Sustainability Certifications
Promotion of the bio- and circular economy
Sustainability Certifications ISCC PLUS & REDcert²
ISCC PLUS and REDcert² are leading sustainability certification systems for bio-based and recycled materials in the chemical industry (e.g. based on sugar cane, vegetable oil/fat waste or recyclate). By using sustainable material flows, AKRO-PLASTIC contributes to the saving of fossil resources or to the promotion of the Bioeconomy and Circular Economy.
Chain of custody certification
Traceability of Sustainable Feedstocks
ISCC PLUS and REDcert² certifications ensure the traceability of the sustainable material flow along the entire value chain. Every chain element up to the production of the final product is certified (chain-of-custody certification), allowing the product to be labelled as sustainably certified to the end consumer. The following is an example of a ISCC PLUS certified supply chain.
Products without rainforest deforestation
Ecologically and socially responsible raw materials
Chain-of-custody certification guarantees that raw material sources are certified sustainable. Certified waste streams are audited to ensure that they are not intentionally produced or contaminated to be considered waste. Certain sustainability requirements apply to the agriculture of arable crops, including:
Protection of areas with high carbon stocks (e.g. rainforests, peat bogs) and with high biodiversity.
Sustainable management to protect soils and waters
Respect for human rights
Mass Balance Approach
Allocation factor
The value chain of products in the chemical industry is often very complex. In order to be able to track the sustainable material flow in a simple way, the mass balance approach is used.
We use the allocation factor to show how much biomass and / or recycled material is allocated to the certified product. The allocation factor indicates the proportion of fossil resources that have been replaced by biomass and / or recyclate in the value chain of the material. It is given as a percentage (max. 100%) and refers to the organic share of the product. The correctness of the allocation is confirmed by ISCC PLUS or REDcert² certification.
The principle behind this is the same as for green electricity:
The consumer does not know whether the electricity from his socket is generated directly from renewable energies. However, the electricity provider is obliged to feed the corresponding amount into the power grid. Overall, this increases the amount of green electricity. Similarly, the use of sustainable materials is increasing in the chemical industry. The following graphic illustrates the mass balance approach.
certified products
Advantages of ISCC PLUS or REDcert² certified products
Saving fossil finite resources
Support of a sustainable economy - Bioeconomy and Circular Economy
Ecologically and socially sustainable production in accordance with the requirements of ISCC PLUS/REDcert² is guaranteed
The correct allocation of biomass/recycled material to the product is verified by an independent external service provider
Are you interested in sustainable product solutions?
Get to know our new NEXT series, such as our AKROMID® NEXT product group. You can recognize sustainably certified articles by the abbreviations CR (= Certification REDcert²) or CI (= Certification ISCC PLUS) in their names.
Do you have questions about the certification systems?
If you would like to know more about the certification systems, please feel free to contact us.
