6 October 20267 October 2026 Detergents and Cleaning Agents Made From CO₂, High-Quality Textiles Made From Wood, and Bio-Based Coagulants in Wastewater Treatment: Innovations for the Defossilisation of the Chemical Industry At the Renewable Materials Conference, held on 22–24 September 2026 in Siegburg/Cologne, experts discussed fundamental questions about the future of the European chemical industry, innovations were awarded, and the framework conditions to accelerate defossilisation were presented. Initial examples demonstrate the potential for this to be effective
Wasch- und Reinigungsmittel aus CO₂, hochwertige Textilien aus Holz und bio-basierte Fällmittel in Klärwerken: Innovationen zur Defossilisierung der Chemie Auf der Renewable Materials Conference wurden vom 22.-24. September 2026 in Siegburg/Köln fundamentale Fragen zur Zukunft der europäischen Chemie diskutiert, Innovationen ausgezeichnet und Rahmenbedingungen für eine beschleunigte Defossilierung vorgestellt. Erste Beispiele zeigen, wie es funktionieren kann
Monthly news from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), September 2026 September Highlights: Open Letter to DG GROW and the CCA Steering Group; Biotech Act II, PPWR, public procurement, and cascading use, updates on RCI projects, the Renewable Materials Conference, New RCI member Supercritical Solutions, RCI General Assembly 2026
2 October 202628 September 2026 Waschmittel aus Abgas, Trikots aus Holz: So will die Chemie ohne Erdöl auskommen Die Chemie braucht Kohlenstoff, holt ihn aber noch fast nur aus Erdöl und Erdgas. In Siegburg zeigten Firmen Alternativen: ein Tensid mit CO₂ als Baustein, Garn aus Holz, ein schwarzes Pigment aus Lignin. Warum der Sprung aus der Nische trotzdem schwerfällt
8 September 20261 September 2026 How carbon capture can rewrite surfactant chemistry in personal care Viridi's product Vireya is the “world’s first” commercial anionic surfactant produced using captured CO2 as a principal feedstock
8 April 20267 April 2026 Renewable Materials Conference 2026: Preliminary Programme Published The Global Networking Point of the Renewable Carbon Economy will take place in Siegburg/Cologne, Germany, from 22–24 September 2026
7 April 20262 April 2026 Monthly News from the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), March 2026 March Highlights: Involvement in core groups of CCA WGs, WG Sustainability Meeting with Recycling Focus, Ambassador Activities, Roundtable of Braskem (NL), Member Interview futerro, New RCI Member Viridi (UK)
23 March 202617 March 2026 ViridiCO2 and Zschimmer & Schwarz collaborate on CO2-based surfactants Joint Development Agreement accelerates scale-up of innovative CO2 utilisation technology for sustainable surfactants
12 December 202511 December 2025 CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2026 – Vorläufiges Programm jetzt verfügbar Führendes Branchenevent zu Carbon Capture und Utilisation (CCU) am 28.–29. April 2026 in Köln und online mit Schwerpunkt auf Strategien für grünen Wasserstoff, wettbewerbsfähige E Kraftstoffe und CO₂ basierte Polymere und Materialien
CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2026: Preliminary Program Now Available Leading global event on Carbon Capture and Utilisation to discuss green hydrogen strategies, cost-competitive e-fuels, CO₂-to-polymers and materials in Cologne and online on 28–29 April 2026
9 October 20252 October 2025 Startup turns captured CO2 into everyday cleaning ingredients Vireya™ offers a new path: instead of relying on palm kernel oil or fossil feedstocks, it uses upcycled CO2 captured directly from a manufacturer’s own emissions as a raw material
14 March 202314 March 2023 ViridiCO2™ Secures £3m in Seed Funding to make Chemical Products from CO2 A spin-out from the University of Southampton's radical technology converts waste carbon dioxide into surfactants, plastics/polymer feedstocks and small molecules
1 July 20219 September 2021 Hybrid Catalyst Technology for Sustainable Carbon Dioxide Conversion New hybrid catalyst platform aims to serve chemical manufacturers in the first instance and could save 20% of all fossil fuels for chemical processes, potentially reducing emissions by eight million tons per year