Summer Momentum: Driving Action on Circularity, Emissions & Collaboration
While July may signal vacation season for many, the Global Impact Coalition has been hard at work. From circular municipal waste to sustainable methanol, our working groups continue to make strong progress. Here’s a quick snapshot of what’s underway across five of our active projects:
Circular Municipal Solid Waste (MSW): We’re progressing on Phase 1—mapping MSW compositions and treatment routes across different regions and under two key archetypes (with and without pre-sorting).
PFAS Removal & Destruction: Our technology screening is in full swing, and we’re actively scouting innovative solutions to tackle PFAS contamination.
Sustainable Biomass Sourcing: We’re investigating technologies to convert 2nd generation biomass (e.g., agri/forestry residues) using gasification or enzymatic hydrolysis to test feedstock suitability and economic viability.
Sustainable Methanol: We're evaluating options to co-develop a waste gasification-based methanol supply chain, assessing preferred region, technologies and business mode.
Automotive Plastics Circularity: Our pilot has reached a major milestone— with 100 vehicles dismantled focusing on 35 types of plastic car parts. The recovered plastic has been shredded and sorting trials are now underway.
To keep up-to-date on our projects, check out our website!
Plus, stay tuned: two exciting projects are spinning-out from the GIC ecosystem—Direct Conversion and Sustainable Olefins—with more to be announced soon.
We’re also proud to announce a new collaboration with the Scope 3 Peer Group—uniting forces to drive accelerated action on low-carbon products across the chemical supply chain.
GIC Webinar: Scaling Low-Carbon Chemicals
Join the Global Impact Coalition and CO2 AI for an engaging discussion with industry leaders on Scaling low carbon chemicals: How data and demand can shift the supply chain, together. As pressure mounts to reduce emissions in industrial supply chains, low-carbon chemicals are becoming a strategic priority. Yet progress is slowed by scattered PCF data, limited alignment across buyers and suppliers, and a lack of shared demand signals. To move faster, companies are collaborating to reduce product-level emissions, align procurement goals, and explore new models such as collective offtake agreements.
In Sophie's words, "In the Automotive Plastic Circularity group, we are really open to each other ... we are all from competing companies, with different chemistries, and yet we collaborate and we exchange ideas because we all share the same ambition."
As a key member of several working groups, Jens values the GIC’s ability to accelerate collaborative change, stating, “GIC helps enable projects that one company cannot achieve on its own. It unlocks joint forces.”
Are you headed to NY Climate Week in September? Join our session!
Join the Global Impact Coalition with the Scope 3 Peer Group and BCG X for an executive breakfast dialogue: From Ambition to Action: Co-Building the Net-Zero Chemicals Value Chain. Together, we'll explore cross-sector strategies for accelerating emissions reductions and circularity across the chemicals value chain. This invite-only session will bring together senior leaders from global chemical, recycling, and consumer goods companies to exchange and align on tangible actions to translate pressing global sustainability issues into commercial opportunities.
Tuesday, 23 September, 8-9:30am; BCG Offices in NYC
GIC & EY white paper: Closing the Loop for a Circular Chemical Industry
This paper explores how the chemical industry can help close the material loop, addressing barriers to circularity by scaling enabling technologies, supporting effective regulations and developing critical infrastructure. Authored by EY US and the GIC, this paper is part of a broader mission to deepen industry-wide understanding of sustainability and circularity. Read full white paper
Hydrocarbon Processing article: Scaling Pyrolysis
Plastic waste represents one of the most pressing sustainability challenges of our time. With millions of tons discarded annually, the need to view plastic waste as a valuable resource is more urgent than ever. To move from this linear system to a truly circular economy, we must embrace transformative technologies. Among these, pyrolysis—a process that converts plastic waste into valuable oils and chemicals—emerges as a critical solution.
Going to K Fair in Dusseldorf in October? Let's ideate together!
Join the Global Impact Coalition for an interactive ideation workshop to identify ecosystem-level ideas to advance the chemical industry and related value chains towards a net-zero and circular future. Together, we'll explore how we can collectively achieve breakthrough sustainable business solutions unattainable for companies working on their own.
WHEN: Wednesday, 8 October, 15:00 to 16:30; K Fair at Messe Düsseldorf
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