Solvay obtains RSPO Mass Balance certification for its Halifax, UK site_Solvay uses palm oil and palm kernel oil derivatives to manufacture specialty surfactants_by chemwinfo

7 April  2016

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Solvay announces the certification of its Halifax,

UK manufacturing site in accordance to

the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) guidelines.

Halifax joins sister sites in

* Zhenjiang and Zhangjiagang, China and

* Itatiba, Brazil

in achieving the RSPO Mass Balance accreditation

which is highly coveted

by its home and personal care customers.

Solvay aims at having

all its global business unit Novecare sites

using palm oil and palm kernel oil derivatives worldwide

to be certified by the end of the year.

In line with Solvay Way,

Solvay Novecare’s sustainability ambition

is structured around four main principles:

* build partnership with our customers,

* innovate for consumers’ well-being,

* save natural resources and

* share value.

In this context, RSPO certification is an important feature

of Solvay Novecare’s commitments. Its priority

is to purchase sustainable raw materials and to meet

the traceability requirements of its customers to:

- select the suppliers engaged
  in the transformation of the palm value chain;

- help suppliers to progress responsibly
  (i.e: support POIG* initiative...); 

- promote the conservation and
  the restoration of High Carbon Stock areas; 

- engage our customers to increase
  the proportion of RSPO certified ingredients.

Solvay uses palm oil and palm kernel oil derivatives

to manufacture specialty surfactants

and help its customers to develop innovative formulations

that enter into

body cleansing, skin care and hair care applications.

Solvay Novecare is now able to offer its customers

RSPO Mass Balance certified palm-based ingredients

from Europe, Asia and Latin America.

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