'The reduction of fossil raw materials in our portfolio is of essential importance to us. The use of renewable raw materials in our product packaging represents a major lever for us to reduce our carbon emissions and improve our ecological footprint. We are pushing this forward with great energy. We are proud to be the first in our mass market segment supporting the use of PP made from renewable, plant-based raw materials as a packaging material for our cosmetic products, and we are pleased to have a strong, experienced partner with SABIC. Together, we want to contribute to the raw material change and take an important next step towards achieving our ambitious sustainability targets. We will launch our first products with packaging made of almost 100% certified PP from renewable raw materials already in 2021,' explains Michael Becker, Head of Global Packaging Development at Beiersdorf.

'We are very pleased to welcome Beiersdorf on our journey towards transforming the plastics industry into a truly circular and sustainable economy,' comments Sergi Monros, Vice President of Performance Polymers & Industry Solutions for Petrochemicals at SABIC. 'Innovative cosmetic packaging using our certified renewable PP and PE polyolefins can make a significant contribution to reducing the fossil depletion and greenhouse gas emissions. The plant-based materials provide easy drop-in solutions to existing fossil-based plastic conversion processes and applications, without compromises on purity, quality, safety or convenience. SABIC is determined to help its partners benefit from this potential.'

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