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lab in Santa Clara to remain close to our electronics and semiconductor customers in Silicon Valley as we work toward the next generation of solutions.”
While innovation has remained central for 150 years, Henkel hasn’ t been afraid to evolve where needed. The company has committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2045 under the Science Based Targets initiative, with a 30 percent cut in Scope 3 emissions by 2030. Internal operations are a small part of the equation with Scope 1 and 2 emissions totaling under five percent, but Henkel is still making changes. These include using 100 percent renewable electricity and expanding its use of biogas, with ten sites now operating as Net Zero.
When it comes to raw materials, the test is the numbers rather than the label to ensure the environmental benefit is genuine.“ Bio-based per se is not automatically an advantage; there’ s nothing to be gained if a bio-based material achieves the same performance as a fossil-based one but requires so much energy that the product carbon footprint is worse,” Mark elaborates.“ Cost and scale are other constraints, as many bio-based materials are more expensive at today’ s volumes. We assess options against performance, cost, and future availability while being wary of choices that would create competition between food and feedstocks.”
Some of the hardest sustainability gains sit in the supply chain, but Henkel is partnering with several suppliers. Its partnership with Synthomer brings lower-carbon CLIMA resins into Henkel’ s TECHNOMELT hot melt portfolio, for instance, cutting the product’ s
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