CovationBio shines light on its corn growers
05/10/2022
The company's portfolio includes partially biobased polymer Sorona and fully plant-based building block Susterra, a corn-based 1,3-Propanediol (PDO) which can help partners decrease use of petroleum-derived components in footwear, outdoor apparel, coatings, inks and more. Susterra is a key ingredient for Sorona.
Also included in the agreement is Primient Covation, a major national producer of 100% plant-based 1,3-Propanediol, marketed as Bio-PDO. Together with Primient Covation, CovationBio will join separate entity Primient (formerly Tate & Lyle)’s sustainable agriculture programme, delivered in concert with US farmer-owned cooperative Land O’Lakes’ tech-driven environmental stewardship arm Truterra.
In signing up, CovationBio and Primient Covation have each taken steps to ensure their corn feedstock “meets the highest standard of sustainable practices”, they said. The agricultural programme makes environmental impact-related data visible for 100% of acres versus an industry norm of 10%, for example.
“Making a product from plant-based feedstock is not enough,” commented CovationBio chief executive, Dr Michael Saltzberg. “The feedstock needs to be grown responsibly. Enrolment in [this] programme is a critical next step in empowering our customers and partners to better track their contributions to reducing the environmental footprint within their supply chain.”
A cornfield in Hamilton County, Ohio. Credit: Taylor Siebert via Unsplash.
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