Green Chemical Solutions

Natural, renewable raw materials combined with an outstanding ecological footprint are keys for the Care Chemicals product portfolio. And now, with Green Chemical Solutions, Care Chemicals has taken the support for its customers to a new level: Manufacturers from the personal and home care as well as industrial and institutional cleaning segments can see at a glance what proportion of natural, renewable raw materials is found in any Care Chemicals product.

Green Chemical Solutions enables manufacturers in our markets to decide how “green” they want their products to be. It comprises three Easy Guides: a Portfolio Easy Guide, a Formulation Easy Guide, and a Regulation Easy Guide.

Portfolio Easy Guide
Each Care Chemicals’ product has been given a rating of up to four green leaves – indicating what proportion of natural, renewable components it contains and how it is processed. These ratings help manufacturers to determine the degree of “greenness” for their finished products:

  • Products classified as Cognis Naturals are the “greenest” products, and as such receive the maximum four green leaves. They are derived from 100% natural, renewable feedstocks, which are purified using only water, alcohol, or energy treatment processes.

  • The next category is called Cognis Natural Modified, which is indicated with three green leaves. They also come from 100% natural, renewable feedstocks and have been chemically processed using catalysts or other reaction aids.

  • The next two categories are named Cognis Ecohybrids and Cognis Hybrids, indicated with two and one green leaf. Products in these categories are still based on natural, renewable raw materials, combined with structures from synthetic feedstocks by applying chemical processes; the ratio of natural to synthetic C-atoms determines which of the two categories the product is assigned to.

  • The final level, called Cognis Synthetics, comprises ingredients based entirely on chemically processed synthetic feedstocks.

 

Formulation Easy Guide
The Formulation Easy Guide offers many different formulations for various applications telling manufacturers how “green” the whole formulation for a personal care, home care or industrial and institutional cleaning product might be, considering the classification of the Cognis ingredients according to the Portfolio Easy Guide. So customers can judge the “eco status” and naturalness of each Care Chemicals ingredient in a formulation at a glance and thereby assess the “greenness” of the recipe. Furthermore, Care Chemicals has developed formulations, which meet the requirements of official bodies, for example the international renowned Ecocert standard.

Regulation Easy Guide
One result of consumers’ increasing environmental awareness is the proliferation of environmental labels and certificates available for finished products, which play an increasingly important role in consumer purchasing decisions. The Regulation Easy Guide tells customers which regulatory and certification standards are existing so far and to which extent the various Cognis ingredients comply with selected certifications – supporting formulators to design products that meet the requirements necessary to obtain the desired official labels or certificates.

Outstanding quality – worldwide
Green Chemical Solutions is supported by Cognis’ consistent commitment to quality, health and safety. Hence, we apply the same exacting standards to all our production facilities – irrespective of the level of social awareness that prevails in each region. At many of our sites, Cognis already satisfies the international quality, safety, and environmental protection standards of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. While this certification process is still ongoing, in many cases our own SHEQ (Safety, Health, Environment, Quality) management system actually goes beyond the demands of ISO standards.

Green Chemical Solutions – a new benchmark in natural chemistry. Talk to us contact.


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