Sustainability Report 2024

As one of the world’s leading specialty chemicals innovators, we know that little things make a powerful difference. Using nature’s tiniest building blocks, we help advance everyday life – making it safer, more convenient and more environmentally sound for billions of people all over the world. We are here to advance everyday life for the better, with a clear sustainability agenda.

Raw materials for the production of chemicals must gradually be shifted from fossil, to renewable and recycled, in all materials that make up end products such as cars, buildings, furniture, clothes and electronics. In addition, we must aim higher, and the end goal is not only to reduce negative impact, but become a contributor to the environment.

Thanks to chemistry, the air and water in many European cities is cleaner today than 100 years ago. The ozone layer is healing and as we tackle the great challenge of climate change, chemistry will play a key role. Meanwhile the chemical industry is challenged by the need to shift from fossil dependence to alternative raw material to limit its own impact.

1. What are Perstorp’s key sustainability targets for 2030?
Perstorp’s long-term ambition is to become Finite Material Neutral. For 2030 we have targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (Science Based Targets for Scope 1, 2 and 3), minimizing water and waste footprints and ensuring all new products are safe and sustainable by design. Read more here.

2. How does Perstorp reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
Perstorp reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency, shifting to non-fossil fuels and electricity, and by transitioning to recycled and bio-based raw materials. This is translated to value for our customers and value chains through our expanding Pro-Environment product portfolio, certified by ISCC PLUS.

3. What is the Pro-Environment product range?
Pro-Environment products are chemically identical to their fossil-based alternatives but produced from renewable or recycled raw materials via mass balance. The products reduce Scope 3 emissions for customers and value chains and require no reformulation since based on a traceable mass balance.

4. How does Perstorp innovate for sustainability?
Perstorp invests in R&D collaborations and sustainable chemistry, including PFAS-free cooling fluids, phthalate free plasticizers and non-isocyanate polyurethane alternatives.

5. What is mass balance?
Mass balance is a chain of custody method used to shift and trace renewable and recycled raw materials though production to specific products. Perstorp uses a traceable mass balance with chemical and physical traceability to ensure real connection from raw material to product and to drive real transformation.

6. What sustainability ratings or certifications does Perstorp have?
Perstorp products holds ISCC PLUS certifications across Europe, Asia and the Americas. The company received a platinum rating from EcoVadis in 2024, placing it in the top 1 % of assessed companies. 

7. How does Perstorp support the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
Perstorp contributes to SDGs 3, 6, 7, 12 and 13 through responsible production, reduced toxicity, water efficiency, renewable energy use and climate action. Read more here.