BASF Expands Portfolio of Climate Friendly Products Introducing the First Isocyanate Not Carrying a CO2 Backpack
BASF expands the portfolio of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) and introduces with Lupranat® ZERO (Zero Emission, Renewable Origin) the first greenhouse gas neutral aromatic isocyanate. Lupranat ZERO has an accounting Cradle-to-Gate Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) of zero; this means that on its way until it leaves the BASF factory gate for the customer – all product-related greenhouse gas emissions and the biobased carbon bound in the product taken together – it does not carry a CO2 backpack. Zero emissions up to the factory gate are achieved without offset certificates. Instead, renewable raw materials are used at the beginning of the chemical production chain and allocated via a mass balance process. In addition, renewable energies are used for the manufacturing process with green energy certificates (e.g. Renewable Energy Certificates).
The verification of the PCF calculation of Lupranat ZERO by TÜV Nord has been successfully completed.
“We have checked the calculation of the PCF of Lupranat ZERO M 70 R in detail and are now pleased to be able to confirm it for the first time,” says Delia Carls, auditor at TÜV NORD. Lupranat ZERO will be available in the second quarter of 2022.
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