Covestro Expands its Circular Economy Portfolio to All Major Regions
The company’s Baytown, Texas site receives ISCC PLUS certification and the focus is on mass balanced products using recycled and bio-attributed raw materials.
Covestro is significantly expanding the reach of its product portfolio for the circular economy with the recent ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification) Plus certification of its production site in Baytown, Texas, ), its largest operating facility in North and South America and its third-largest production site worldwide. This milestone is significant, with all of Covestro's major sites now certified by the internationally recognized ISCC Plus standard. In addition to Baytown, certified sites include Leverkusen, Dormagen, Krefeld-Uerdingen (Germany), Shanghai (China), Changhua (Taiwan), Map Ta Phut (Thailand), Antwerp (Belgium) and Filago (Italy).
Said Covestro’s chief commercial officer Sucheta Govil, "Customers in North America can now reduce their carbon footprint and Scope 3 emissions with drop-in, mass-balanced materials derived from recycled and bio-attributed products."
Covestro is the first manufacturer of polycarbonate (PC) and polyurethane (PUR) raw materials to receive this certification in the United States. The certification is a key milestone for both Covestro and the industries it serves, including the automotive, construction, comfort, electronics and appliance industries, which will now have access to ISCC Plus-certified products made from more sustainable raw materials in North America.
To underscore how the products support both the company’s vision to become fully circular and its customers' journey to greater sustainability, Covestro has introduced a specially branded product line with the suffix "CQ." CQ, which stands for “Circular Intelligence,” is a portfolio of products with attribution of at least 25% alternative raw materials derived from biomass or recycled plastics.
The ISCC PLUS certified products produced at Covestro’s Baytown facilities will include thermoplastic Makrolon RE PC used in the automotive, electronics and medical industries, among others. Also included are MDI, used primarily in the production of rigid PUR foam for efficient insulation of refrigeration equipment and buildings; TDI, used in the production of flexible foam for the automotive and furniture industries; and HDI, IPDI, Desmodur W and Desmodur Z, used in various coatings and adhesive applications
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