Sustainable food production needs new forms of cultivation that use less land and water and require as few pesticides as possible. Evonik is helping to make this possible—with environmentally friendly chemistry and digital technology
Clean Water
Clean cultivation
Sustainable food production needs new forms of cultivation that use less land and water and require as few pesticides as possible. Evonik is helping to make this possible—with environmentally friendly chemistry and digital technology
Mobility
Turning with the times
Numerous elements in cars are already made of plastic. However, steel has been used for transmission components up to now. The Technical University of Munich now wants to create a new application - gear wheels made of high-performance polymer - and thus help to drive forward the transformation of urban mobility
Mobility
Turning with the times
Numerous elements in cars are already made of plastic. However, steel has been used for transmission components up to now. The Technical University of Munich now wants to create a new application - gear wheels made of high-performance polymer - and thus help to drive forward the transformation of urban mobility
Clean Water
Evonik: Strategies for saving water
Nothing can happen at Evonik without water, which is indispensable for cooling, for example. To secure supplies and conserve resources, different strategies are used depending on the location—from rainwater retention basins in South Africa to high-tech filters in Thailand and recooling systems in Germany. A look at sustainability around the world
Clean Water
Evonik: Strategies for saving water
Nothing can happen at Evonik without water, which is indispensable for cooling, for example. To secure supplies and conserve resources, different strategies are used depending on the location—from rainwater retention basins in South Africa to high-tech filters in Thailand and recooling systems in Germany. A look at sustainability around the world
Climate Protection
A green transformation for the chemical industry
There are many ways to make chemical production sustainable. One of these ways is to convert not only the big reactors but also just about everything around them. Managing raw materials, energy or waste flows smartly can be the key to a green future. Evonik wants to demonstrate this with its Herne Green Deal. A site visit
Climate Protection
A green transformation for the chemical industry
There are many ways to make chemical production sustainable. One of these ways is to convert not only the big reactors but also just about everything around them. Managing raw materials, energy or waste flows smartly can be the key to a green future. Evonik wants to demonstrate this with its Herne Green Deal. A site visit
Technology
Chemistry is expanding the chip industry
Microchips are scarce worldwide, and manufacturers are working to create large new production facilities. Evonik is helping industry achieve its goals by supplying it with high-class silanes and hydrogen peroxide
Technology
Chemistry is expanding the chip industry
Microchips are scarce worldwide, and manufacturers are working to create large new production facilities. Evonik is helping industry achieve its goals by supplying it with high-class silanes and hydrogen peroxide
Resource Efficiency
Creating sustainable artifical leather
Artificial leather spares animals and can also benefit the environment. Thanks to modern chemistry, both benefits can be achieved without sacrificing quality. Evonik is developing solutions that make the production of leather substitutes even more sustainable
Resource Efficiency
Creating sustainable artifical leather
Artificial leather spares animals and can also benefit the environment. Thanks to modern chemistry, both benefits can be achieved without sacrificing quality. Evonik is developing solutions that make the production of leather substitutes even more sustainable
Sustainability
It's all about Carbon
For the chemical industry, the carbon atom is irreplaceable—but the fossil sources of
carbon are not. Renewable carbon is being utilized more and more, and its proportion
in products can now be precisely measured
Sustainability
It's all about Carbon
For the chemical industry, the carbon atom is irreplaceable—but the fossil sources of
carbon are not. Renewable carbon is being utilized more and more, and its proportion
in products can now be precisely measured
Sustainable Feedstocks
On the Fly
Can maggots help to save the climate? A growing number of pioneering thinkers around the world are convinced that they can—and are working to develop sustainable products based on insects
Sustainable Feedstocks
On the Fly
Can maggots help to save the climate? A growing number of pioneering thinkers around the world are convinced that they can—and are working to develop sustainable products based on insects
Interview
Concrete Missteps or on the Right Path with Wood?
From dwellings to airports, from offices to bridges—the world is building more and more every year. How can we find a way to improve people’s lives by erecting more sustainable structures? Materials scientist and concrete advocate Karen Scrivener joins architect and timber expert Stephan Birk to discuss possible paths towards climate friendly solutions.
Interview
Concrete Missteps or on the Right Path with Wood?
From dwellings to airports, from offices to bridges—the world is building more and more every year. How can we find a way to improve people’s lives by erecting more sustainable structures? Materials scientist and concrete advocate Karen Scrivener joins architect and timber expert Stephan Birk to discuss possible paths towards climate friendly solutions.
Resource Efficiency
Healing Walls
Concrete is the world’s most important construction material.
However, it does more harm to the climate than almost any other
product. Researchers all over the world are working to improve
this material’s CO2 balance by optimizing its composition. For
example, they are using bacteria that can seal small cracks in con-
crete on their own and thus prolong the useful life of buildings
Resource Efficiency
Healing Walls
Concrete is the world’s most important construction material.
