{"id":76174,"date":"2020-07-02T06:50:02","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T04:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rss.nova-institut.net\/public.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Filbioeconomista.com%2F2020%2F06%2F18%2Fgenomatica-won-the-prestigious-2020-green-chemistry-challenge-award-given-by-epa%2F"},"modified":"2020-06-28T14:09:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T12:09:27","slug":"genomatica-celebrates-third-epa-award-win-with-brontide-natural-butylene-glycol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/genomatica-celebrates-third-epa-award-win-with-brontide-natural-butylene-glycol\/","title":{"rendered":"Genomatica Celebrates Third EPA Award Win with Brontide\u2122 Natural Butylene Glycol"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clean manufacturing and sustainability leader Genomatica<\/a> today celebrated winning the prestigious 2020 Green Chemistry Challenge Award <\/a>given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its Brontide\u00ae<\/sup> natural butylene glycol<\/a>. Honoring groundbreaking scientific solutions to real-world environmental problems, the win for Brontide natural butylene glycol marks the third EPA award held by Genomatica and makes them one of only four companies to win the award three times in the program\u2019s 25-year history.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recognized for the greener synthetic pathways category, Genomatica\u2019s Brontide natural butylene glycol replaces petroleum-derived butylene glycol (BG) in personal care products, slashing greenhouse gas emissions by 51 percent compared to traditional production. Previous EPA awards held by Genomatica include Genomatica\u2019s butanediol (BDO) in 2011<\/a> and LS9\u2019s renewable diesel technology in 2010<\/a> (long-chain chemical technology acquired by Genomatica in 2019).<\/p>\n

\u201cInnovation is at the heart of solving the challenges faced by our planet and our society. This award is another testament to the power of biotechnology as a force to reimagine and redesign carbon-based supply chains. It\u2019s an incredible accomplishment for Genomatica scientists to bring home a \u2018three-peat\u2019 of the prestigious EPA award,\u201d said Genomatica CEO Christophe Schilling. \u201cFor myself and all our engineers and scientists, it\u2019s personally meaningful to be nationally recognized for making a positive environmental impact. It reaffirms our passion and commitment to developing cleaner manufacturing processes that result in more sustainable ingredients for everyday products.\u201d<\/p>\n

Genomatica\u2019s Brontide natural butylene glycol has the potential to reduce global greenhouse gases by nearly 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2<\/sub>e) per year and eliminate the use of 50,000 tons of acetaldehyde, a carcinogenic and mutagenic ingredient used in conventional production methods. Brands and ingredient suppliers like Farmacy, Peter Thomas Roth, Lady of Beasts and Custom Essence are among the many companies that have been quick to adopt Brontide natural butylene glycol to create more natural personal care products. This award caps a streak of recent victories for Genomatica, including being named to Fast Company\u2019s 2020 World Changing Ideas<\/a> list and recognition for its bio-nylon as a TIME Best Invention<\/a> in late 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clean manufacturing and sustainability leader Genomatica today celebrated winning the prestigious 2020 Green Chemistry Challenge Award given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its Brontide\u00ae natural butylene glycol. Honoring groundbreaking scientific solutions to real-world environmental problems, the win for Brontide natural butylene glycol marks the third EPA award held by Genomatica and makes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5829,10408,12529],"supplier":[2414,1214],"class_list":["post-76174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-economy","tag-greenchemistry","tag-technology","supplier-genomatica-inc","supplier-united-states-environmental-protection-agency-epa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76174"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=76174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}