Dow Receives Sustainability Awards For Two Breakthrough Innovations

Dow receives Sustainability Awards for two breakthrough innovations

15-Dec-16

The Dow Chemical Company has received recognition for its global leadership in sustainability with two 2016 Sustainability Awards from the Business Intelligence Group. The Sustainability Awards honor those who have made sustainability an integral part of their business practice. The Sustainability Initiative of the Year Award went to RETAIN™ Polymer Modifiers, and the Sustainability Product of the Year Award went to CANVERA™ Polyolefin Dispersions.
Dow continues to create breakthrough innovations that advance the well-being of society,” said A.N. Sreeram, senior R&D vice president and chief technology officer for Dow. “The passion, creativity and expertise of our people drive innovative, sustainable solutions that meet the needs of our customers while making the world better. Both of our products recognized, RETAIN™ and CANVERA™, demonstrate the power of innovation to solve world challenges.” Dr. Neil Hawkins, Dow’s chief sustainability officer and corporate vice president of Environment, Health and Safety, added, “Closing resource loops is critical for the future of the planet. These award-winning products address this issue head-on, reducing waste headed to landfills and preserving food in a more sustainable way.”

Sustainability Initiative of the Year:
RETAIN™ Polymer Modifiers help make plastic packaging more sustainable. This resin compatibilizer gives post-industrial barrier film scrap and post-consumer barrier packaging a second chance at life by allowing them to be recycled without compromising performance, aesthetics or efficiency in processing. RETAIN™ Polymer Modifiers are also an integral part of the new RecycleReady Technology for high barrier applications, an innovative solution that enables recycling of flexible packaging for applications such as granola and nuts. The invention reduces the variety of materials used in flexible packaging that has previously hindered recycling, while ensuring barrier protection, durability and sealability of the package. Breakthrough packaging solutions containing RETAIN™ Polymer Modifier can help divert packaging waste from landfill or incineration, increasing recycling yields and further enabling the circular economy for plastic packaging.

Sustainability Product of the Year:
CANVERA™ Polyolefin Dispersions provides progressive food and beverage brand owners with a replacement for epoxy coating systems, made from polyolefin resins and without use of BPA and other materials of concern to consumers and regulators. CANVERA™ uses Dow’s proprietary and patented BLUEWAVE™ technology to create an aqueous polyolefin dispersion that can be applied directly to metal surfaces in the same equipment used for current epoxy coatings. CANVERA™ makes a very thin, protective, thermoplastic lining with excellent food and flavor retention, adhesion, corrosion protection, and film flexibility. CANVERA™ polyolefin dispersions utilize the existing can-making infrastructure, facilitating world-wide adoption of this long-term, cost-effective, breakthrough technology.