Green / Boustead Consulting / RECs / Renewable Energy / 2006 NatureWorks LLC / I N C . CO / Cargill Dow LLC / P. O’Connor2 1 NatureWorks BV / NatureWorks LLC / /
Continent
Europe / Asia / /
Country
Netherlands / United States / / /
Event
Force Majeure / M&A / Reorganization / Environmental Issue / FDA Phase / /
Facility
Greenhouse Gas Protocol SCOPE CO2 / Greenhouse Gas Protocol / River canal Sea Well Unspecified Totals Use / GHG(s) Greenhouse / Prepolymer reactor / NatureWorks PLA plant / World Resources Institute / SERIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS OF THE PLA / / /
IndustryTerm
manufacturing facility / cement kiln / electricity emissions / transportation / electricity product / energy certificate / fermenPurification media tation / wind electricity production / natural gas / downstream processing / energy data / fossil energy cost / energy use / sustainable product / grid-based electricity / fossilfuel-based electricity data / non-valuable co-products / energy savings / hot oil / important process chemicals / produced electricity falls / energy / plastics industry / plastics / energy source / energy consumption / manufacturing experience / electricity consumption / installed solar photovoltaic systems / local electricity supplier / process equipment / cumulative energy use / achievable energy conservation / avoided gypsum mining / manufacturing / wind-generated electricity / Corn processing / petrochemical-based plastics / farm equipment / energy-efficiency measures / chemicals / energy column / energy attributes / wind energy / temporary co-products / fossil-fueled electricity production / free energy / energy capacity / required chemicals / hot oil systems / energy generation / wind electricity / wind energy production data / oil / supply electricity / electricity use / delivery energy / energy efficiency improvements / fossil energy / energy content / corn processing wet / energy production / energy costs / process technology improvements / liquid/gas / grid electricity / technology improvement initiatives / dextrose solution / external processing / electricity / energy certificates / process technology / chemical suppliers / process energy / electricity production / external electricity production infrastructure / production technology / solar energy / energy products / wind energy certificates / wind-energy-based electricity replacing electricity / co-product / energy-based electricity / process electricity requirements / eliminating non-renewable energy use / /
MarketIndex
PLA / /
Organization
US Environmental Protection Agency / Earth Unit / Center for Resource Solutions22 / World Business Council for Sustainable Development / World Resources Institute / / /
methodology6 / software / Green / CO2 / methodology6 / Standard14 / /
ProvinceOrState
Nebraska / Minnesota / North Dakota / Colorado / Wisconsin / South Dakota / Iowa / /
Region
northern Nebraska / east Wisconsin / /
Technology
Wastewater treatment / NG technology / process technology / PLA production technology / BIOTECHNOLOGY / Polymerization / PLA technology / RESEARCH The protocol / condensation / using a ring-opening lactide polymerization / /
PEER REVIEW ORIGINAL RESEARCH The eco-profiles for current and near-future NatureWorks® polylactide (PLA) production