optimization, and groundbreaking material innovation.
SABIC and Circularise have launched a pilot program to evaluate the use of blockchain technology in tracing the carbon footprint of specific material streams from end to end.
BASF produces high-performance UV acrylic hotmelt acResin® with a zero and low product carbon footprint by applying its biomass balance approach and using renewable feedstock.
Solvay announced that the production of its hydroquinone (HQ) and hydroquinone monomethylether (MeHQ) in France has been accredited to comply with the mass balance accounting regime of the ISCC PLUS system.
The Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA) announced its 2023 board of governors, including six new board members and a new slate of executive officers.
It is the first world-scale production plant for chlorine based upon the ODC (oxygen depolarized cathode) technology invented by Covestro and its partners.
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.
The plastics manufacturer intends to make increasing use of microorganisms and enzymes to make its products and processes even more sustainable. The company is developing new recycling processes based on biotechnology.