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TENTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Syensqo celebrates milestone in sustainable

sourcing of guar in India

Syensqo, the Belgian chemicals
fi rm spun off from Solvay, recently
celebrated the 10th anniversary of its
Sustainable Guar Initiative (SGI), a
programme aimed at building a “self-
reliant, inclusive and sustainable” guar
supply chain in India while meeting
the beauty industry’s growing demand
for ethical products.

Launched in 2015, this collabora-
tive effort – run on the ground by the
NGO TechnoServe and guar proces-
sor Hindustan Gum & Chemicals
(Hichem), in partnership with lead-
ing beauty brands such as Henkel and
Procter & Gamble – has signifi cantly tering autonomous agricultural com- term, and focuses on agronomic, eco-
improved guar farming in northwest munities, we’re not only securing our nomic, environmental and social
Rajasthan’s Bikaner region. supply chain, and that of our custo- impacts to address the challenges of
mers, but also meeting growing con- responsible sourcing.
At the heart of the SGI is the guar sumer demand for responsibly sourced
bean, a source of naturally – derived products,” commented Ms. Ilham According to the company, the
polymers used in beauty products Kadri, CEO of Syensqo. key achievements of the SGI since its
to deliver superior conditioning and launch in 2015 include:
thickening properties. This renewable The initiative, supported by the  Expansion to 62 villages, involving

resource is used in Syensqo’s fl agship Syensqo Fund, focuses not only on over 12,300 farmers.
brands, Naternal and Jaguar, enabling improving agricultural practices, but  Participation of over 3,300 women

beauty formulators to develop formu- also on building farmer capacity and farmers.
lations that meet both performance establishing producer cooperatives.  An average 2.7x increase in guar

and sustainable sourcing expectations. The programme seeks to create self- yield in an environment of constantly
sustaining farming communities that changing climatic conditions.
“By empowering farmers and fos- can operate independently in the long  Over 2x increase in farmers’ income.

Engineers India secures two Middle-east orders

worth Rs. 730-crore

Engineers India Ltd. (EIL) said it (EPM) services agree- at Rs. 650-crore and
has been awarded two international ments to EIL. Total esti- Rs. 80-crore, respectively.
orders with a combined estimated mated contract value of
contract value of Rs. 730-crore. these two orders is ap- As of December
prox Rs. 730-crore,” the 2023, the government
“Middle East clients have awarded company said in a stock held a 51.32 percent
two contracts for PMC services and exchange fi ling. The project for PMC stake in the state-run engineering
for engineering & project management services and EPM services are valued consultancy fi rm.

144 Chemical Weekly April 8, 2025

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