Study

SILICONES KEY TO EU'S DECARBONISATION GOALS

In February 2023, Silicones Europe, a sector group of Cefic, published a study to identify and quantify silicones’ contributions in response to the EU Green Deal’s ambitions to become climate neutral by 2050. Overall, each application of silicones analysed in the study shows a larger emission-saving potential compared to alternative applications which do not use silicones. This points to the importance of the silicone industry in supporting the Green Deal’s decarbonisation goals.

The results of the study “Silicones’ role in supporting the EU Green Deal’s decarbonization goal,” commissioned to expert sustainability consultancy Denkstatt GmbH, reveal an annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emission-saving potential of 96,4 Mt in 2030. This is equivalent to the carbon footprint of 36 million people’s electricity consumption (for reference, Poland has 37 million inhabitants). These savings are projected to be of 42,6 Mt by 2050 for silicone-using technologies, compared to non-silicones alternatives.