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Torque takes you through recent sustainability news in the form of numbers and statistics…

Henkel Adhesive Technologies is celebrating another sustainability milestone, adding three solvent- and chromium-free innovations for the pretreatment of metals in coating plants to its European portfolio. Also, lubricants, cleaners and surface treatments are being produced CO2-neutrally.

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The €88M R&D Hydra project is an open research and innovation project led by RINA to decarbonise the steel making process through hydrogen-based technologies, the six-year project plans to build a 100% hydrogen-fuelled pilot plant.

PT Mowilex Indonesia has planted 25,000 mangrove trees at Sungai Kupah, West Kalimantan. The project completed Mowilex’s sustainability commitment pledge to plant 50,000 trees. Previous plantings took place in Bali, North Sumatra and Belitung.

HMT has launched its new sustainable and customisable packaging solution – STAKIT InsertFoam, which is sourced from a UK supplier, is made from 30% recycled materials, is compact, modular and reusable and was intentionally designed for a long life.

Eco Material Technologies has expanded its partnership with Rainbow Energy Center to include new bottom ash and gypsum beneficiation and harvesting plants to decarbonise the concrete industry with sustainable cement alternatives. The Coal Creek project will provide an additional 400,000 tons annually of SCMs over the next 25 years.

New research from Make UK and Inspired Energy reveals Net Zero is a priority for 92% of businesses and 68% have already made investments to start in their transition but the government needs to create a National Advisory Energy Service to help all companies move forward.

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