LyondellBasell Industries N.V. announced that it has obtained the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification, one of the world’s largest sustainability certification systems, for Wesseling, Germany, cracker and European polymer sites. As a result of this certification, LyondellBasell will offer mass balance certificates for its advanced (molecular) recycled and renewable-based Circulen polymers.

 

“In 2020, LyondellBasell announced our goal to produce and market two million metric tons of recycled and renewable-based polymers annually by 2030,” states Richard Roudeix, LyondellBasell Senior Vice President of Olefins and Polyolefins for Europe, Middle East, Africa and India. “This ISCC PLUS certification for our cracker in Wesseling, Germany, and European polymer sites is another milestone on our path to becoming an industry leader in the production and marketing of recycled and renewable-based polymers.”

 

The ISCC PLUS certification is well-recognized for its global certification of recycled and renewable-based materials and provides traceability along the supply chain. With the mass balance method, the company tracks how much advanced (molecular) recycled and renewable-based source material goes into the production process of its Circulen products and can attribute it to the final polymer via a Sustainability Declaration.

 

In addition to the ISCC PLUS certification, LyondellBasell can also offer a Carbon-14 analysis for certain products. Carbon-14 analysis is a reliable method to determine the percentage of renewable content in a physical product.

 

“In our journey to deliver on our sustainability ambitions, we support our customers in reaching their sustainability goals,” states Willemien Terpstra, Director Polyethylene Europe. “The ISCC PLUS certification is a proven tool to verify compliance with sustainability and traceability requirements. This third-party certification is a confirmation of the concrete actions we are taking in support of a circular economy.”

 

LyondellBasell will broaden the ISCC PLUS certification to its sites in other regions and expects to obtain it for its North American plants later this year.