LONDON, December 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Elementis Specialties is now offering personal care industry
customers 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. Elementis Specialties is one of the leading
suppliers of raw materials for the cosmetics industry and uses,
among other feedstock, derivatives of palm oil.
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.
As a member company of RSPO, Elementis Specialties is working to
fulfill the vision of making the use of sustainable palm oil and
palm oil derivatives the norm. Elementis Specialties seeks to
protect and conserve the rich biodiversity found in tropical palm
forests by using palm oil sourced from sustainable palm plantations
that are responsible and responsive to the issues of soil
degradation, biodiversity, local peoples and land rights.
About Elementis Specialties Inc.
Elementis Specialties Inc. provides innovative rheology control
additives that are used to enhance the performance of our
customers' products and is part of the Elementis plc group. In
2013, Elementis plc (the "Company") had annual sales of more than
$770 million and employed over 1,300
people worldwide. Elementis operates in more than 30 locations,
including 18 manufacturing sites, in 9 countries. Elementis plc has
a premium listing on the UK London Stock Exchange and is a member
of the FTSE 250 Index, making it one of the 350 largest companies
in the UK by market capitalization. As well as being a member of
the FTSE4Good Index, Elementis participates in the Ecovadis
sustainable supply management programme in which it holds a silver
level recognition. Best in class product quality, technical support
and customer service are the critical competencies of Elementis
Specialties Inc. and provide the platform to deliver value to the
coatings, construction, oilfield drilling and personal care
markets.
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SOURCE Elementis Plc