RCI Members

“At Beiersdorf we intend to live up to our responsibility as a global company and make a significant contribution towards limiting global warming.”

Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. 

Henkel operates globally with a well-balanced and diversified portfolio. The company holds leading positions with its two business units in both industrial and consumer businesses thanks to strong brands, innovations and technologies.

IKEA is a global furniture dealer offering home furnishing products, services and solutions with the ambition to support a healthy and sustainable life at home. The IKEA vision, to create a better everyday life for the many people, is our inspiration.

The LEGO Group is committed to playing its part in building a sustainable future and making a positive impact on the planet our children will inherit. The LEGO Group have set targets to make its materials and packaging more circular and sustainable, reduce the carbon footprint of bringing LEGO® products to market and limit its use of resources. 

Michelin is building a world-leading manufacturer of life-changing composites and experiences. Pioneering engineered materials for more than 130 years, Michelin is uniquely positioned to make decisive contributions to human progress and to a more sustainable world.

On delivers industry-disrupting innovation in premium footwear, apparel and accessories for high-performance running, outdoor, training, all-day activities and tennis. On’s award-winning CloudTec® innovation, purposeful design and groundbreaking strides within the circular economy have attracted a fast-growing global fan base – inspiring humans to explore, discover and Dream On.

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Reckitt exists to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We believe that access to the highest-quality hygiene, wellness and nourishment is a right, not a privilege. Reckitt is behind some of the world’s most recognisable and trusted consumer brands

As an Outdoor & Sports Outfitters, VAUDE is committed to leave the lowest possible footprint on our products and the environment. As a pioneer in sustainable practices, we brought already several new technologies into our industry and going beyond. Just to name a few:

ADM has created a new business unit to deliver plant-based ingredients to the chemicals and materials industry to support de-fossilization of value chain. Networking and active involvement with industry partners are vital in advancing the cause of adopting renewable carbon into the current fossil fuel raw material chain.

Alfa Laval is a leading global provider of first-rate products in the areas of heat transfer, separation and fluid handling. Its technologies enable responsible use of natural resources, reduced environmental impact on industrial processes, improved energy efficiency and heat recovery, better water treatment and reduced emissions.

Arkema is a worldwide leader in specialty materials. Building on its unique set of expertise in materials science, Arkema designs materials to address the ever-growing demand for innovative and sustainable materials, driven by the challenges of new energies, new technologies, depletion of resources, clean mobility and increasing urbanisation.

BASF SE is a German multinational chemical company and the largest chemical producer in the world. BASF operates in a variety of markets. Its business is organized in the segments of Chemicals, Plastics, Performance Products, Functional Solutions, Agricultural Solutions, and Oil and Gas.

Beckers is the number one supplier of coil coatings and a leading supplier of industrial paints worldwide. The company is a true pioneer in providing unique, high-performance coating solutions that improve customer competitiveness while protecting people and planet.

Borealis is one of the world’s leading providers of advanced and circular polyolefin solutions and a European market leader in base chemicals, fertilizers and the mechanical recycling of plastics.

Braskem is the world’s leading biopolymers producer and has committed to produce 1 million tons of bio-based plastics and 1 million tons of plastics with recycled content by 2030.

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Clariant is a focused, sustainable and innovative specialty chemical company based in Muttenz, near Basel/Switzerland.

“As one of the greenest and most innovative sugar beet processors, Cosun Beet Company is very enthusiastic about the Renewable Carbon Initiative, and a firm believer of working together towards a fossil free world.”

CovationBio is continuing our heritage of leadership in sustainable materials innovation as we bring world-class science and engineering to the global marketplace, focused on partnerships with forward-thinkers to promote the new bioeconomy.

“At Covestro, we are convinced that through partnerships and initiatives like the RCI, we can accelerate the transition towards a GHG neutral chemical industry and achieve the switch to a fossil-free raw material base for our operations.”

Sustainable, renewable products from biomass – that’s what CropEnergies stands for. With their products, CropEnergies contributes to a climate-friendly world and ensures that fossil carbons remain in the ground permanently.

