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As an international energy and chemical company and a member of the United Nations Global Compact, China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group) has always practised the brand promise of " cleaner energy, better life", and unswervingly insisted on the road of green and low-carbon development. Sinopec continues to make progress in its ESG work and actively contributes to energy transition and sustainable development. I. Environmental protection management continue

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation has been honored with the Best Environmental Protection Case award at the First Sino-European Corporate ESG Best Practice Conference in Frankfurt, Germany. The event, held at Congress Center Messe Frankfurt, recognized Sinopec's outstanding contributions to sustainable development. Themed Together for the Future, the conference showcased top cases in ten categories, including environmental protection, social responsibility, corpora

CNOOC Limited announced that thanks to the company's continuous focus on safety and environmental protection performance, as well as its mature typhoon response measures, the super typhoon "Yagi" did not cause any casualty or oil spill. Typhoon "Yagi" affected the eastern and western areas of the South China Sea. Prior to the typhoon's arrival, the company had activated its typhoon emergency plan. Staff working on offshore platforms were promptly evacuate

Could your next order of french fries help fuel diesel engines in your area? For more and more people, the answer is yes. Making biodiesel from used cooking oil (UCO) isn’t a new idea. But Chevron is working to find new ways to collect and refine UCO. “We wanted to find a way to create a circular economy for UCO,” said Jason Lawrence, senior business development team lead for Chevron Renewable Energy Group (REG). “We met with our UCO transportation

An overwhelming majority of Hispanic and African Americans in California are strongly opposed to being forced to pay the new “Bag Tax” that the state legislature approved late last month, according to a new poll conducted by John Zogby Strategies, that the Responsible Recycling Alliance (RRA) released today. The RRA is a coalition of three prominent California recyclers and manufacturers – EFS Plastics, Merlin Plastics, and PreZero US – which was formed to help Califor

This is in line with the plan for development and operation for Troll West electrification, which was approved by Norwegian authorities in 2021. Troll B and C electrification marks an important milestone in the efforts to halve the emissions from our operations by 2030. The project reduces CO2 emissions by the equivalent of those from 125,000 fossil-fuelled cars,” says Geir Tungesvik, executive vice president for Projects, Drilling & Procurement. The power t

DuPont has named the recipient of the 2024 Lavoisier Medal for Lifetime Technical Achievement and three recipients of the prestigious Pedersen Award. At a ceremony this November, the 2024 Lavoisier Medal will be conferred on Brad Taylor, Ph.D., Technical Laureate, Printing & Packaging. The Lavoisier Medal for Lifetime Technical Achievement recognizes scientists and engineers who have demonstrated a career of creative technical contributions with significant business impact. It&r

The plastics industry has for many years been at the forefront of innovation as the sector has become a lightning rod in the debate over our environment.  But according to Symphony Environmental, a company at the forefront of packaging technology, the plastics sector is leading the charge when it comes to a transformative shift towards sustainability. Michael Laurier, CEO of Symphony, said: “This is an industry being driven by huge change and as we head into 2025, we can

Braskem the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an industrial scale, today announced the opening of its Renewable Innovation Center located in Lexington, Mass. Braskem's new 35,000-square-foot innovation center will accelerate innovation in renewable chemicals and materials. Capabilities at the new center will expand Braskem's competencies in biotechnology, catalysis, and process engineering. A particular focu

SLB today announced it has proven its solution for sustainable lithium production at scale at its demonstration plant in Clayton Valley, Nevada, to accelerate responsibly-sourced lithium products to market. The proprietary integrated solution combines SLB’s subsurface expertise with surface engineering of advanced technologies that include direct lithium extraction (DLE). It produces lithium 500 times faster than conventional methods while using only 10 percent of the land. Op

Mitsubishi Chemical Group and the Japan Analytical Instruments Manufacturers' Association have agreed to conduct a joint PoC demonstration for the Laboratory and Analytical Device Standard (LADS) OPC UA 1, a  communication standard for interoperability between experimental instruments and analytical instruments running on different platforms in laboratories, with the aim of verifying its usability and promoting its wide use in order to realize next-generation laboratories through dig

The Board of Shell plc today announced the pounds sterling and euro equivalent dividend payments in respect of the second quarter 2024 interim dividend, which was announced on August 1, 2024 at US$0.344 per ordinary share. Shareholders have been able to elect to receive their dividends in US dollars, euros or pounds sterling. Holders of ordinary shares who have validly submitted US dollars, euros or pounds sterling currency elections by September 2, 2024 will be entitled to a divide