Chemical Industry and World Wildlife Fund Work Together

This is like the cleanest kid in class working with someone to get cleaner, but maybe it starts a trend?

Anthony Maiorana
CARRE4

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Chemical Industry and Cleaner Water

The pairing of Novozymes and WWF is interesting for a number of reasons. The first being that Novozymes, a global manufacturer of enzyme catalysts, is bringing in a well respected non-profit to provide feedback on how Novozymes can be better at water and energy conservation. The second reason is that Novozymes is a company that produces enzyme catalysts, an environmentally friendly product. Novoyzmes enzyme catalysts can be used in many industrial and chemical processes and can even be used for wastewater treatment. Novozymes’ situation is like if a solar cell or wind turbine manufacturer was concerned about their own energy use and have pledged to run a factory off of 100% renewable energy with goals for water use reductions.

Novozymes’ catalysts can be used to make softer jeans, synthesize and digest plastics, make food stay fresher for longer, and cause chemicals to fall out of wastewater. In terms of a third party partner to understand Novozymes’ environmental impact they are utilizing the well known World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and this is significant because chemical…

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Anthony Maiorana
CARRE4
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