Net zero by 2050
In the energy-intensive chemical industry, climate neutrality is a particularly challenging goal. It can only be achieved through a deep and comprehensive understanding of current and future sustainability drivers and a willingness to accelerate linear processes through radically new impulses. This is the path OQ Chemicals, global leader in the oxo chemicals market, is taking with the support of ROI-EFESO.
Greenhouse gas emissions should be history by the middle of the century: this is the ambitious vision of OQ Chemicals, the worldwide leader in the production and sale of Oxo Intermediates and Oxo Performance Chemicals, which products are used in various industry segments.
The company is dedicating its comprehensive "reduce" program to this strategic aspiration, which bundles a wide range of measures and initiatives into a robust, scalable framework and aims to develop best practices for the sustainable transformation of the chemical industry.
For an energy-intensive chemical company, however, eliminating greenhouse gas emissions means much more than pulling well established optimization levers and advancing a linear transformation of the business model. It means venturing into a previously uncharted territory by designing and crafting breakthrough innovations in products and processes.
A challenge that can only be successfully mastered based on a differentiated, multi-perspective view of possible futures and a clear sight on the pathways to achieve them. And it requires a high level of commitment from both leadership and the entire team.
This was the task that OQ Chemicals, supported by ROI-EFESO´s team of experts, tackled - and achieved impressive results just two years after the program start.
Industrial Sustainability in the Chemical Industry
In the energy-intensive chemical industry, climate neutrality is a particularly challenging goal. It can only be achieved through a deep and comprehensive understanding of current and future sustainability drivers and a willingness to accelerate linear processes through radically new impulses. This is the path OQ Chemicals, global leader in the oxo chemicals market, is taking with the support of ROI-EFESO.
Dr. Oliver Borgmeier
CEO, OQ Chemicals
»With the help of ROI-EFESO, we have been able to take a different look at our energy consumption and come up with meaningful steps to further reduce our emissions.«
Marcia de Troyer
Vice President, EFESO Group
»To realise such an ambitious CO2 reduction programme, it is essential to take a holistic approach, combining a technological perspective with a people's perspective and a governance that enables people to work from end to end.«
Greenhouse gas emissions should be history by the middle of the century: this is the ambitious vision of OQ Chemicals, the worldwide leader in the production and sale of Oxo Intermediates and Oxo Performance Chemicals, which products are used in various industry segments.
The company is dedicating its comprehensive "reduce" program to this strategic aspiration, which bundles a wide range of measures and initiatives into a robust, scalable framework and aims to develop best practices for the sustainable transformation of the chemical industry.
For an energy-intensive chemical company, however, eliminating greenhouse gas emissions means much more than pulling well established optimization levers and advancing a linear transformation of the business model. It means venturing into a previously uncharted territory by designing and crafting breakthrough innovations in products and processes.
A challenge that can only be successfully mastered based on a differentiated, multi-perspective view of possible futures and a clear sight on the pathways to achieve them. And it requires a high level of commitment from both leadership and the entire team.
This was the task that OQ Chemicals, supported by ROI-EFESO´s team of experts, tackled - and achieved impressive results just two years after the program start.
Dr. Ina Werxhausen
Director Sustainability & Corporate Communication OQ Chemicals
»Working with ROI-EFESO has been a very positive experience as their approach has been very pragmatic, focused and tailored to our organisation.«
Dr. Jan-Christoph Haag
Vice President
EFESO Group
»Sustainability projects that extend 20 or 30 years into the future face a high degree of complexity and a wide range of influencing factors, both inside and outside the organisation - which need to be addressed with the right tools and methods.«
Dr. Christoph Balzarek
EVP Corporate Development, Sustainability, Innovation OQ Chemicals
»In the very short time since we started the program, we have already achieved significant CO2 reductions by sourcing energy differently and recycling flare gases into our own energy system.«
Managing sustainability effectively
The global manufacturing industry makes a substantial contribution to ensuring environmental and social sustainability. Most companies already understand they have a responsibility to reduce their environmental footprint. At the same time, most recognize that there are opportunities to improve productivity, cost structures and quality when it comes to their processes. ROI-EFESO works with industrial companies develop solutions that can help meet this responsibility.
Sustainability Consulting
Leading industrial sustainability
Every year, business magazine WirtschaftsWoche honors the best consulting projects in its annual awards. This year, we are pleased to confirm that ROI-EFESO Management Consulting AG has received the magazine’s prestigious ‘Best of Consulting Award 2022‘ in the ‘Sustainability‘ category. ROI-EFESO won the award for its involvement in a 'lighthouse‘ project that has truly pan-European scope: the sustainable transformation and development of the Port of Antwerp-Bruges into a major European hydrogen distribution hub.
Award-winning Case Study
Special event at Port of Antwerp Bruges and via livestreaming
Join our panel discussion on the topic of “greenhouse gas reduction” at the Port of Antwerp Bruges with Jacques Vandermeiren, CEO Port of Antwerp Bruges and Dr. Oliver Borgmeier, CEO OQ Chemicals.
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Chemical company on the way to climate neutrality
In order to achieve the self-imposed goal of being climate-neutral by 2050, a manufacturer of basic chemicals has to put its entire business model to the test. ROI-EFESO supported the client with robust scenario planning to develop a sustainability roadmap that enables sustainable growth in a challenging industry environment.