SABIC Gets 2023 ACC Sustainability Leadership Award

SABIC received a 2023 Sustainability Leadership Award for Exemplary Achievements in Circularity by the American Chemistry Council (ACC), recognizing the company’s pioneering collaborations to bring ocean bound plastic (OBP) back into a circular material.

Next to Product Safety, Innovation & Transparency, Environmental Protection and Social Responsibility & Community Engagement, Circularity is one of four priority areas of the ACC Sustainability Leadership Awards, which are granted to ACC member companies for innovative products, technologies and initiatives that help advance sustainability.

The company received the 2023 Circularity Award for its leadership in implementing effective solutions using recovered and recycled OBP, which also contribute to UN SDG #14 ‘Life Below Water’. The projects include:

 ▪  Collaboration with HHI, a Malaysia based plastics recycling company, in demonstrating the art of the possible in the recovery and reuse of OBP through dedicated value chain collaboration.  

 ▪  Collaboration with Polivouga, a European manufacturer of flexible packaging film products, and Nueva Pescanova Group, a leading Spanish food brand, in developing the world’s first frozen food packaging using certified circular polyethylene resin from SABIC’s TRUCIRCLE™ program with OBP based feedstock

 ▪  Collaboration with Scientex, a major Asian manufacturer of flexible packaging, in introducing the world’s first flexible premium brand noodle packs made from SABIC certified polypropylene resin based on OBP.

 The OBP used in the above collaborations is recovered and then converted to pyrolysis oil in an advanced recycling process. SABIC uses this oil as an alternative feedstock to produce certified circular polymers for new high-quality applications. The ocean bound plastic feedstock is certified under the Zero Plastics Oceans program and SABIC’S certified circular polyolefins are certified under the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC Plus) chain of custody that uses transparent mass balance accounting of the recycled content from polymer production to the final applications. SABIC’s OBP-based solutions form part of the company’s Trucircle portfolio and services, which also comprise design for recyclability, mechanically recycled products, certified renewable polymers from bio-based feedstock and closed loop initiatives.