However, it does more harm to the climate than almost any other
product. Researchers all over the world are working to improve
this material’s CO2 balance by optimizing its composition. For
example, they are using bacteria that can seal small cracks in con-
crete on their own and thus prolong the useful life of buildings
Circularity
Recycable Material
Products made of plastic make our lives easier and safer. However, too much plastic is still ending up in the environment. In order to solve this problem, we need better recycling systems worldwide and a genuinely circular economy. New research projects are giving us cause for hope.
Circularity
Recycable Material
Products made of plastic make our lives easier and safer. However, too much plastic is still ending up in the environment. In order to solve this problem, we need better recycling systems worldwide and a genuinely circular economy. New research projects are giving us cause for hope.
Interview
Pathways to the circular economy
What properties should a material have in order to be optimally recyclable?
What is the true value of plastic waste? And where do we need prohibitions?
A debate about pathways toward a more sustainable plastics economy.
Interview
Pathways to the circular economy
What properties should a material have in order to be optimally recyclable?
What is the true value of plastic waste? And where do we need prohibitions?
A debate about pathways toward a more sustainable plastics economy.
Pharma
Robust and fast-dissolving
Orally disintegrating tablets (ODTs) make many patients’ lives easier. Innovative auxiliary materials made of calcium silicate are improving the everyday practicality of these medications—and making them even more versatile
Pharma
Robust and fast-dissolving
Orally disintegrating tablets (ODTs) make many patients’ lives easier. Innovative auxiliary materials made of calcium silicate are improving the everyday practicality of these medications—and making them even more versatile
Hydrogen
Hydrogen fuels hope
When it burns it only produces water, its supply is inexhaustible, and its applications are manifold: Hydrogen has what it takes to fundamentally transform our economic system. Evonik is working in many areas to help make this vision a reality
Hydrogen
Hydrogen fuels hope
When it burns it only produces water, its supply is inexhaustible, and its applications are manifold: Hydrogen has what it takes to fundamentally transform our economic system. Evonik is working in many areas to help make this vision a reality
Interview
Hydrogen: the energy carrier of the future
The President of the Energy Watch Group, Hans-Josef Fell, is calling for the almost exclusive utilization of green hydrogen from renewable sources. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Secretary General of the industrial association Hydrogen Europe, believes this is not enough. A debate.
Interview
Hydrogen: the energy carrier of the future
The President of the Energy Watch Group, Hans-Josef Fell, is calling for the almost exclusive utilization of green hydrogen from renewable sources. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Secretary General of the industrial association Hydrogen Europe, believes this is not enough. A debate.
Energy Transition
Stored power
Improved batteries are playing a key role in the energy transition and in sustainable mobility. Evonik is working to make energy storage systems more efficient and cost-effective. Even well-known technologies have substantial amounts of potential that is still untapped.
Energy Transition
Stored power
Improved batteries are playing a key role in the energy transition and in sustainable mobility. Evonik is working to make energy storage systems more efficient and cost-effective. Even well-known technologies have substantial amounts of potential that is still untapped.
Energy Transition
Salt solar heat store
Researchers in Eindhoven, Netherlands, are working on an ingenious thermal energy storage system for use in the energy transition. The main ingredient is also found in gingerbread
Energy Transition
Salt solar heat store
Researchers in Eindhoven, Netherlands, are working on an ingenious thermal energy storage system for use in the energy transition. The main ingredient is also found in gingerbread
Nutrition
A close look
Evonik’s precision livestock farming is bringing big data and biotech to poultry farming. The aim is ambitious: To produce meat from fewer resources while also improving animal welfare
Nutrition
A close look
Evonik’s precision livestock farming is bringing big data and biotech to poultry farming. The aim is ambitious: To produce meat from fewer resources while also improving animal welfare
Care & Cosmetics
Tomorrow`s beauty care: the cosmetcs market
The cosmetics industry is once again reinventing itself. Its business is becoming more natural, more personal, and more digital. And this transformation is going deeper than ever before.
Care & Cosmetics
Tomorrow`s beauty care: the cosmetcs market
The cosmetics industry is once again reinventing itself. Its business is becoming more natural, more personal, and more digital. And this transformation is going deeper than ever before.
Polyamide
Multi-talented plastic
From 3D printing to gas pipes and the coolant pipes for batteries in electric cars—polyamide 12 keeps on opening up new areas of application. It demonstrates its capabilities under extreme conditions
Polyamide
Multi-talented plastic
From 3D printing to gas pipes and the coolant pipes for batteries in electric cars—polyamide 12 keeps on opening up new areas of application. It demonstrates its capabilities under extreme conditions
Evonik Country
Brazil: Land of the future
A “land of the future”—that was how the author Stefan Zweig rhapsodized about Brazil. He wasn’t the first one to pin his hopes on this country—and he won’t be the last
Evonik Country
Brazil: Land of the future
A “land of the future”—that was how the author Stefan Zweig rhapsodized about Brazil. He wasn’t the first one to pin his hopes on this country—and he won’t be the last
