A SUSTAINABLE VALUE DRIVER FOR THE COATING AND ADHESIVES INDUSTRY

Understanding the demand from customers, investors and society has led to developing our new DEGALAN® proTerra product range.

We are making a difference in the coatings and adhesives industry to protect the climate and save resources.

Running a business responsibly and sustainably requires effective measures to protect the climate and resources, which is why we at Röhm have set ambitious goals for ourselves.

We aim for zero: We want to achieve zero Greenhouse Gas emissions (GHG) by 2050 and want to contribute to circular economy. This ambition is shared by more and more players in the coatings and adhesives industry.

Achieving such sustainability goals requires pooling every effort and endeavor across the entire value chain. We are going to use technological innovation and capital investment to tailor our processes to ever more environmentally friendly production methods.

The use of renewable raw materials and energies, and increasing use of recycled or bio-circular materials are important leavers to reduce our carbon footprint and promote the circular economy. We offer two options of sustainable resins: DEGALAN® proTerra made of recycled pre-consumer and post-consumer waste allocated by mass balancing according to ISO  22095. DEGALAN® proTerra PLUS with ISCC PLUS certified sustainable share of mass-balanced, bio-circular or circular materials.

Benefits of DEGALAN® proTerra AD 942 in comparison to established resins made from virgin, fossil-based raw materials:

  • Minimum 35% recycled content from pre- and post-consumer waste streams according to ISO 14021 allocated by mass balancing according to ISO 22095
  • 21% product carbon footprint reduction compared to DEGALAN® AD 942 with Carbon Footprint (GWP100) of 4.0 kg CO2eq./kg
  • Sustainable drop-in alternative for adhesives

Benefits of DEGALAN® proTerra PLUS AD 942 in comparison to established resins made from virgin, fossil-based raw materials:

  • 30% ISCC PLUS certified sustainable share
  • 25% product carbon footprint (CO2 emission) reduction compared to DEGALAN® AD 942 with Carbon Footprint (GWP100) of 4.0 kg CO2eq./kg
  • Sustainable drop-in alternative for adhesives