Environmental News

ASIA - While global FMCG brands are among the leaders in implementing responsible sourcing policies, their Asian counterparts have only started to identify and manage these issues and fall badly behind global leaders, according to a hard hitting report published by WWF World Wide Fund For Nature (Formerly World Wildlife Fund) which suggests their failure to report may lead to vulnerabilities in their supply chains.

CHINA - Tianjin Cosmo Polyurethane Co Ltd (TCPC), a Chinese 50:50 joint venture of Mitsui Chemicals and SKC Polyurethanes Inc, has received a “Platinum” ranking from SMBC China and became the first company to receive the newly launched SMBC China Environmental Assessment Loan of the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (China) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.

ASIA - In the sixth of our special editorial series 'Bioplastics 101', we discuss the other "degradable plastic: oxo-degradable plastics, made using oxo-additives.

ASIA - In the fifth of our special editorial series ‘Bioplastics 101’, we discuss the life cycle analysis of bioplastics, from front of pipe through to end of pipe.