How to enable green transformation by applying the mass balance accounting model Dr Christian Krüger Head of Global Sustainability and Advocacy, BASF Talk summary
Biography Christian is head of advocacy chemical recycling at BASF. He holds a PhD in chemistry and started his career at BASF’s R&D for functional polymers. He joined the corporate sustainability team as a life-cycle assessments analyst. After as consultant, he implemented BASF’s sustainability strategy in the palm-based portfolio of the Care Chemicals division. Christian became lead expert for circular economy, coordinating all corporate mass balance topics inside and outside BASF. He undertook pioneering work on the upscaling of biomass balance in consumer applications and assessing the environmental impacts of chemical recycling. Now, as head of advocacy chemical recycling, Christian is responsible for all topics relevant for regulation and standardisation around chemical recycling and holds several positions as chair in technical working groups, e.g. in industry, mass balance certification and standardisation.
A mass balance chain of custody model has great potential as an enabler of the European Green Deal transformation. It encompasses all sectors and is a pragmatic approach to boost contribution of renewable and recycled products, moving away from fossil derived alternatives. Using a certified mass balance approach, sustainably sourced circular feedstocks can replace fossil feedstocks in existing efficient, complex, and interlinked productions systems. The resulting quality and properties of the products can be maintained, while greenhouse gas emissions and fossil feedstock inputs are being reduced. The presentation will reflect on needs to accelerate the transition towards climate neutrality through business and political action and which role mass balance plays. Recent use cases based on recycled and renewable feedstocks from industry will be presented and discussed regarding their effectiveness in ramping up the switch to alternative raw materials.
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