The transition toward a low-carbon economy remains one of the fundamental challenges of our society. At Dow, we have set an ambitious target of being carbon neutral by 2050. As a large producer and consumer of energy, this is a complex challenge and one we are determined to meet. In addition to continuously finding ways to reduce emissions from our operations, we are collaborating to invest in new technologies and processes that will decarbonize our industry.

Fortum Recycling & Waste and NG Group have joined forces to become a leading Nordic provider of circular solutions and environmental services, tackling the urgent challenges of climate change and resource scarcity. By transforming waste into valuable resources and removing hazardous substances from circulation, we are avoiding emissions and protecting natural ecosystems.

Driven by passion and innovation, Givaudan Fragrance & Beauty aims to bring delightful and memorable sensorial experiences to consumers around the world. Currently present in all major markets, we strive to be the creative partner of choice for customers not only in personal, fabric, hygiene and home care but also in fine fragrances and overall beauty. The Company is driven by its inspiring Purpose of creating fragrances and beauty products for “happier, healthier lives with love for nature”.

The H&R Group focuses on the manufacturing of high-grade chemical-pharmaceutical specialty products, thereby benefiting from 100 years of experience, comprehensive expertise and efficient production processes.

Inclusive Solutions for the planet and its people. Delivering the needs of today while protecting tomorrow. Above all, we know that we’re borrowing this planet and our decisions must always consider that. With an ever-increasing population, massive challenges in food, health and wellness and an increasing interest from consumers about what’s in their products, we focus on reducing our footprint and extending our handprint, or our positive impact on the world.

Kemira is a global leader in sustainable chemical solutions for water intensive industries. Kemira provides products and expertise to improve their customers’ product quality, process and resource efficiency.

Kuraray is a global chemical company focused on the development and production of polymers and chemicals specifically designed to meet the customers’ needs.

“Lenzing supports the Renewable Carbon Initiative as it is on the one hand just the right thing to do and on the other fully in line with our corporate strategy – it will be an important nucleus for greening the textile and nonwovens value chains.”

Lubrizol Engineered Polymers started its sustainability journey more than 15 years ago being the first launch of Bio TPU™ in the market.

From a family adventure, which began in 1871, when Victor MANE started producing fragrant materials from regional flowers and plant, the small distillery which has continually been run by the MANE family grew successfully to become one of the leading Fragrances and Flavours companies with over 50 R&D centres and its 27 manufacturing sites worldwide.

Mercer operates modern facilities and sources its fibre from sustainably managed forests to produce natural, fibre-based products, including pulp, dimensional lumber and cross-laminated timber, pallets, pellets, bioenergy, biochemicals and biomaterials.

“By becoming a member of the Renewable Carbon Initiative, Neste wishes to promote the concept of replacing virgin fossil oil with renewable and circular carbon solutions in order to accelerate the necessary transformation in the materials business.”

PCC SE is committed to take responsibility and contribute to limiting climate change and to preserve the natural resources on our planet by defining clear targets for the implementation of climate neutrality throughout the PCC Group of companies.

Peter Greven is one of the leading manufacturers of oleochemical products based on renewable raw materials.

SCG Chemicals’ (SCGC) main business is the production of high-quality plastic resins for use in a range of products for food packaging, electronic equipment, infrastructure, and energy solutions.

“SHV Energy is a leading global distributor of off-grid energy such as LPG and LNG and proud of our role as pioneer in bio based and renewable energy solutions such as bioLPG (also known as renewable propane).”

“Renewable Carbon is the key to sustainable chemistry. By establishing it as a strategic foundation of our business, we can succeed in reducing our own environmental impact and, more importantly, that of our customers too.”

Stepan Company (US) serves a range of markets from consumer products such as laundry detergents, hard surface cleaners, disinfectants, shampoos and body wash; to customized solutions for the agricultural, oilfield and construction markets; polyurethane polyols used in the thermal insulation market; and high purity esters, fats and oils for the pharmaceutical, medical nutrition and dietary supplement industries.

