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Nouryon published its fifth annual sustainability report, which highlights the advancements in its portfolio of sustainable solutions in addition to its safety and environmental performance.

The company was awarded the Gold rating just one year after earning the Silver rating in its inaugural pursuit. 

As regulatory bodies around the globe discuss PFAS, producers of PFAS-containing chemical products are evaluating how to address the issue.  

Revenue for the first quarter of 2024 improved versus revenues in the fourth quarter of 2023, mainly because of higher sales volumes and improved margins.

In 2023, a raw material supplier commissioned a life cycle assessment to evaluate the carbon footprint of its products.

For seven consecutive years, Dow has placed on Fair360’s top companies list, an external validator for U.S. employers that model fairness in their talent strategies, workplace and supplier diversity practices, and philanthropic engagement.

Scientists at Fraunhofer and Henkel develop process to create specialty chemicals from customized functional keratin proteins derived from chicken feathers.

The expansion creates another industry-leading applications lab for customers and principals in the Americas. 

The 2025 annual meeting will be held February 16-19, at the InterContinental in New Orleans.

The new board member is the CEO of Kebotix, a startup company focused on commercializing artificial intelligence methods into new material commercialization.