Arkema, a leader in specialty materials, has achieved ISCC PLUS certification of its specialty polyester resins in Gissi, Italy – in line with Arkema’s global Mass Balance(1) roadmap. This achievement supports customers as they implement more sustainable solutions for polyurethane systems in markets such as adhesives for construction, packaging, automotive and more.
This announcement marks a considerable milestone for Arkema as all of our Advanced Liquid Resins facilities worldwide, acrylics, polyesters, alkyds and polyamides, are now ISCC+ certified. The certification in Gissi brings us closer to our overall target to improve how products are made and support industry-wide goals related to carbon footprint reduction.”
The full list of Arkema Advanced Liquid Resins facilities that have achieved certification includes Gissi, Italy (EMEA), Mollet Del Valles, Spain (EMEA), Zwickau, Germany (EMEA), Grand Rapids, Mich (US), Navi Mumbai (India) and Pasir Gudang (Malaysia)
These certifications are part of a larger Mass Balance certification roadmap that covers multiple technologies and products for coatings and related products, covering a complete range of bio-attributed(2) specialty resins and additives, including high solids, waterborne, UV-LED-EB, and polyester powder materials.
For more information, visit our website on mass balance or see the other ISCC PLUS certifications announcements from Arkema Coating Solutions.
(1) The mass balance traceability chain is a method used to track the flow of materials through a production system. and attribute the inputs of a production process, to outputs of that production process through certified bookkeeping. This distinct accounting method verifies that the certified feedstock has replaced an equivalent quantity of fossil raw materials at the beginning of the supply chain and can be attributed to the product-to-be-sold, ensuring that both input and output are balanced. [source ISCC]
(2) A bio-attributed content indicates that the use of a biobased or recycled feedstock has been ascribed using a mass-balance methodology. The bio-attributed content is the % breakdown based on the ISCC+ methodology calculation. [Source Arkema]