Clariant has been awarded the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Mass Balance (MB) certification for its production sites in Tangerang (Indonesia) and Tarragona (Spain).
With this latest certification, Clariant is now able to offer RSPO MB certified palm-based ingredients to customers in the personal and home care industry from all its relevant facilities in the Asia Pacific and European regions.
In total, four plants in APAC, two plants in Europe and Joint Venture Global Amines sites in Gendorf (Germany) and Lianyungang (China) have gained the mass balance certificate. Clariant is currently working to include North America (NORAM) and Latin America (LATAM) production sites in the scope of its RSPO MB certification – a process it is aiming to complete during 2016.
Hariolf Kottmann, CEO Clariant, commented: “The RSPO certification reflects Clariant’s efforts to embed sustainability in its business. Going beyond this, we have committed to address traceability of palm-based ingredients and a zero-deforestation approach in parallel to the ongoing RSPO supply chain certification roll-out.”
