PPG Industries announced that SUNGATE® passive low-emissivity (low-e) glass, STARPHIRE ULTRA-CLEAR™ glass and CORAFLON® powder coatings were used on The Tower at PNC Plaza, which opened October 1 in Pittsburgh and is designed to be the world’s greenest office building.
Polymers company Covestro, formerly Bayer MaterialScience, has joined the UN Global Compact, a voluntary initiative by companies to adopt sustainable and responsible business practices.
The Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) has launched a process to revise the ANSI/BIFMA e3 Furniture Sustainability Standard
Specialty chemicals company Clariant hosted its inaugural Sustainability Dialog in Frankfurt, Germany, on September 2 to examine the role of sustainability within the specialty chemicals industry and the company’s contribution to a sustainable society.
Reverdia has joined the consortium ADMIT BioSuccInnovate, an innovative Climate-KIC initiative funded by the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT), along with the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) at Aberystwyth University and other European partners.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing landmark green chemistry technologies developed by industrial pioneers and leading scientists that turn climate risk and other environmental problems into business opportunities, spurring innovation and economic development.
Cromax®, one of the three premium global refinish brands of Axalta Coating Systems, has signed an agreement with Punch Powertrain Solar Team in Belgium to become one of the team’s Bronze Partners for the development of its solar car.
A brilliant new blue pigment – discovered serendipitously by Oregon State University chemists in 2009 – is now reaching the marketplace, where it will be used in a wide range of coatings and plastics.
