Bio-based, recycled-content and lower-hazard alternatives, screened against your performance brief and proven on a pilot batch before you commit a production run.
A more sustainable raw material is worthless if it fails on the line. Most substitution projects die not because the alternative is unavailable but because nobody funded the work of proving it performs, holds shelf life, and still clears the regulation in the market the finished product ships into.
That proving work is the service. We start from your performance brief rather than a catalogue, screen candidates across our supplier base and partner labs, and return comparable test data with the trade-offs stated. Where the honest answer is that no drop-in exists, we say so and cost the reformulation instead.
Every recommendation arrives with its documentation attached: certification of the sustainable attribute, a cradle-to-gate footprint where available, and the regulatory position for your destination markets.
Materials from renewable carbon, supplied either as segregated product or on a certified mass-balance basis, with chain-of-custody documentation that survives your customer’s audit.
Post-consumer and post-industrial recycled inputs, plus recovery routes for your own process residues and off-spec material so it re-enters production rather than incineration.
Structured substitution of CMR, SVHC and restricted substances: candidate screening, side-by-side performance testing, and a regulatory read-across for the markets the finished article ships into.
Often the biggest available reduction is shipping less water. Concentrated forms, solid alternatives and dosage optimisation cut freight, packaging and storage at the same time.
Nothing is recommended without the paperwork behind it, issued per material and reissued when anything changes upstream.
Performance criteria, constraints, destination markets and the deadline you are working to.
Candidates shortlisted across suppliers and labs, with trade-offs stated up front.
Comparable test data and a qualification sample against your acceptance criteria.
Supply agreement, documentation set and a scale-up path with no supplier change.
A product carbon footprint, a supplier audit status, a substitution study, or a completed customer ESG questionnaire. We answer within two working days and name the person handling it.