Viridis Chemical, a Houston-based manufacturer of renewable, biobased, low-carbon chemicals, announced that its commercial-scale 100% biobased ethyl acetate is the winner of the Independent Commodity Intelligence Services (ICIS) 2023 Product Innovation Award in the small-to-medium enterprise category. Its product won for demonstrating environmental benefits that enhance sustainability by delivering lower GHG emissions.
ICIS awards are open to companies in the chemical industry that have successfully launched innovative projects that provide solutions that drive progress toward sustainability.
Viridis uses proprietary manufacturing technologies and renewable biobased feedstocks to produce low-carbon, sustainable products on an industrial scale. The company’s ethyl acetate is a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-certified, biobased product meeting all requirements under the USDA BioPreferred Program. Traditionally, ethyl acetate has been manufactured from fossil fuel-based resources.
Earlier this year, Viridis received International Sustainability & Carbon Certification Plus (ISCC Plus) for its manufacturing facility in Columbus, Nebraska.
Increasingly, chemical manufacturers are seeking third-party certifications to back their carbon-reduction statements, and ISCC Plus is one of the more common certifications that chemical firms are pursuing, reported Chemical Processing in a recent story on how to become ISCC Plus certified. Products certified to the ISCC Plus standard assure companies, brand owners and consumers that high sustainability requirements have been met.
