Braskem has become the first Brazilian company to receive ISCC Plus International Sustainability and Carbon Certification the use of alternative raw materials, such as feedstock made from post-use plastics, at the company's industrial units located in southern
"In practice, this certification by an international organization means we're getting closer to expanding the sales of resins and chemical products made from more sustainable raw material with the same characteristics as the ones produced nowadays with fossil materials. The circular raw materials we intend to use are produced from hard-to-recycle plastics, such as flexible packaging made with different types of materials.," explained
With this new step, ISCC Plus will apply to all Braskem industrial units in the petrochemical complex in the
The new development complements the recently announced cooperation agreement signed by Braskem, Fábrica Carioca de Catalisadores (
Braskem has also recently announced two new initiatives in
All these initiatives are aligned with Braskem's feedstock diversification strategy and its macro goals of expanding the circular economy concept in the plastic chain and becoming a carbon-neutral company by 2050 . One of the company's commitments is to expand the I'm greenTM portfolio to include 1 million tons of thermoplastic resins and chemical products made from recycled content by 2030.
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