Sustainability - Highlight projects from Covestro

The best proof of our commitment to sustainability is the many projects in which Covestro has been able to realize trailblazing ideas for more efficient and resource-saving technologies together with its partners. We present some of the most impressive developments and collaborations here.

Sustainability at Covestro has many faces. We are promoting it by expanding our basis of raw materials, continuously optimizing the production process in all our plants and enabling our customers to design their production processes in a more efficient and sustainable manner.

Almost all innovations by Covestro follow the aim of bringing together the economy and ecological aspects in order to benefit our environment and also support our customers’ business success. This is why the key projects we present here can only give a small insight into the broad field that is “sustainability at Covestro”. You can find additional exciting stories here!

CO₂ Technology

Covestro has developed a technology that creates a valuable raw material for plastics production out of the climate-damaging gas CO₂

Renewable hardeners

Hardeners for high-performance coatings in the automotive and furniture industry are traditionally based on fossil – and therefore non-sustainable – raw materials. Covestro develops coating hardeners based on renewable resources.

Gas phase technology

Isocyanate and polyols are the two main components in the manufacture of polyurethanes. Covestro makes the production of these materials more effective and environmentally-friendly e.g., with the help of so-called gas phase technology.

Bio-based aniline

Together with our partners, we have achieved a breakthrough in the production of aniline: for the first time, this highly important material for the chemical industry can be derived 100 percent from bio-based materials.

Oxygen depolarized cathode

As part of a collaboration with industrial partners, Covestro has developed oxygen depolarized cathode (ODC) technology. This is based on an electrode that can save up to 30 percent of the energy required in the manufacture of chlorine.

Inclusive Business

With respect to sustainability, Covestro pursues a comprehensive approach that includes the entire product life cycle, taking into account social, environmental, and economic aspects.

Ideas that bear fruit

Covestro helps people in underdeveloped markets to lead a better life.