Keyword: carbon footprint

Chemistry & Life Sciences

New Horizons in R&D for Bio-Based Plastics

04.02.2014 - Versatile Materials - Going beyond natural polymers, the use of bio-based monomers from biorefineries and "renewable oil," gained from plastics' and bio wastes, renders synthetic...

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CESIO Congress 2013 Will Focus on Worldwide Megatrends

12.06.2012 - A Growing Market - For the coming CESIO World Surfactants Congress in 2013 in Barcelona, sales of the 52 booths have started. The novel concept and the shorter biennial rotation of...

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Germany Puts Deeper Carbon Cut Back on EU Agenda

24.05.2012 - Germany has asked for discussion on deeper EU carbon emissions cuts to be put on the agenda at a meeting of environment ministers in June, EU sources said. If agreed, a more...

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Going Green, Big Business Hires Auditors For Proof

23.11.2011 - After Office Depot was picketed over its environmental practices in 2003, the big-box retailer made big changes. It cut off a paper supplier accused of illegal logging. It started...

Logistics & Supply Chain

How Industrial Packaging Can Boost Sustainability Measures

19.10.2011 - Achieving Success - Sustainability has become a decisive competitive advantage in the chemical industry. More than ever, it is the companies' ambition to act in a responsible way...

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PricewaterhouseCoopers Survey Shows Optimism Among Chemicals CEOs

10.05.2011 - Looking Up -The global economy is still recovering from the worst economic crisis in 75 years, as many countries grapple with the aftermath of the recession. So...

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DSM Receives European Outsourcing Award For Carbon Footprint Reducing Technology

08.10.2010 - DSM Pharmaceutical Products' submission for the European Outsourcing Awards entitled "Achieving substantial carbon dioxide footprint reduction for the scale up of a drug...

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Global CO2 Reduction – Businesses between Flood of Costs and New Market Opportunities

18.01.2010 - Efforts to reduce CO2 emissions worldwide could result in additional annual costs in the three-digit-million range for businesses that do not start investing today in efforts to...