Omya Wishes to Attain Sustainability Goals by 2050
Omya is a leading global producer of industrial minerals, mainly fillers and pigments derived from calcium carbonate and dolomite, and a worldwide distributor of chemical products. Their natural minerals provide efficient, low cost and low-carbon options for customers around the world. They also provide environmental solutions to productivity challenges that don’t impact the environment.
The Environmental Roadmap is an important part of the Sustainability strategy at Omya. Thomas Stährfeldt, Head of Environment at Omya, shared in a recent interview his company’s vision of reaching sustainability goals by 2050 with their systematic operations and innovations. He gave three examples of how Omya is concentrating on sustainable innovations for circular economy solutions:
- Omyasphere, is a light-weighting product portfolio that has the primary function to reduce the weight of the final product. It offers better health and safety for people handling it and enhances thermal insulation properties leading to energy savings in cooling and heating.
- Omyacycle, is new product line for the building and construction industry is derived from upgraded industrial reclaimed – thus circular – material from the construction industry.
- ChameleoBoost™, a broad range of functional fillers achieves the best savings/performance combination. With the support of Omya’s High Throughput Experimentation (HTE), such paint formulation optimizations can significantly accelerate decarbonization.