At Huntsman, we are dedicated to sustainable chemistry, with a strategic business unit wholly devoted to working closely with our research and development professionals across our company in our ongoing effort to identify new opportunities to use our expertise to help address the world's most pressing environmental needs.

Using renewable feedstocks

The global push for renewable fuels is creating new sources of feedstocks for the chemical industry. Historically, Huntsman's feedstocks have come from the petroleum refining industry. Increasingly, we believe our feedstocks for making differentiated chemicals will come from bio-based sources. Examples of these bio-feedstocks include co-product glycerin from biodiesel manufacture, biodiesel itself (fatty acid methyl esters), vegetable oils, and bio-ethanol, to name a few. Renewable fuel technologies are rapidly emerging and we constantly scan the renewable space for potential raw materials. In addition, we are evaluating feedstocks from the agriculture industry to make new and novel bio-based products.

By leveraging our core competencies, which include synthesis and formulation, testing and analysis, process manufacturing technology and technical service, we can develop sustainable products that benefit our customers, consumers and the planet as a whole. We look forward to collaborating with others in industry, academia and local governments who share our vision to address the global demand for our products by using renewable feedstocks. Examples of our ongoing developments in this area include surfactants, such as methyl ester and other vegetable oil-based hydrophobes, which are available for use in laundry detergents, dishwashing and hard surface cleaning.