Clariant's Glucosamide wins Sustainability Award from ACC

Significantly lower emissions from personal care and cleaning products compared to  other widely used mild surfactants

· Increased transparency to help clients make informed decisions to reduce their carbon footprint

GlucoTain®  and GlucoPure® ingredients provide sustainable benefits without sacrificing powerful foaming and cleaning properties

Moutensz, Switzerland / Shanghai, China, August 3, 2021 - Clariant is proud to announce that its low carbon glucoamide surfactants, GlucoTain® and GlucoPure® product line, have been awarded the American Chemistry Council (ACC) Sustainable Product Safety, Innovation and Transparency at the Development Awards
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The ACC recognition recognizes Clariant's sugar-based surfactants for personal care and home care cleaning products
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The product proved to be as effective as the currently widely used surfactant regimen, but with significantly lower emissions
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The smaller carbon footprint is due to the raw materials used to develop the product, and fewer processing steps are required to manufacture the raw materials
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Chris Jahn, President and CEO of ACC, said: “The chemical industry is one of the most innovative industries in the world and continues to provide solutions to some of the world’s toughest challenges
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Climate-conscious companies are finding ways to Reduce the carbon footprint of the materials and processes they use along the value chain
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We appreciate Clariant's efforts to increase transparency on lifecycle impacts and reduce the carbon footprint of its glucosamide products, which helps customers make informed decisions Sustainability decisions
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Their contributions in chemical safety, innovation and transparency help advance sustainability along the personal care and home care value chain
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Christian Vang, Global President of Clariant's Specialty Industrial & Consumer Goods business unit, added: "Many consumers are looking for personal care and household cleaning products that are mildly formulated and still provide powerful foaming and cleaning properties
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Using these glucoamides, formulators precisely achieve performance assurance and versatility, which means fewer ingredients such as thickeners, conditioners, etc.
are required compared to other surfactants
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Glucosamides increase material efficiency, Contribute to more efficient use of resources, in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals for Responsible Consumption and Production
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In a carbon footprint analysis from the start of the raw material to the finished product, considering 100% active ingredient, excluding the solvent in the glucamide formulation, glucamide showed a lower carbon footprint, reducing at least 1.
6 kg of carbon dioxide per kg of active ingredient
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In comparison with glucosamide formulations including bio-based solvents,

Glucosamide reduces carbon dioxide by at least 1.
2 kg per kg of active ingredient
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Clariant's low carbon glucoamides are easily biodegradable products with a renewable carbon index of up to 96%, high biomass and good ecotoxicological data, and are COSMOS certified, Nordic White Swan certified and Halal certified
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These products also do not require the addition of a chronic aquatic toxicity label or an irritant label according to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)
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They create new possibilities for the next step in the development of innovative products and platforms based on sulfate-free, CAPB-free and betaine-free formulations for a wide range of applications
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GlucoTain® and GlucoPure® ingredients provide sustainable benefits without sacrificing powerful foaming and cleaning properties
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(Photo: Clariant)