TAGS: Sustainability / Natural Cosmetics Hair Care
Clariant launches its new Vita 100% bio-based surfactants and polyethylene glycols (PEGs), to help in addressing climate change and in removing fossil carbon from the value chain.
Transition Towards Renewable Carbon
As climate gives an increasing and alarming signal of change, individuals and industries are looking for ways to reduce their environmental footprints, and the demand for bio-based chemicals is set to grow strongly in the coming years.
Clariant is fostering the transition to one of sustainable bioeconomy and has a growing share of bio-based products and processing aids in its portfolio.
The introduction of 100% bio-based surfactants and PEGs expands Clariant’s Vita designated ingredients. Vita products are based on renewable feedstocks and have at least 98% Renewable Carbon Index (RCI). It is just one example of its commitment to provide low carbon footprint solutions to customers and to Greater Chemistry between people and planet.
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From the packaging to the many ingredients, a typical consumer product in coatings, personal care, home care, industrial, and agricultural applications still use petrochemicals and therefore fossil carbon. Switching to bio-based carbon chemistry remains a big challenge for manufacturers and by launching the Vita surfactant and PEG range we are offering them an important new solution to achieve this,” says Christian Vang, global head of Business Unit Industrial & Consumer Specialties, Clariant.
Lowering Carbon Footprints
As one of the global leaders in specialty chemicals, and a member of the UN Global Compact, the company is at the forefront of advanced carbon solutions with a level of expertise, and industry knowledge The new Vita products support manufacturers in maximizing the bio-based carbon content of consumer goods such as detergents, hair and body shampoo, paint, industrial lubricants, and crop formulations.
The company uses 100% bio-ethanol derived from sugar cane or corn to create the ethylene oxide for its new surfactants and PEGs. The bio-based material is segregated along the value chain from the field to the final consumer product. As bio-based feedstocks are used, the ingredients have significantly lower carbon footprints than their fossil-based counterparts.
The Vita surfactants are CO₂ emissions savers, they can help in saving CO₂ emissions compared to their fossil analogues. In addition to setting the standard in a greener production, these new solutions are chemically equivalent to the company’s fossil versions, offering the same performance and efficiency to formulators and brand owners.
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Source: Clariant