Südzucker is a multinational corporation whose sugar, special products, starch and fruit segments are key food industry players, while its CropEnergies segment is the EU’s leading ethanol producer. Südzucker AG, based in Mannheim, is the parent company of the Südzucker Group and also the largest operating company.

The Chemtech division of Sulzer is the global market leader in innovative mass transfer, static mixing and polymer solutions for chemicals, petrochemicals, refining and LNG. We are steering the way in ecological solutions such as bio-based chemicals, polymers and fuels, recycling technologies for textiles and plastic as well as carbon capture and utilization/storage, contributing to a circular and sustainable economy.

Syensqo is a leading provider in areas including specialty polymers for electric vehicles, lightweight materials for aerospace, and biosourced solvents and surfactants for consumer products.

Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances, flavors, food, nutrition and cosmetic ingredients. Its clients include manufacturers of perfumes, cosmetics, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals and producers of nutritional supplements and pet food.

Competence, diversity, international orientation and tradition form the basis of the service portfolio for integrated safety, quality, environmental and technical resource management. TÜV AUSTRIA creates safety and added value with all its activities. For our customers and partners, for our employees.
Documents produced by TÜV AUSTRIA are recognised throughout the European Economic Area and beyond in many countries of the world. This provides a high degree of legal security and acceptance in the economy, with authorities and in the public..

“Uniper is an international energy company who announced the strategic decision to be carbon neutral within the European energy generation by 2035 and to provide decarbonization solutions to its customers.”

The innovation team members are active in the carbon capture topic since 2004 and have extended their activities to carbon utilization in 2016.

„Renewable carbon from sustainable sources will accelerate the transformation of the chemical industry and offer brand owners and material producers exciting new opportunities for improving their environmental performance. “

With its innovative processes and highly efficient production plants, Verbio is a technology leader in the biofuels market and achieved 2.3 million tons of CO_₂ emissions savings within the financial year 2020/2021.

WACKER as a company with a longstanding history and tradition of over 100 years always had the purpose to create solutions for a sustainable tomorrow by caring about nature and people.

AllocNow is a pioneering cleantech company, focusing on the chemical and process industry. Its mission is to facilitate the sustainability transformation by providing a platform that enables effective management of the environmental impact of products at scale.

Avantium is an innovation-driven company dedicated to developing and commercialising breakthrough chemistry technologies for the production of chemicals and materials from renewable sources (biomass as well as CO2) instead of fossil resources.

Fibenol is at the forefront of creating sustainable biomaterials, offering a solution for a more environmentally friendly future. We are committed to moving beyond fossil-based chemicals and instead focus on producing renewable biomaterials using lower-value hardwood sourced from certified forests. Through wood fractionation, Fibenol is revolutionizing the wood processing industry.

Reuse, recycle, close the loop! Our contribution to the circular economy.

For us, it has long been clear that nature should be the model for all of us. Because everything it produces is needed, used and recycled. There is no waste, only valuable resources. If the life cycle of plastic products is modeled on the closed cycle of nature, we conserve it sustainably.

Since 1992, Futerro has been a pioneer and world leader in bioplastics with the development and production of Poly-Lactic Acid. PLA is a well-recognized bio-sourced polymer able to replace a large number of traditional petro-based plastic used in applications, it can also be fully chemically recycled into monomer.

“We must accelerate the implementation of all new approaches to support our war on carbon and the RCI embodies this by bringing together all sustainable solutions to reduce, recycled and reuse carbon!”

nova-Institut für politische und ökologische Innovation GmbH is a private and independent research institute, founded in 1994; nova offers research and consultancy with a focus on the transition of the chemical and material industry to renewable carbon.

Since 1984, SCS has been a pioneer and leader in the field of sustainability standards and third-party certification, working across the economy in a cross-section of industries including climate mitigation, green building, natural resources, product manufacturing, food and agriculture, consumer products and more.

