Investment
Bioindustry Fund I
Product
Bio-based flame retardants
Use
The company has developed and commercialised fire retardants, especially for wood construction. The products are based on the company’s patented fire protection technology.
Impact
Nordtreat has a significant contribution to pollution prevention and control as they produce a bio-based chemical product that includes a lower amount of fossil-based or harmful chemicals. It is water-based and has over a 70% lower carbon footprint compared to the best available alternative.
- Total carbon footprint (2023): 198 tCO2e
- Total carbon handprint (2023): 105 tCO2e
- Raw materials from renewable resources, percentage from total material use: 91%
- Amount of purchased energy consumed from renewable resources: 92%
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All Bioindustry Fund I-related carbon footprint calculations consider the full life cycle of the product. The values presented are based on third-party verified LCA calculations from which the data has been adjusted to the annual production volumes. The numbers presented have not been modified to account for the funds share of the carbon footprint, but they represent the total emissions. Only those values showing the fund’s share of the produced emissions are reported in the fund reports.
Carbon handprint is the amount of GHG that would have been emitted by the replaced product during the lifetime of the organisation’s product. The values presented are based on third party verified LCA calculations from which the data has been adjusted to annual production volumes. The numbers presented have not been modified to account for the funds share of the carbon handprint, but they represent the total avoided emissions. Only those values showing the fund’s share of the produced impact are reported in the fund reports.