Market overview
2rounds of research
Find the players
We identified companies advertising low-carbon products in the chemical categories the client named.
Case Study · Supplier Vetting
Cutting carbon at the raw material.
A specialty chemicals company wanted to cut its carbon footprint by finding low-carbon alternatives to its main raw materials. We screened suppliers of bio-based, renewable and circular options and mapped which ones are commercially available today.
The Client
The client is a specialty chemicals company that formulates and makes additives for many applications. It wanted drop-in, low-carbon alternatives for its highest volume building blocks.
The Challenge
Big footprint.
Swap the inputs.
Prescouter was asked to find identical low-carbon alternatives for the client’s major raw materials and show where renewable or circular materials could fit, including the closest options.
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Match
Identical alternatives
Drop-in swaps for key inputs.
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Sources
Renewable and circular
Corn, sugar, wood and more.
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Fit
Closest options
When no exact match exists.
Our Approach
Screening suppliers category by category.
Supplier research
95commercial products
Profile the products
We captured sources, chemistries, applications, prices, capacity and technical data sheets.
Pipeline review
20longer-term solutions
Watch the pipeline
We tracked pilot plants, studies, patents and processes not yet on the market.
The Outcome
A list ready for procurement.
Prescouter identified 115 low-carbon solutions: 95 commercial products and 20 longer-term options such as pilot plants, research studies and patents. The results gave the client’s procurement team a clear list of suppliers to engage.
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Solutions
115 identified
Across the chemicals of interest.
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Ready now
95 commercial
Available to source today.
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Pipeline
20 longer-term
Pilots, studies and patents.
Raw materials are often the largest share of a chemical footprint. Knowing what is commercial today makes decarbonization concrete.
Let’s Talk
Which raw materials could lower your footprint?
Screen the alternatives, check what is commercial and engage the suppliers that fit. Wherever you’re starting from, we’ll help you get there.
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