Technical Control focus primarily on waterborne polyurethane resins with acomplete range, waterborne acrylic resins and cross-linking agents.
To enable the sustainable development, we have developed a series of biobased polyurethane dispersions.

The Danish Technological Institute (DTI), established in 1906, is a leading research and technology organization dedicated to advancing innovation and fostering sustainable growth.
Each year, DTI’s progressive solutions help businesses improve products, processes, and technologies.

The Institut für Kunststofftechnik focuses its attention on plastic products. Plastics engineering concentrates on the interaction between material, process and product, in order to increase manufacturability and usability properties, intenting to create innovative plastic products which are resource efficient and marketable.

ITA Group International Centre for Sustainable Textiles focuses its core competence on the goal of ensuring the holistic biotransformation of textile technology and thus the use of biological principles for cycle-oriented value creation processes.

The Leibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH (IVW) is a nonprofit research institution of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Technical University of Kaiserslautern

NORCE works towards finding solutions that benefit the community, and which increase sustainable value creation nationally and globally.

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amynova polymers (DE) is a company that develops, researches and produces amylofol®, an innovative starch-based biopolymer. Due to its unique properties, amylofol® has great potential for increasing the efficiency of crop protection and fertilisation in agricultural production, as a barrier coating on paper and packaging, and for dust binding in various industrial and environmental applications.

BioBTX creates sustainable BTX from non-food biomass and plastic waste. BTX are vital components needed to create high performance materials, such as new plastics. As a result of sustainable BTX, plastics can become part of a circular economy. In addition, plastics production can liberate itself from fossil resources.

ChainCraft is a start-up company converting food residues (waste) into medium chain fatty acids using proprietary fermentation technology, which are or can be used in various markets ranging from animal nutrition, flavours & fragrances and food additives, agriculture, and the chemical industry to synthesize ingredients for detergents, personal care, lubricants, etc.

Clariter’s upcycling technology transforms problematic plastic waste into climate-neutral renewable carbon-based petrochemicals. These are used by industry to create a multitude of sustainable crude oil-alternative products. Our solution is in direct alignment with the Renewable Carbon Initiative’s vision of empowering stakeholders to phase out fossil resources and replace them with renewable carbon.

COLIPI produces Climate Oil™ by fermenting renewable carbon from organic by-products or CO2 from point sources, yielding an oil with a minimal carbon footprint. This oil serves as a direct substitute for unsustainable vegetable oils and fossil hydrocarbons.

Delft Advanced Biofuels, commonly referred to as DAB.bio, is a pioneering biotechnology company that focuses on developing advanced biomanufacturing technologies. The company aims to revolutionise the large-scale production of chemicals and fuels from renewable sources through innovations in microbial fermentation and bioprocessing.

Dioxycle (FR) is a start-up company founded on the principle that innovative advances and a do-it-yourself mentality can create cost-effective ways to convert waste carbon emissions into valuable feedstocks. At the heart of their solution is a proprietary electrolysis technology that breaks down carbon emissions and reconstructs them into ethylene – the world most sold petrochemical, providing a sustainable alternative to traditional chemicals and fuels while cutting down atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.

Econic is a catalyst and process technology company, focused on converting CO2 into usable carbon, initially in the polyurethanes industry, through polyols, and in surfactants. The technology has the potential to become a platform technology to be used in wider range of polymer systems.

Evoco is a global innovation company founded to defossilise the material value chain. Evoco is developing a plant-based technology platform of scalable chemistry and material technologies to help our industry partners detoxify and decarbonise high-performance consumer and industrial products.

Greenlyte Carbon Technologies operates a low energy direct air capture (DAC) approach to produce CO2 at 600kWh per ton while generating hydrogen as a byproduct.

Modern Meadow is focused on creating innovative biomaterials that make a positive impact on the world. Its main product, BIO-VERA®, is a transformative new material that is not only beautiful, but stronger and lighter than traditional materials. Made with 80% renewable carbon content, BIO-VERA is crafted using Bio-Alloy®, a flexible mix of proteins and polymers.