Solutions like I'm greenTM plastic anticipate the future. Innovations in plastics are essential for enabling society to raise standards of living while offering increasingly sustainable alternatives. We've compiled the latest additions to the I'm greenTM portfolio, as well as videos and press releases.
The unit producing green ethylene, the feedstock used to produce thermoplastic resins from renewable resources, will see an increase in capacity of 260 kton/year (up from 200kton/year). This expansion will meet strong global demand for biopolymers and contribute towards Braskem becoming a carbon neutral company by 2050
Old fishing nets are among the most common trash in the harbors. Braskem supports Plastix in the process to recycle them and markets the resulting Green Plastics.
Braskem (B3: BRKM3, BRKM5 and BRKM6; NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK) ("Company") , the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an industrial scale, today announced its involvement in Native Shoes' new line of The Robbie footwear, created with Braskem's renewable and carbon negative I'm greenTM bio-based EVA polymer.
To further strengthen its commitment to sustainable development, Braskem, a pioneer and the market leader in the production of biopolymers on an industrial scale, just announced the investment of R$130 million in three projects to advance the circular economy: the start of construction of a Circular Packaging Development Center, the inauguration of a mechanical recycling plant and the start of construction of Brazil's first advanced recycling plant with technology developed by Valoren.
Braskem is the 40th participant to join Nextek's groundbreaking project NEXTLOOPP, to create food-grade recycled Polypropylene (FGrPP) from post-consumer packaging waste.
Braskem S.A. (B3: BRKM3, BRKM5 and BRKM6; NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK) ("Braskem"), the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an industrial scale, today announced the expansion of its circular polymer portfolio to include two new polypropylene (PP) grades with post-consumer recycled (PCR) content.
Braskem S.A. (B3: BRKM3, BRKM5 and BRKM6; NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK) ("Braskem"), the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an industrial scale, today announced its investment in Nexus Circular LLC ("Nexus"), a commercial leader in advanced recycling that converts landfill-bound plastics into circular feedstocks used in the production of sustainable virgin plastics.
In the end of october, we were recohnized by BloombegNEF (News Economic Forum) as the best plastic-producing company in terms of circular economy.
Lummus and Braskem execute MoU for joint licensing two projects of leading technology to produce green ethylene from ethanol based on Braskem's process operated at their plant in Triunfo, Brazil
This partnership enables hotels to significantly reduce their carbon footprint through flip-flops made from our I'm greenTM EVA.
September 16, 2021 - Braskem (B3: BRKM3, BRKM5 and BRKM6; NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK) ("Company"), the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an industrial scale, announces its partnership with Gelmart International ("Gelmart"), a leading global manufacturer of intimate apparel.
Braskem the largest biopolymer producer in the world has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the SCG Chemicals, one of the largest integrated petrochemical companies in Thailand and an industry leader in Asia, to perform studies to jointly invest in a new bio-ethanol dehydration plant in Thailand to produce bio-ethylene and I'm GreenTM bio-based Polyethylene.
Braskem's Henri Colens, External Affairs Leader Europe & Asia, ponders how using agricultural biomass could support a sustainable plastics economy
With the new solution, the company expands its I'm greenTM portfolio
Rotterdam and Singapore, 26 April 2021 - Trafigura Group Pte Ltd ("Trafigura" or the "Group"), one of the world's leading independent commodity trading companies, and Braskem, the largest petrochemical company in the Americas and a world leader in biopolymers production, have collaborated on what is believed to be the first cargo of carbon offset naphtha¹. The cargo was shipped last week from Corpus Christi, Texas and will be delivered by Trafigura to Braskem's facility via the Port of Aratu in Bahia, Brazil.
Tests of new sustainable routes for producing resins from renewable and circular materials will continue in 2021, in São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul
Launch Includes a New EVA Clog from Pennsylvania-based Footwear Company Dansko
The unit producing green ethylene, the feedstock used to produce thermoplastic resins from renewable resources, will see an increase in capacity of 260 kton/year (up from 200kton/year). This expansion will meet strong global demand for biopolymers and contribute towards Braskem becoming a carbon neutral company by 2050
The project is being developed by researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago
In its first decade, I'm greenT has been used in over 600 products by 200 brands across the world, avoiding CO2 emission equivalent to more than one year of automotive emissions in a city like São Paulo
The agreement aims to utilize advanced recycling to achieve post-consumer recycled PP with virgin-like quality for use in the most demanding applications
The video tells the story about the I'm green biobased the first biopolymer produced in industrial scale by Braskem.
Braskem's latest sustainability commitments focus on strategic growth in recycled materials and mitigating its impact on climate change
Braskem's goal is to drive the Circular Economy by reintroducing plastic waste into the plastic value chain and transforming it into raw materials for the industry
The new phase involves the signing of a cooperation with the Fábrica Carioca de Catalisadores (FCC S.A.), SENAI CETIQT and COPPE/UFRJ with total investment of R$2.7 million
The initiative is now part of an online repository along with over 60 case studies for fostering the sustainable development of various economic sectors
The new phase involves the signing of a cooperation with the Fábrica Carioca de Catalisadores (FCC S.A.), SENAI CETIQT and COPPE/UFRJ with total investment of R$2.7 million