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Neste CEO Peter Vanacker: 'We are not an oil refining company anymore'

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 20 May 2019 •
Peter Vanacker, Neste CEO | Credit: Neste
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Peter Vanacker, Neste CEO | Credit: Neste

CEO at the world's largest renewable diesel supplier speaks to BusinessGreen about shipping, aviation, trucks, and turning waste plastic into fuel

Diesel has become a dirty word. Just ask the UK car industry. Sales of new diesel vehicles have plummeted in recent years, and analysts are even pondering whether global petrol and diesel car sales have...

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