In Germany, Covestro entered into an agreement with Mitsui Chemicals on the supply of raw materials phenol and acetone from ISCC Plus certified mass-balanced sources. Mitsui Chemicals uses bio-feedstock from waste and residues as raw material basis for its bio-attributed phenol and acetone products. Recently, the first shipment of mass-balanced phenol (1,500 tons) produced by […]
In Canada, Covestro received the internationally recognized ISCC Plus mass balance certification for its Leverkusen and Dormagen sites. Together with the Krefeld-Uerdingen site, which was already certified a year ago, the company can now supply its customers with large product volumes from renewably attributed raw materials from all three Lower Rhine sites in Germany. These […]
News came in late Friday that the CBH Group partnered with leading dry bulk operator Oldendorff Carriers to conduct the first biofuel trial on a grain vessel exporting from Australia, using biofuel supplied by big name bp. The grain being shipped? ISCC-certified barley going to Intermalt whose largest brewing customer is Heineken. Sustainable grain on […]
In Indiana, Brightmark’s Ashley, Indiana Plastics Renewal Facility has been ISCC PLUS (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification) certified. When fully operational, Brightmark’s Ashley plastics renewal facility, now in pilot phase, will divert 100,000 tons of plastic waste each year from landfills and incinerators and convert it into 18 million gallons of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel […]
In the Netherlands, Delta Energy Fuel Supply & Trading was granted the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification and will be supplying Biobunkers in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region from July 2021. Delta Energy is now a member of ISCC and is working on reducing their own GHG savings and looking to a sustainable future within the full […]
In Germany, Covestro received a first delivery of 1,000 tons of renewable phenol from Borealis, produced with renewable hydrocarbons from Neste. Neste produces these ISCC Plus certified hydrocarbons entirely from renewable raw materials which are then converted into phenol by Borealis and finally used by Covestro to produce polycarbonate – as a replacement for part […]
In Canada, Enerkem Inc. announced it has obtained certification from the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification system for the biomethanol production of its Enerkem Alberta Biofuels full-scale facility in Edmonton, Canada. This biorefinery therefore becomes the first ISCC certified plant in the world to convert municipal solid waste into biomethanol. Under the RED Directive, all […]
In Hong Kong, TÜV Rheinland Greater China issued its first International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) certificate to one of the largest bio-diesel suppliers and producers in Asia, ASB Bio-Diesel Hong Kong Ltd. The audit was conducted and completed in mid-May. According to the European Renewable Energy Directive (2009/28/EC) (RED), since 2011, biomass for use […]
In Malaysia, Felda Global Ventures has shipped its third cargo of ISCC certified palm oil-based biodiesel to Europe, with 6,000 metric tons headed to the Spanish port of Huelva. Other shipments had been to Rotterdam and another European port. The company has also delivered 48 tons to the Kuantan Fuel Terminal where the fuel will […]
In Indonesia, PT Harapan Sawit Lestari has been granted ISCC sustainability certification for its palm oil plantations. The company, which produced about 130,000 metric tons of palm oil per year, supplies palm oil to Cargill. A smaller-holders cooperative that also supplies to Cargill via PT Hindoli received ISCC certification last summer.
