LANXESS Product Sustainability Monitor: Enhancing a Sustainable Chemical Portfolio

LANXESS is a global specialty chemicals company. It works hard to make its products more sustainable. The company uses a Product Sustainability Monitor. This tool links product safety, climate neutrality, and lifecycle benefits. Each link makes the ideas clear and close.

Three-Element Sustainability Approach

LANXESS builds its monitor on three key ideas:

1. Product Safety and Sustainability
   The company makes sure products are safe. It ties safety with sustainability goals.

2. Climate-Neutral and Circular Products
   LANXESS develops products that do not add extra carbon. It also follows circular economy ideas to cut down resource use and protect nature.

3. Lifecycle Environmental Benefits
   The company checks products for good effects on the environment. This check spans every stage of a product’s life.

Rigorous Portfolio Analysis and Evaluation

LANXESS uses a smart tool to study its product range. It looks at risks and chances to do better in three areas: environment, society, and economy. The system uses several steps:

• A yearly check of the portfolio by the product stewardship group.
• A review by an internal expert committee for right answers and strong direction.
• Fact-based tests that exceed legal rules.
• A look at how products help society beyond chemical rules.

Commitment to Regulatory Compliance and Elimination of Critical Substances

LANXESS follows global chemical rules strictly, including the EU REACH framework. It puts human health and nature first. The company acts by:

• Not producing or selling substances of very high concern (SVHC) in unregistered forms anywhere.
• Keeping SVHC-containing products low; in 2023, less than 11% of sales had more than 0.1% SVHCs.
• Substituting critical substances with safer choices.
• Not developing new products with SVHC levels above 0.1%.

Innovations Driving Sustainable Products

Adipic Acid with Reduced Carbon Footprint

LANXESS leads by using a nitrous oxide (N₂O) reduction plant. This system cuts the carbon footprint of adipic acid by 95% compared to others. N₂O is 300 times stronger than CO₂ as a greenhouse gas. This change cuts down emissions a lot.

Emerald Innovation™ 3000 – Safer Flame Retardant

This flame retardant is new. It replaces older critical substances in materials like XPS and EPS used in construction. The product protects against fire and keeps the environment safe.

Conclusion

LANXESS’s Product Sustainability Monitor shows clear industry leadership. The company ties clear rules with smart innovation. It meets legal standards and works for climate-neutral, circular solutions. By doing so, LANXESS builds a safer, low-carbon, and circular chemical industry.

For more detailed insights, LANXESS provides a Background Paper on its Product Portfolio Sustainability and updates on ongoing innovations and regulatory compliance on its official website.

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