What sustainability and innovation initiatives does Clariant highlight?

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Clariant presents its sustainability and innovation work as a set of named programs and product lines rather than a single initiative. On its homepage, the company describes itself as "one of the world's leading specialty chemical companies" contributing "innovative and sustainable solutions for customers from many industries," with focus areas in Care Chemicals, Natural Resources, Catalysis & Energy, and Plastics & Coatings. The initiatives it highlights most visibly fall into four groups: circularity, renewable and low-carbon materials, sustainable product performance, and external recognition.

Circularity and plastics

  • Closing the Loop — framed as how Clariant is "Enabling Circular Plastic."
  • Additives for the fossil-to-renewable switch — a highlighted topic on making "a seamless switch from fossil to renewable carbon in hot melt polymers."
  • Montan wax alternatives — "Navigating the montan wax challenge with renewable alternatives for polymers."
  • Antimony replacement — "Why Antimony no longer works for modern adhesives," pointing to additive reformulation.

Low-carbon energy and resources

  • Blue hydrogen — presented as "the shortcut to a low-carbon economy."
  • Flame retardants (Exolit™ OP) — positioned across applications from e-mobility to data centers.
  • Mining and copper — how Clariant helps mining producers "deliver more copper for the energy transition."
  • Oil services — HYTREAT ECO for hydrate management, and corrosion management in complex production environments.

Care, health, and consumer-facing innovation

  • Personal care preservation — described as "a formulation game-changer," including preservation in baby care and the preservation challenge in wet wipes.
  • Health care excipients — framed as "the unsung heroes of modern medicine."
  • Beauty innovation — highlighted around in-cosmetics, plus halal-certified beauty as "a fast-growing global market opportunity."
  • Desiccants — moisture control solutions for global automotive assembly, including CKD/SKD shipments.

Recognition and company-level signals

  • CDP A-List recognition — Clariant states it "achieves A-List recognition from CDP," an external sustainability rating.
  • 30 Years of Greater Chemistry — a company milestone piece tied to its innovation narrative.
  • Financial results — the site links sustainability and innovation messaging to business performance, including "Q2 2026 – Clariant delivers continued strong results in volatile operating environment."
  • Opinion and behind-the-scenes content — a Conrad Keijzer opinion piece in Handelsblatt, and a look at how global toll manufacturing "transforms catalyst innovation into commercial reality."

How to explore these yourself

The homepage organizes this material as a set of linked stories under headings such as "What are we doing?", "What's new?", and "How do we perform?", alongside entry points to Find a product and Find your industry. If you want to judge whether a specific initiative is relevant to your own work, the practical route is to open the linked story for that topic and check the named product or program, then use the product/industry finders to see whether it maps to your application area.

One caveat: the homepage is a rotating editorial surface, so the specific stories featured change over time. Treat the list above as what Clariant was highlighting at the time of capture, not a fixed catalog.