The report summarizes Aramco’s approach to integrating sustainability within its corporate strategy and operations, the sustainability issues that impact its business, as well as the company’s 2021 ESG performance Saudi Aramco, a full member of GPCA, has released its 2021 Sustainability Report, covering four important sections: climate change and the energy transition; safe operations and…
GPCA’s founding member, SABIC, held a special ceremony to honor the Saudi science and engineering team for winning 22 awards at the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), which was held in Atlanta, USA, from 7-13 May 2022. The ceremony highlighted the outstanding national achievement and discussed how the gains from the competition can be…
SABIC, a GPCA member company, has introduced LNP Thermocomp OFC08V compound, a material well suited for 5G base station dipole antennas and other electrical/electronic applications. This new compound can help the industry develop lightweight, cost-effective, all-plastic antenna designs that facilitate deployment of 5G infrastructure. In an era of increasing urbanization and smart cities, broad availability…
The new factory has the capacity to recycle 1 billion plastic bottles a year 23 March 2022, Abu Dhabi, UAE: DGrade, the UAE company known for recycling plastic into sustainable clothing, has announced the opening of a 4,000 square meter recycling factory in Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD). The facility will process up to…
Oxford Business Group and Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association team up for Covid-19 Recovery Roadmap GCC, March 2022: A new Covid-19 Recovery Roadmap (CRR), produced by Oxford Business Group (OBG) in partnership with Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA), explores the key part that the downstream hydrocarbons industry is set to play in supporting economic…
The move towards sustainability in the chemical and petrochemical industry is hardly new. Over the last decade, chemical producers and their value chain partners have invested significantly in new projects, innovations and partnerships to reduce their carbon footprint in the production, storage and transportation of their products. More recently the focus on conducting business in…
The Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco), GPCA’s newest member, ran a beach clean-up campaign on 15 December 2021, as part of its efforts to protect the marine ecosystem and raise awareness about maintaining the beaches of Bahrain clean and litter free. The initiative was led by the Bapco Modernization Project (BMP) in coordination with the Refinery…
Thanks to SABIC it might just be. In a ground-breaking collaboration with Microsoft, the GPCA founding member company has created Microsoft’s first product made with recycled ocean plastic SABIC and Microsoft Corporation have recently announced their collaboration to create Microsoft’s first consumer electronic product with an exterior shell containing 20% recycled ocean plastic. The initiative…
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) moved up one notch to become the world’s second most valuable brand in the chemicals industry in 2021, compared to the third most valuable brand last year, according to the 2021 Chemicals 25 and Global 500 reports published by Brand Finance. “We are proud of our improved ranking. It is…
As part of the industry’s drive towards enhancing the sustainability of plastic products and applications throughout their life-cycle, GPCA actively advocates for the adoption of a circular economy in the Arabian Gulf region. However, achieving an effective transition towards a circular economy depends on collaboration and partnerships across the value chain which can further help…
