petrochemicals

The world's biggest cosmetics and beauty group has thousands of scientists developing nature-friendly ingredients for its products worldwide - BusinessGreen paid a visit to one of its R&D labs in France

Petroleum-based fibres are spiralling out of control as Zara, Calvin Klein, and other brands pay little regard to the harm they cause, the Changing Markets Foundation finds

Update to annual report calculates that decarbonisation of eight hardest-to-abate sectors requires £13.5tr of investment by 2050

BloombergNEF report says investment in electrification and carbon capture and storage could slash emissions across the petrochemical industry

Clean Planet Energy is developing a facility designed to convert plastic waste into feedstock for plastic and low sulphur diesel production

Dutch firm Avantium manufactures plant-based plastics from fructose, and is also exploring captured CO2 as a future feedstock for fossil-free materials