12.03.2025
New study by the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) analyses key Life Cycle Assessment and Carbon Footprint Standards and their implications for Renewable Carbon-based Products
The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) has released a comprehensive study analysing th...
Read more17.02.2025
New study by Renewable Carbon Initiative and Biobased Industries Consortium reveals potential for significant defossilisation of the chemical industry using biomass.
A new study commissioned by the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) and the Biobased Industries C...
Read more21.01.2025
Current transport regulations provide a unique long-term horizon for sustainable aviation and shipping fuel through the defined quotas – what does this mean for the chemical sector?
Following the Green Deal, the EU is leading the way in transforming its trans...
Read more19.11.2024
A comprehensive analysis of 24 scenarios across 15 reports identifies biomass, CCU and recycling as the cornerstone of the chemical industry’s feedstock in 2050
Hürth, 19. November 2024: Experts from nova-Institute, on behalf of the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), prepared a groundbreaking ...
Read more01.07.2024
For the first time, SBTi’s latest draft consultation includes requirements for companies to set alternative feedstock targets for CCU, bio-based and chemical recycling – in line with RCI’s renewable carbon concept
The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBT...
Read more22.05.2024
The Renewable Carbon Initiative has published a position paper outlining the importance of chemical and physical recycling and what is needed to realise its huge potential.
Chemical and physical recycling play essential roles in realising the objectives of the ...
Read more10.04.2024
In a comprehensive member survey, the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) collected ideas and opinions on what is needed to enable the transition from fossil to renewable carbon in Europe. The feedback paints a clear picture and is a call to action.
The Europea...
Read more23.02.2024
New data sets have substantial implications for the comparison of renewable carbon-based and fossil crude oil-based plastics
For years, the life cycle assessment community has been discussing how to make a fair comparison between products made from crude oil an...
Read more10.01.2024
Critical aspects of the JRC Plastics LCA methodology and its policy implications
In the race towards the European Commission's net-zero targets, the shift from fossil-based to renewable materials is a critical journey for environmental sustainability. Available renewable carbon sources in this tran...
Read more27.11.2023
The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) published their latest report “Case Studies Based on Peer-reviewed Life Cycle Assessments – Carbon Footprints of Different Renewable Carbon-based Chemicals and Materials”. The brochure-style report was put together by sustainability experts from nova-I... Read more
14.11.2023
New thinking and terminology is needed to meet climate goals and secure sustainable carbon supply
The focus of climate policy has been, and to a large extent still is, the decarbonisation of the energy sector, where significant progress has been made in the use of alternative energy source...
Read more06.11.2023
The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), a global network comprising more than 60 prominent companies from the chemical and materials sectors, convened for its annual General Meeting in Cologne from September 25th to 26th. This two-day event brought together over 50 representatives from various me... Read more
13.07.2023
CCU enables the substitution of fossil carbon in sectors where carbon is necessary, supports the full defossilisation of the chemical and derived material industries, creates a circular economy, reduces the emission gap, promotes sustainable carbon cycles, fosters in... Read more
14.06.2023
Renewable Carbon Initiative Publishes New Insights into a Hotly Debated Topic and Urges for Careful and Evidence-based Debates
In 2023, the world faces a global hunger crisis. According to the World Food Programme “a record 349 million people across 79 countr...
Read more15.05.2023
The Renewable Carbon Initiative’s position paper highlights chances for the EU to lead the way to a sustainable packaging industry and to promote innovation
In November 2022, the Commission adopted the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament an...
Read more15.03.2023
The new report provides a comprehensive understanding of today's carbon flows and what it means to replace fossil carbon with renewable carbon in the materials and chemicals sectors
In the last five years, the mindset around carbon has changed fundamentally. Of...
Read more23.11.2022
The Renewable Carbon Initiative strongly welcomes the European Commission’s Communication on Sustainable Carbon Cycles and calls for implementation of important measures
Disclaimer: RCI members are a diverse group of companies addressing the challenges of the transition to renewable carbon with d...
Read more19.07.2022
The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) welcomes several policy dossiers that promote more sustainable carbon use and provides recommendations for improvements
Under the Green Deal, the European Union is currently developing and revising a wide range of policies aiming at climate neutrality ...
Read more03.05.2022
Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), CO2 Value Europe (CVE) and nova-Institute publish a study showing the CO2 reduction potential of the chemical industry through CCU
Today, the production of chemicals and derived materials heavily relies on the use of fossil carbon. Industrial processes need hydroc...
Read more15.02.2022
Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) publishes a fundamental strategy paper on the defossilisation of the chemical and material industry with eleven policy recommendations
The Renewable Carbon Initiative (www.renewable-carbon-initiative.com) is an interest group of more than 30 well-known com...
Read more16.12.2021
More than 30 leading pioneers of the chemical and material sector welcome the latest political papers from Brussels, Berlin and Düsseldorf
The political situation for renewable carbon from biomass, CO2 and recycling for the defossilisation of the chemical and materials industry has begun ...
Read more28.10.2021
Looking back at a successful first year with a tripled membership count and presenting clear goals and ambitions for the second year
After its launch on 20 September 2020, the RCI (www.renewable-carbon-initiative.com) is proud to celebrate its first anniversary this fall. The balance sheet...
Read more30.08.2021
The Renewable Carbon Initiative is joining forces to pave the way for the transformation from fossil to renewable materials!
The members of the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) (www.renewable-carbon-initiative.com), founded in September 2020, have joined forces to shape the transition from the f...
Read more21.07.2021
If there is a system change, then do it properly: without crude oil. New reusable systems only with raw materials from biomass, CO2 and recycling!
The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) supports the ban on single-use plastics for a range of applications such as cutlery, plates or straws, but also we...
Read more11.05.2021
Nora and her FlyPhone, BioBTX, Stahl and nova-Institute explain the renewable carbon concept in new formats for B2C and B2B
Launched in September 2020, the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) is firing up a flurry of activities, all with two goals: Firstly, to raise awareness of the renewabl...
Read more08.04.2021
From international brands to leading chemical and bioeconomy companies to innovative start-ups for CO2 utilisation, companies are collaborating to guide a smart transition from fossil carbon to renewable carbon
For the first time since the industrial revolution, technology allows us to dec...
Read more02.11.2020
The current political focus on renewable energy is not sufficient to achieve climate-neutrality by 2050. Fossil carbon use in materials needs to be addressed, too, as the carbon contained in the molecules of chemicals and materials is prone to end up in the atmosphere sooner or later. Only a full ph...
Read more23.09.2020
Eleven leading companies from six countries founded the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) in September 2020 under the leadership of nova-Institute (Germany). The aim of the initiative is to support and speed up the transition from fossil carbon to renewable carbon for all organic chemicals and mater...
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