Arkema bags sustainable leadership award by American Chemistry Council

23 Jun '21

2 min read

Pic: Arkema

French chemicals company, Arkema, has bagged the sustainable leadership award for Societal Contributions by the American Chemistry Council (ACC), for its commitment to advanced bio-circular polyamide 11. The prestigious award recognises products, processes or initiatives that illustrate a commitment to innovating for a sustainable future for society.

Arkema has demonstrated its leadership commitment by currently building the world’s largest bio-factory for advanced polyamide 11 in Singapore, while also co-founding and driving Pragati, the world’s first sustainable castor farming programme, and launching its flagship Virtucycle programme for partially and fully recycled advanced bio-polymers, the company said in a media statement.

Arkema is a global pioneer in advanced polyamide 11 materials derived 100 per cent from sustainable castor oil, and the company is a founding member of the Pragati initiative for sustainable castor bean farming in India. Several thousand castor bean farmers and their families have been trained and certified by the Pragati initiative so far. To further strengthen its commitment to the circular economy, Arkema created its Virtucycle recycling programme in 2019. The programme develops loops for the collection and regeneration of high performance polymers while minimising CO2 emissions. Recently, Arkema announced the planned acquisition of Agiplast, its historical partner in recycling operations, which will enable the company to offer a full service to customers in terms of materials circularity, according to Arkema.

“We’re honoured to be recognised by the ACC for our advances in advanced bio-circular (ABC) polymers and the Group’s global commitment to developing sustainable solutions that meet current and future social challenges. We are investing several hundred million euros in our new integrated Singapore plant that will start up in the first half of next year where 100 per cent of our monomer and polymer production will be sourced from renewable castor beans,” Kevin Hanrahan, chief marketing officer, high performance polymers, Arkema said.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (GK)

More Arkema Inc News... More Textiles News - France...