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Sumitomo Chemical Receives Additional ISCC PLUS Certification
Aug. 5, 2024
Sumitomo Chemical has received International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification for the products below manufactured at its Chiba Works located in Japan.
ISCC PLUS is an international certification system to ensure that sustainable raw materials, such as recycled materials and biomass materials, are properly managed throughout the supply chain, including the product manufacturing process. Sumitomo Chemical is able to apply the mass balance approach*1 for the sale of those certified products.
Newly ISCC PLUS certified products manufactured at Sumitomo Chemical’s certified processing units*2
| Certified site name | Product | Name of product*3 |
|---|---|---|
| The Anesaki District and the Sodegaura District of Chiba Works, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. | Polyethylene | SUMIKATHENE™, SUMIKATHENE™-L, SUMIKATHENE™ α, SUMIKATHENE™ Hiα, and SUMIKATHENE™ EP; EXCELLEN™, EXCELLEN™ GMH, EXCELLEN™ FX, and EXCELLEN™ VL; IGETABOND™; and ACRYFT™ |
| Polypropylene | SUMITOMONOBLEN™ and EXCELLEN™ | |
| Propylene oxide | ||
The Anesaki district of Sumitomo Chemical’s Chiba Works has also been certified as a trader/storage facilities*4 (trading and storage operator) under the ISCC certification. This enables the Company to handle all products certified under ISCC PLUS (e.g., ethylene, butadiene, benzene, etc.).
Sumitomo Chemical is considering selling its ISCC PLUS certified products under the Meguri™*5 brand to promote the recognition of those products as environmentally-sustainable products.
Sumitomo Chemical has made reducing environmental impact one of the material issues the Company addresses as management priorities. The Company will continue to work to earn more ISCC PLUS certificates and step up the supply of certified products, and strive together with various stakeholders to achieve a sustainable society.
Declaration regarding ISCC PLUS requirements
Sumitomo Chemical pledges and declares that it will comply with ISCC PLUS requirements in accordance with the latest ISCC rules and avoid double counting its environmental contributions.
*1 In the mass balance approach, when a product is manufactured using a raw material with a certain characteristic (such as a biomass raw material and a recycled raw material) and a raw material without it, that characteristic can be allocated to a part of the output of the product based on the proportion of the raw material with that characteristic used in the manufacturing process.
*2 Under ISCC PLUS certification, a processing unit refers to an organization that physically or chemically converts input materials.
*3 For details on the applicable grades of each product, please contact the sales department in charge of each product.
*4 Under ISCC PLUS certification, a trader/storage facilities refers to an operator that trades and stores ISCC PLUS certified products.
*5 Sumitomo Chemical’s brand for its products and products under development obtained using recycling technology. Under the Meguri™ brand, the Company offers products and products under development, such as polyethylene, polypropylene, acrylic resin, and propylene oxide, contributing to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impact.
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