DuPont nabs first-ever Bioeconomy Leadership Award

In Delaware, the Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals (SBFC), today awarded DuPont with its 2013 Bioeconomy Leadership Award. 2013 marks the first year of this award, aimed at honoring an organization for demonstrated and sustained leadership excellence in advancing the development of the biobased economy. DuPont was recognized for its pioneering work in two strategic areas: renewably sourced materials and fuels. The SBFC recognized DuPont’s first commercial shipments of Bio-PDO™ from its Loudon, Tenn., plant – the first facility to produce the versatile, renewable biobased product. Bio-PDO™ is used in cosmetics, apparel and industrial applications such as deicing fluid.  Bio-PDO™ also was noted for its advancement of high-performance fibers such as DuPont™ Sorona®, which is stain resistant and highly durable. In addition, DuPont’s continued advancements in biobased isoprene development based on microbial fermentation of renewable sugars also drew attention from SBFC.