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CLEAN AND GREEN
HUL pilots ‘world’s fi rst near zero-emissions’

laundry powder

FMCG giant, Unilever, is piloting nologies and processes. We’re excited
near zero emissions synthetic soda ash – to be partnering with Unilever to pro-
a key laundry powder ingredient – duce industry-leading near-zero emis-
in collaboration with its Indian arm sions synthetic soda ash with a view it
Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL) as well to it being scaled up,” said TFL Group
as chemical companies – Tuticorin Chairman Mr. Ashwin Muthiah.
Alkali Chemicals & Fertilisers Ltd.
(TFL) and Fertiglobe (the jv between Fertiglobe and OCI Global CEO
OCI Global and ADNOC). gas emissions at every stage of the Mr. Ahmed El-Hoshy added, “This exciting
product’s (soda ash) manufacture and development is at the forefront of the
The soda ash is made from green we believe it is a world fi rst,” said home care industry’s using ammonia as
hydrogen, with the boilers used to make Mr. Deepak Subramanian, Home Care an emerging decarbonisation tool. This
the ash having been shifted from coal to General Manager, South Asia. Accord- is one of the fi rst examples of how it
renewable energy from cashew kernels. ing to Unilever, 60% of its greenhouse can be used to reduce CO emissions for
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In addition, the CO produced by the gas (GHG) emissions come from raw an established industrial process”. The
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boiler is captured during the manufac- materials and ingredients, while in its renewable ammonia produced at Ferti-
turing process, and used to replace the home care business – which has a higher globe’s Egypt facility, is shipped by
CO that would otherwise need to be dependence on chemicals – this is OCI Global to TFL for production into
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produced. The initial pilot is anticipa- closer to 80%. soda ash before Unilever incorporates it
ted to help make enough near-zero soda into its laundry powder. “The delivery
ash for around 6,000 tonnes of laundry HUL is on track to reach the wider marks the world’s fi rst shipment of
powder; a further agreement has been business target of cutting greenhouse internationally recognised renewable
signed with TFL which will continue to gas emissions from its operations by ammonia with ISCC PLUS certifi ca-
supply the soda ash helping to reduce 100% by 2030 against a 2015 baseline. tion. This development is at the fore-
emissions by more than 60%. “To drive the emission reductions front of the home care industry’s use of
required in the chemicals industry, we are ammonia as an emerging decarbonisa-
“The pilot addresses greenhouse working together to develop new tech- tion tool,” OCI Global informed.

GREEN BUILDINGS
CII-IGBC unveil framework for individual homeowners

to reduce energy costs

The Confederation of Indian Indus- vidual owners to build a sustainable owner, but also increase life expectancy
try (CII) and Indian Green Building home with no or meagre additional with better health benefi ts. IGBC’s Nest
Council (IGBC) have come together cost,” CII-IGBC said in a press release. framework and certifi cation has been
to launch a framework, IGBC-Nest, developed specifi cally for the individual
specifi cally developed for residential The initiative encourages the house homeowners to help them reduce
units to build green homes that control owners to adopt green measures that are energy cost by 20-30 percent and reduce
and limit carbon emissions. simple and have impacts on address- water requirements by 30-50 percent,”
ing resource effi ciency and occupant’s IGBC Chennai chapter Chairman,
“IGBC Nest is a fi rst-of-its-kind health and well-being. “Our mission Mr. Ajit Kumar Chordia, said in a press
eco-friendly, self-developed frame- is to ensure every building in India release. The IGBC Nest framework
work and certifi cation that aims to is a green building that will not only throws light on water- and energy-effi -
bring awareness and drive the indi- uplift the economic status of every home- ciency, besides harnessing solar energy.

140 Chemical Weekly November 28, 2023

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