Carbon-Neutral Solvents: A Natural Choice In A Carbon-Neutral Future Live Webinar: April 15, 2010 1:00 p.m. EST • 12:00 p.m. CST • 11:00 a.m. MST • 10:00 a.m. PST Overview: Solvent use accounts for most of the carbon footprint left by the global chemical industry. Solvent choice is therefore mission critical in the context of a sustainable, carbon neutral economy. Continued use of petroleum-based solvents is increasingly unacceptable due to generation of greenhouse gases, volatile organic compounds and ozone depleting substances. By contrast, carbon neutral solvents, are made from non-edible renewable resources and do not contribute to the acceleration of the greenhouse effect or development of ozone holes. The chemical industry now has the choice to substitute petroleum-based solvents with cost efficient, carbon neutral alternatives from renewable resources. This webinar will examine the following: • Aligning the chemical industry to a sustainable, carbon neutral future • Process Material Intensity: green performance with cost reduction • Applications and feasibility studies in carbon neutral solvents Points to learn from the webinar:
Your host for this webinar will be: Bogdan Comanita, Ph.D., MBA Director of Marketing Sales Europe Pennakem, LLC
Moderator: Rudy A. Baum Editor-in-Chief C&EN
Who Should Attend? • Business executives, R&D management and scientists • Academics involved in green chemistry • PR/Business Development/Brand Managers interested in sustainability
• Carbon neutral solvents are commercially available and provide cost efficient substitutes for petroleum based solvents
• SH&E officers
• Carbon neutral solvents can improve process material intensity and reduce costs
• Fine Chemicals Manufacturers
• MeTHF®, a carbon neutral solvent, is one of the fastest growing solvents in the pharmaceutical industry Sponsored by:
• Strategic purchasers • Government agents and regulators
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