Eni Sustainable Mobility and PBF Energy announced closing of St. Bernard biorefinery partnership

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Claudio Descalzi, CEO of Eni

Eni Sustainable Mobility Spa and PBF Energy Inc. announced the closing of a 50-50 joint venture partnership in St. Bernard Renewables LLC (SBR), an operating biorefinery co-located with PBF’s Chalmette Refinery in Louisiana (US). PBF’s affiliate contributed the biorefinery and other assets comprising the business to SBR and Eni Sustainable Mobility’s affiliate has committed to make capital reimbursements and contributions totaling $835 million to PBF, of which $431 million was paid at closing. The remainder of the total consideration will be contributed by Eni Sustainable Mobility upon start-up of the pre-treatment unit (“PTU”). An additional $50 million in contingent consideration will be paid by Eni Sustainable Mobility subject to the achievement of certain project milestones and performance criteria.

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Global Bioenergies’ SAF technology receives ASTM certification

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Marc Delcourt, co-founder and CEO of Global Bioenergies

Global Bioenergies’ process becomes one of the very few Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) technologies in the world certified by ASTM International. Global Bioenergies’ fuel can now be blended up to 50% with fossil kerosene in existing airplanes, the French company claims.

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Compostable bioplastics biodegrade in real conditions, study confirms

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Chaire CoPack, in partnership with AgroParisTech and the University of Montpellier, has conducted a scientific study that validates the biodegradation of certified compostable food contact packaging in industrial composting facilities. The preliminary report of this study provides conclusive evidence that certified compostable packaging is a viable sustainable solution to waste management in the food packaging industry.

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Afyren announced progress in production at the Neoxy plant and the delivery of the first lots of biobased organic acids

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Nicolas Sordet, CEO Afyren

Afyren, a Lyon-headquartered greentech company, that offers manufacturers bio-based, low-carbon ingredients produced using unique fermentation technology based on a completely circular model, announced significant progress in production at the Afyren Neoxy plant and the delivery of the first lots of biobased organic acids.

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Stora Enso takes a step forward in renewable bio-based packaging

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The future of packaging is circular and to be achieved with solutions that are net positive for both climate and biodiversity. This future is already taking shape in Oulu, a city in northern Finland, where the foundation stone for Stora Enso’s new board line was laid on 30 May. 

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Trollhättan-Vänersborg Airport in Sweden, will be the first airport in the world to offer only blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

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Trollhättan-Vänersborg Airport in the southwestern part of Sweden, will be the first airport in the world to offer only blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for all aircraft refueling at the airport, which will significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of departing flights. Neste will supply its Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ to the Trollhättan airport in a 30-40% blend with conventional jet fuel and the airport will make it available for refueling by the end of June.

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BASF to expand production capacity for bio-based alkyl polyglucosides in Asia-Pacific and North America

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Headquarter of Basf in Ludwigshafen

BASF will expand its global alkyl polyglucosides (APG®s) production capacity with two expansions at its sites in Bangpakong, Thailand, and Cincinnati, Ohio. By expanding in two regions in parallel, BASF, the global market leader for APGs, can strengthen its position and serve customers even faster and more flexible from the regional supply points, while at the same time reducing cross-regional volume flows. The additional capacities are expected to come on stream in 2025.

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Rio Tinto U.S. Borax becomes first open pit mine to transition to renewable diesel

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Rio Tinto has successfully completed the full transition of its heavy machinery from fossil diesel to renewable diesel at its Boron, California operation, making it the first open pit mine in the world to achieve this milestone. The change to renewable diesel brings an anticipated CO2 equivalent reduction of up to 45,000 tonnes per year, comparable to eliminating the annual emissions of approximately 9,600 cars.

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Packaging: LUMENE, UPM and SABIC joined forces to replace fossil-based feedstocks with renewables ones

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Finnish beauty brand LUMENE is the first to launch a biobased packaging application with both the jar and label made with UPM’s innovative wood-based material, further processed by SABIC. LUMENE’s new jar and the self-adhesive label originate from renewable UPM BioVerno™ naphtha, produced by UPM in Finland. The naphtha is processed into certified renewable polypropylene by SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, and then converted both into commonly recyclable cosmetics containers and product labels printed on UPM Raflatac Forest Film label material.

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Stora Enso successfully issued two new EUR 500 million green bonds

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Stora Enso paper mill in Hyltebruk (Sweden)

Stora Enso has successfully issued two new EUR 500 million green bonds under its EMTN (Euro Medium Term Note) programme. The bonds have 3 and 6.25 year maturities and pay a fixed coupon of 4.00% and 4.25% respectively. The bonds are issued under Stora Enso’s new combined Green and Sustainability-Linked Financing Framework launched in May 2023. The issue price for the 3 year bond was 99.928 equivalent to a yield of 4.026% and Euro Mid-Swaps +65 basis points and for the 6.25 year bond 99.64 equivalent to a yield of 4.32% and Euro Mid-Swaps +120 basis points.

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