Sustainability pillars

Innovating and Growing our Sustainable Solutions

A growing share of bio-based and biodegradable products and circular raw materials

We work together with customers, suppliers, universities, and other partners to develop innovative and sustainable solutions that have smaller footprints or enable our customers to be more sustainable. These include a growing share of bio-based and biodegradable products and recently introduced, circular raw materials.

Megatrends drive growth opportunities with higher performing and more complex solutions

Our end-markets are driven by societal megatrends and the associated trends influencing our customers, among them, increasing demand for: eco-friendly and more-natural, bio-based products; renewable energy and raw materials; biodegradable solutions; reduced carbon emissions, and recycling improvements.

Our significant R&D capabilities, superior technical know-how, and deep understanding of our customers and their markets position us as leaders in creating sustainable solutions.

Innovation

Key facts

13

strategically located Innovation Centers

Megatrends Drive Growth

for our expanding portfolio of Sustainable Solutions

74%

of our R&D product pipeline is focused on solutions with sustainability benefits

ISCC PLUS

Achieved multiple International Sustainability and Carbon Certification standard (ISCC PLUS) certifications

Eco-Premium Solutions and Eco-Solutions are fundamental drivers of our sustainability agenda 

At the heart of our innovation philosophy are Eco-Premium Solutions that offer substantial sustainability benefits over mainstream alternatives in the market, while still delivering the same or superior product performance. In 2023, 32% of revenue came from our Eco-Premium Solutions.

To highlight the crucial sustainability value drivers within our end-markets, we have introduced a new metric for our product innovation pipeline, named Eco-Solutions. These are product and product line innovations that we plan to introduce in the future based on success. In 2023, 74% of our R&D product pipeline included Eco-Solutions.

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Product innovations - A growing portfolio of sustainble solutions

Our product innovations are increasingly focused on bio-based, biodegradable, and circular solutions, including natural polymers in Home and Personal Care and cellulose-based raw materials in Paints and Coatings. Other innovations include our range of biodegradable and bio-based products, such as chelating agents, surfactants, and polymers based on natural materials.

Introducing Expancel® BIO microspheres

Partially Biobased Lightweight Filler and Blowing Agent

This groundbreaking product concept marks a significant advancement in Nouryon’s innovation portfolio, offering a partially biobased and high-performance lightweight filler and blowing agent that addresses the evolving needs of the market. Designed to be both partially biobased and highly efficient, the concept serves as a versatile solution for various applications, including coatings, adhesives, construction materials, automotive components, shoe soles, and porous ceramics. This innovation reduces material weight and enhances properties while supporting the global shift towards eco-friendly and responsible production practices. 

 

 

Next generation 'EPS foam' is biobased and recyclable as paper

A sustainable replacement for traditional expanded polystyrene (EPS) products

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A closer look....energy saving cool-roof coatings

We combined our Expancel (expandable microspheres) and Levasil (colloidal silica) technologies to create a concept for cool roof coatings. This combination makes it possible for customers to produce coatings that resist dirt and are highly reflective.

The higher reflectivity reduces absorption of heat into buildings, which means less need for cooling, increased energy efficiency, and lower greenhouse gas emissions. These coatings can reduce roof temperatures by up to 15 degrees Celsius and cooling energy used by over 40%.

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Introducing Structure® Silk starch

The latest addition to our Structure® portfolio of naturally derived and sustainable rheology modifiers

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Meeting global demand with new biodegradable-chelates production facility in the Netherlands

Nouryon is a leading producer of high-performing, biodegradable chelates worldwide.
People discussing micronutrients deficiency in citrus in Peru. Our Micronutrients are essential ingredients in agricultural markets.

Sustainable Agriculture

Nouryon's agronomists travel to the world’s most remote places to teach customers and other partners, how to make use of chelated micronutrients in drip irrigation techniques which make agriculture possible on poor soils or in arid areas.
Supplying Suzano via new Nouryon Integrated Manufacturing Model

Supplying Suzano via new Nouryon Integrated Manufacturing Model (IMM)

Under a 15-year agreement signed in 2022, Nouryon will commission its IMM for the world’s leading producer of eucalyptus pulp.
New biodegradable personal care technology, Structure® M3 co-surfactant offering customers the optimal balance of mildness, cleansing, and foaming in shampoo, facial cleanser, and body wash formulations

Raising Personal Care Standards with Structure® M3 Co-Surfactant

his new innovation enhances the functionality and appeal of a wide range of personal care formulations and was developed in response to consumers’ increasing preference for more natural and milder ingredients.
Nouryon partnering with E5 Incorporated

Nouryon and E5 Incorporated: Partnering for sustainability in the built environment

With the help of superior quality Nouryon manufacturing, E5® has risen to the top as the industry leader in nano silica utilization in concrete, which is driving sustainability in the built environment and setting a benchmark for others to follow. - [June 2024]
Nouryon's new Levasil colloidal silica binding system

New Levasil® colloidal silica binding system for magnesia refractories

New colloidal silica binder technology boosts productivity and efficiency in high-temperature industrial processes. Levasil® FX401, a unique modified colloidal silica, solves the problem of rapid setting and helps with two of the biggest challenges for magnesia-based refractories: hydration and corrosion resistance. - [Sept 2023]

Investing in agricultural artificial intelligence

Nouryon continuously assesses investment opportunities in emerging and sustainable technologies that have the potential of becoming a disruptive force in our addressable end-markets, including those of our Agriculture and Food Business Line

First Chinese CID License for Leading PVC Producer

Our customers around the world are demanding more sustainable solutions and are therefore making the shift to CID technology for PVC production.
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Expancel® HP92 microspheres innovation reduces weight, withstands high pressure

Reducing weight in underbody coating and seam sealant, without compromising coating performance.

Advancing Sustainable Cookware with Levasil® Colloidal Silica

The cookware industry is responding to consumer health and environmental concerns by shifting away from PTFE-based coatings i...

A natural alternative paint thickener

Bermocoll® Flow combines the flow and levelling properties of an associative synthetic thickener with...

A closer look....sustainable pulp production

We are the largest global supplier of sodium chlorate and the leading supplier of chlorine dioxide generators and Integrated Manufacturing Models to the global pulp industry. We are also committed to continually delivering pioneering solutions to the global pulp and paper industry. Learn more about our pioneering solution for the pulp and paper industry:

  • Sustainable manufacturing processes, reducing environmental footprint
  • Proximity to customer point-of-use reduces transportation, increasing eco-efficiency and safety
  • Energy derives from the pulp mill (biomass)

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Learn more - Nouryon's sustainability pillars

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Improving our safety performance and environmental footprint

We continuously work to improve our safety performance and environmental footprint for the benefit of our employees, contractors, customers, neighbors, and the environment
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Grow and innovate

We provide solutions that are essential in applications ranging from pharmaceuticals and farming to electric cars and building insulation. Our goal is to deliver not just the desired functionality but improved sustainability performance as well.

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Engaging and partnering with employees, customers, and suppliers

At Nouryon, we aim to achieve sustainable business growth and have a positive impact on people’s everyday lives through our essential solutions as well as our actions.

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