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The Dutch specialty chemicals company AkzoNobel - along with its partners Advanced Biochemical Thailand Co Ltd (ABT) and EY – has launched a new online tool, which can track the use of bio-based raw materials in products, as a pilot project. It will be the first tool ever to use e-certification to track bio-based content along the value chain.
Many chemicals can be made either from fossil feedstock or bio-based raw materials, such as vegetable oils or sugars, but it is difficult to verify how much of each has been used. The new tool aims to solve this problem by verifying
