Elementis Specialties is now offering Bentone organoclays that contain palm oil derivatives that have been certified in accordance with the standard of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). “Elementis Specialties has discontinued the use of palm oil and palm oil derivatives that do not comply with RSPO in our organoclays. In doing so, we are taking a definitive stance on sustainability to better support our customers in reaching their sustainability targets,” said Luc van Ravenstein, global business unit director of the Personal Care Business.
In December 2014, the Elementis manufacturing site in Livingston, Scotland, was certified to handle palm oil derivatives via the audited Mass Balance system, whereby a specific volume of sustainable palm oil derivatives enters the supply chain and is traced throughout.
