Signaling AkzoNobel’s intent to deliver more lower carbon products into the mainstream, the agreement involves the company using BASF’s biomass balanced (BMB) ingredients – which don’t require any new formulations or changes to existing paint manufacturing processes. The end result of this approach is an AkzoNobel paint with exactly the same quality and performance, but with a reduced carbon footprint of at least 5%.
BASF replaces the fossil-based feedstock in the ingredients it supplies to AkzoNobel with renewable resources such as bionaphtha and biomethane via a mass balance approach. This mass balance approach is certified by an independent third party. It means AkzoNobel can purchase BASF’s acrylic binder (one of the main ingredients in decorative paints) with a significantly reduced carbon footprint.
