Sustainability in Chemicals
Chemicals are all around us. They鈥檙e used to make the chair you鈥檙e sitting in, the cleaning solutions in your home, and even the many components in the vehicle you鈥檙e driving. Because chemicals shape our everyday world, we are innovating ways to meet the needs of our customers and consumers by producing products while striving to minimise impacts on the environment.
Shell Chemicals Park Moerdijk takes a big step towards plastic circularity
Shell Chemicals Park Moerdijk started up a new unit that allows difficult to recycle plastics to be reused. With the Market Development Upgrader (MDU), the chemical complex can process circular raw materials at scale.
Develop sustainable solutions together with Shell Chemicals
Sustainable leadership requires change. Shell Chemicals creates customised solutions that enable our customers to manage their sustainability goals at their own pace. Together we can shape the everyday, while helping to meet sustainability objectives.
Meet consumer demand
Develop end products with certified sustainable materials to give customers the solutions they鈥檙e looking for.
Scalable solutions in global markets
Use existing infrastructure to provide cost-effective solutions.
Certifiable practices
Using mass balance accounting, products and processes are certified by independent third-party organisations, bringing transparency and credibility to sustainability claims.
Sustainability starts now
As global industries shift to become more sustainable, companies may be reshaping how they want to manufacture and distribute their products.
We're helping customers to transition from using only conventional materials to incorporating sustainable ones. Together, we're shaping the everyday and making sustainability a reality now and in the future.
Sustainable solutions include:
Bio-based solutions
Incorporate more bio-based feedstocks into your products to help meet consumer demand for sustainability.
Mass-balanced bio-based products retain the same physical and performance characteristics as those produced from conventional feedstocks, and the process is certified by an independent third-party organization providing transparency and assurance.
- Use existing infrastructure, manufacturing equipment/facilities and supply chains
- Provides scalable and customisable solutions based on your business goals.
- Incorporate bio-based feedstock to reduce product carbon footprint
Lower carbon solutions
There are many ways to reduce the carbon footprint of your products.
Discover how lowering carbon emissions and utilising carbon-efficient technologies can benefit your business pathway to net zero.
- An expanding and evolving portfolio of solutions to help address your needs
- More immediate, scalable, and cost-effective means to emission reduction compared to processing in separate facilities
- Combine our solutions with your other lower carbon choices to further reduce your product鈥檚 carbon footprint
Circular solutions
Incorporate more recycled content and transition towards a circular economy.
With the use of post-waste plastics, customers can reduce waste and help enable a circular economy.
- Product specifications, quality, and performance that rival conventional/virgin alternatives
- Certified circular feedstock provides transparency
- Suitable for use in regulated and sensitive product applications such as food grade and healthcare
Explore the benefits of mass balance
Mass balance is a broadly accepted accounting approach that allows manufacturers to replace conventional materials with more sustainable alternatives and provide independent third-party certification of sustainability claims. Mass-balanced products retain the same performance characteristics as their conventional counterparts and are equally strong, effective and durable.