SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry has announced a new collaboration with Kraton, a leading global sustainable producer of specialty polymers and high-value biobased products derived from pine wood pulping co-products, to deliver certified renewable butadiene from its TRUCIRCLETM portfolio for use in Kraton’s certified renewable styrenic block copolymers (SBC). This feedstock is not in direct competition with human food and animal feed production sources. According to the cradle-to-gate life cycle analysis, from sourcing the raw feedstock to producing the polymers, each kg of the company’s bio-based butadiene reduces carbon dioxide CO2 emissions by an average of 4 kg compared to fossil-based virgin alternatives. Additionally, each ton of the butadiene also cuts fossil depletion by up to 80%.