Crop screening
Marginalland crops evaluated
Screen the crops
We assessed non-food crops by composition, industrial uses, growing regions and volumes.
Case Study · Technology Landscape
Ranking crops that feed green chemistry.
A multinational with personal care brands wanted to tell biomass-based suppliers from petrochemical ones. We mapped non-food crops, conversion technologies and biorefineries, then built a model to rank crops for chemical production.
The Client
The client is a multinational with a diverse portfolio of brands, including personal care products. Its sustainability team wanted to make better decisions on suppliers, start-ups and investments.
The Challenge
Bio or petro?
Know your sources.
Prescouter was asked to build a landscape of technologies, players, inputs and outputs in non-food biomass feedstock, helping the client tell biomass-based supplies from petrochemical ones.
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Crops
High-yield non-food crops
Grown on marginal land.
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Composition
Chemical makeup
What each crop can yield.
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Conversion
Biorefinery technologies
Turning biomass into platform chemicals.
Our Approach
Linking crops, technologies and biorefineries.
Biorefinery review
1,000+biorefineries in operation
Map conversion
We compared technologies that turn biomass into platform chemicals for the client’s processes.
Selection model
Rankedcrops by suitability
Rank the options
The model weighed composition, yield, location, competing uses and resources needed to grow.
The Outcome
A ranking to guide greener sourcing.
Prescouter drew on more than 1,000 operational biorefineries to show how non-food biomass becomes platform chemicals. It delivered a crop selection model and ranking system, giving the client a framework to choose which crops to focus on for biochemical production.
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Landscape
1,000+ biorefineries
Showing current conversion routes.
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Model
Crop selection model
Built on yield and composition.
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Focus
A crop ranking
Pointing to the best feedstocks.
Sustainable sourcing decisions need more than a green label. A transparent ranking model lets teams compare feedstocks on equal terms.
Let’s Talk
Which feedstocks could power your products?
Compare feedstocks, technologies and suppliers with a model built for your goals. Wherever you’re starting from, we’ll help you get there.
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