Green chemistry
HOW WE SEE IT
We formulate by reanalysing the parameters of the chemical reactions that take place around our products. We examine every step, from turning raw materials into formulated products through to their use at our customers’ sites.
Our products are the result of an overall design approach that takes four parameters into account. (hover to discover)
GIVING PRIORITY TO THE USE OF
Renewable raw materials
To reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, we favour plant-based resources.
REDUCE OUR
Energy requirements
For chemical processes
Select components whose extraction, synthesis and formulation methods can be carried out at low temperature and low pressure.
For cleaning
Optimise our formulas so that their effectiveness at 20 or 35 °C matches that obtained at 60 °C with conventional chemistry.
REDUCE WASTE
Our formulas are built on ingredients of renewable origin: bio-based surfactants, fermentation-derived solvents such as lactic acid and ethanol, and the enzymes, which are also produced by bacteria or fungi fermenting plant-based substrates. On the packaging side, part of our 5 L and smaller containers now contains between 50% and 100% post-consumer recycled HDPE (PCR). Full details are available in our annual report.
QUANTITY
Utilising the physical and chemical properties of biobased products
Harnessing the physico-chemical properties of bio-based products
Thanks to the enzyme, we reduce the quantity of active agents in our solutions, with equivalent cleaning performance.
QUALITY
Traceable raw materials
In our certified products, surfactants are plant-based. The Ecocert Greenlife Ecodetergent standard also governs the permitted processing methods and restricts synthetic ingredients to a limited list.
