By: ICN Bureau
Last updated : October 23, 2022 2:22 pm
New digital tool is first in the industry to offer grade-specific calculations for polyolefins
Borealis announces the launch of Neoni, a new carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions calculator developed by the Borealis Digital Studio. The digital tool is the first in the industry to offer CO2e emissions data down to the grade level for polyolefins.
Neoni will in the beginning contain calculations for approximately 500 Borealis polyolefins grades manufactured at Borealis locations in Europe. In line with the approach to accelerating circularity by way of value chain collaboration, Neoni will enable Borealis customers to make informed decisions on which materials can best meet their own circularity goals.
As the first industry tool to break down CO2e emissions by product grade, Neoni unites the strategic key elements of digitalisation and circularity to provide more transparency to Borealis customers in the decision-making process.
Created by the in-house Borealis Digital Studio based in Brussels, Belgium, Neoni is populated by data on hundreds of grades from Borealis portfolios, with additional commercial products being added in successive stages to the tool.
Neoni thus presents CO2e emissions for a wide range of materials, from virgin, fossil feedstock-based solutions, to renewable feedstock-based grades in the portfolio of circular polyolefins, but also among those in the portfolio of mechanically recycled polyolefins.
“We are proud to be the first in our industry to design and launch an own CO2e emissions calculation tool that enables our customers to differentiate among actual grades rather than averages for polymer types. Neoni is an innovative tool that helps identify which material solutions are most effective in supporting CO2 reduction and circularity. We also encourage our customers to give us feedback on the tool so as to enhance its usefulness in future,” says Chris McArdle, Borealis Vice President Circular Economy Solutions & New Business Development.
“Providing greater transparency is key to accelerating plastics circularity. This is what we mean by re-inventing essentials for more sustainable living.”