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Lanxess Develops Tool to Automatically Calculate Carbon Footprint of Products

on March 16, 2023 in Innovation

Lanxess has developed the Product Carbon Footprint Engine, a tool that automatically calculates the carbon footprint of its products. The tool uses existing data accumulated by the company’s divisions to calculate the emissions generated from the extraction of raw materials to the shipment of products to factories, following a cradle-to-gate approach in the product lifecycle. In addition to carbon emissions...

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Two Bridgestone Tire Plants in Japan Start Generating Solar Power

on March 6, 2023 in Tires

Bridgestone has started solar power generation at its two Japanese tire plants in Shimonoseki and Kitakyushu through Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). This is the first large-scale solar power generation through PPAs at Bridgestone’s plants in Japan. The total generating capacity is 5.8 MW, which will supply power for tire production at the two plants and contribute to a reduction of...

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Bridgestone Receives SBTi Certification for CO2 Reduction Targets

on February 17, 2023 in Tires

Bridgestsone has received SBT certification from the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) for the CO2 reduction targets it has set for 2030. SBTi is a set of greenhouse gas emission reduction targets set by companies for the next five to ten years, consistent with the levels required by the Paris Agreement. The SBTi has certified Brdgestone’s mid-term CO2 reduction targets...

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Lanxess and Covestro Cooperate on More Climate-Friendly Production

on February 14, 2023 in Industry

German chemical companies Lanxess and Covestro have agreed to cooperate in the production of energy-intensive basic chemicals and to take climate change more into consideration at their production sites located on the Lower Rhine River in Germany. Currently, Lanxess sources chlorine, caustic soda, and hydrogen from Covestro’s ISCC PLUS certified sites in Leverkusen and Krefeld-Uerdigen, Germany. Following the agreement, Covestro...

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Toyoda Gosei and Asics Launch Sustainable Sneakers

on January 26, 2023 in Industry

Toyoda Gosei, a member of the Toyota Group, and Asics, a major sports equipment manufacturer, have launched a line of sustainable sneakers using scrap materials from airbag fabrics, which will be available from Jan. 26 at Asics’s online store and other retailers. Toyoda Gosei has been transforming difficult-to-recycle scraps of airbag fabric and genuine leather handlebars into bags, pen cases,...

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Resonac Confirms CO2 Emissions Reduction in Low-Carbon Ammonia Production

on January 18, 2023 in Materials

Chemical company Resonac (formerly Showa Denko K.K.) has confirmed that the “low-carbon ammonia” manufactured by its Kawasaki Plant (Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture) from used plastics emits over 80 percent less CO2 and other greenhouse gases (GHG) during the manufacturing process compared to ammonia made from fossil fuels. The CO2 emissions calculation process conducted by the company was recognized by a...

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