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BUSINESS Business Roundup ShareShare onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail C&EN, 2022, 100 (22), p 11June 20, 2022Cite this:C&EN 100, 22, 11AbstractWestlake has signed an agreement with the Department of Justice to install $110 million worth of air pollution control and monitoring equipment at two of its facilities in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and at one in Calvert City, Kentucky. The company’s improper industrial flaring had been violating the Clean Air Act. Evonik Venture Capital is investing an undisclosed sum in the sustainability funds Azolla Ventures and Chrysalix Venture Capital Carbon Neutrality. The investments are the first by Evonik’s Sustainability Tech Fund. Evonik Industries has expanded its capacity in Shanghai for myristyl myristate, a biobased ester used as a skin-softening emollient in personal care products. The firm says the ingredient, which it sells as Tegosoft MM MB, is made from responsibly grown palm oil. Dow has signed an exclusive deal with the biobased ingredient maker EcoSynthetix to bring products to the personal care market. The two firms are already working together onView: PDF | Full Text HTML
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