In Saudi Arabia, SABIC announced a collaboration with Mattel to incorporate certified renewable polymers from SABIC’s TRUCIRCLE program across Mattel’s products offering. The first Mattel toy products to enter the market in 2022 using certified renewable SABIC PP (polypropylene) polymers will be from MEGA and Matchbox, with more to follow. Heading the initiative will be […]
In India, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and The Government of Odisha have joined hands to take a vital step towards the proliferation of green energy in the state. On April 11, 2022, Sh. Bhupendra Singh Poonia, IAS, Managing Director, Industrial Promotion and Investment Corporation of Odisha Limited (IPICOL); and Sh. Amit Garg, Executive Director […]
In Malaysia, the Malaysian Reserve newspaper reports that together with stakeholders, the palm oil board is reviewing the sustainability standards within the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification scheme to align it with stricter international schemes as well as traceability. Malaysian palm oil regularly comes under fire for weak sustainability criteria so with the European […]
In Malawi, the Maravi Post newspaper reports Ethco is investing $6.4 million to produce biogas from vinasse, with the energy produced going back into the facility’s ethanol production while the digestate will go to local farmers to improve their soil thanks to the potassium, nitrogen, phosphorous, zinc and sulfur. The facility produces 218 million liters […]
In Paraguay, the Omega Green plant will start only production in 2024 but already has offtake contracts with Shell and British Petroleum accounting for 90% of its production. The investment for the plant in Villeta will be $1 billion. The facility, the first renewable diesel project in the country, will also manufacture Sustainable Aviation Fuel […]
In Finland, Neste, Altens and TRAPIL have collaborated to enable the first-ever transport of renewable diesel by a pipeline in Europe. With a pipeline transport, the greenhouse gas emissions were reduced by 92% compared to conventional logistics by tanker trucks. The fuel transport of Neste-produced renewable diesel took place on 28 March 2022 between the […]
In Luxembourg, European Investment Bank (EIB), Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO) and Iberdrola last week announced an agreement aiming to support the decarbonization of the economy by producing green hydrogen for industrial use, thereby contributing to EU energy security. To this end, Iberdrola will receive 53 million from the EIB and 35 million from ICO, with both […]
In Germany, BASF and Henkel jointly commit to replacing fossil carbon feedstock with renewable feedstock for most products in Henkel’s European Laundry & Home Care and Beauty Care businesses over the next four years following a successful pilot with Henkel’s cleaning and detergent brand Love Nature in 2021. Through the cooperation, the fossil feedstock for […]
In Norway, large and increasing demand from industry to decarbonize, recycle carbon, and to secure access to reliable and locally produced CO2 neutral energy, has motivated cleantech provider Vow ASA to start building a large-scale pyrolysis reactor for production of biocarbon and syngas. The new reactor will be built and delivered by the end of […]
In Germany, the climate tech start-up C1 has raised growth capital from well-known investors. The first chemical process that C1 has developed using its technology platform is a much more efficient and sustainable process for producing methanol. The alcohol has been an important basic material in the chemical industry since the beginning of industrialization. C1 […]
