80% CO2 reduction from supplier to customer delivery

Challenge:  Source products efficiently and with the lowest carbon footprint​

• Help customers in the Midwest secure supply of essential products and materials using a safe, reliable, and sustainable transportation network, while also optimizing to meet sustainability goals such as lower CO2 emissions.​

Solution:  Optimize supply chain by switching form trucks to railcars​

• Together with leading suppliers of essential chemistries and sustainable solutions, Univar Solutions helped optimize the supplier’s supply chain from trucks to railcars​
• This solution improved local supply reliability for Midwest customers that were previously served by trucks from the Gulf Coast, and enabled Univar Solutions to package locally and utilize our fleet, which ultimately provided better overall service and a reduction in CO2 emissions​

Results:  80% reduction in CO2 emissions from source to customer​

• This optimized supply chain solution is expected to bring an 80% CO2 emissions reduction or 57 MT annually, equivalent to removing 12.3 gasoline powered cars from the road for an entire year or the total energy consumption of 7.2 homes for one year

Identified effective ingredients for 100% natural and sustainable wax alternatives​

Challenge:  Confirm sustainability attributes for an alternative option to beeswax​

• A leading wax supplier was bringing to the market a carefully curated blend of three plant-based waxes to replace traditional beeswax but needed lab assistance, performance testing, and analysis to confirm essential attributes for personal care formulators​

Solution:  Specialty ingredient innovation backed by performance data and testing​

• Our ingredients specialists and chemists went to work analyzing and testing blend characteristics such as melting point, congeal point, acid values and rations, and more, producing extensive data to support and confirm performance attributes​

Delivered 100% natural alternative through our Solution Center​

• • With beeswax no longer the first choice for a growing number of industrial materials, this viable vegan wax solution meets sustainable claims without sacrificing efficacy or versatility
  • Our global Solutions Centers delivered formulation expertise every step of the way to help customers achieve a 100% natural alternative that meets vegan, halal, and kosher claims
  • Delivered an optimized formula that is palm-free, GMO free, and biodegradable

End-to-end sustainable waste management solutions​

Challenge:  Identify sustainable solutions for eye care manufacturer’s waste materials​

• Our customer needed reuse and reclaim options for their spent isopropanol waste to meet their impending ESG goals and to better utilize limited waste disposal capacity​

Solution:  Leverage our supply chain and customer relationships to locate reuse/reclaim options​

• Together with a leading supplier of solvent reclamation services and another customer who can reuse the isopropanol “as is”, Univar Solutions manages over 25 million pounds annually via tanker and railcar for our customer​
• 500K pounds per month reclaimed and sold back into the chemical market​
• 1.5M pounds per month reused to manufacture isopropyl acetate​

Results:  Lowered customer cost and supported achievement of ESG goals​

This optimized supply chain solutions for the customer’s spent isopropanol waste yields:​

• Decreased disposal costs, creates a revenue opportunity depending on market index​
• Exclusion from RCRA when managed for reuse​
• Supports our customer’s ESG goals