Performance & Sustainability

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1 Performance & Sustainability Ingeo the story so far! Eamonn Tighe April

2 Back in 1989 we had a big, crazy idea - What if we could turn greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide into products? 150,000 MT Ingeo PLA plant in Blair, NE USA Jointly owned by Cargill and PTTGC Established global market channels Commercial partnerships with global brands Sales team in 15 countries across North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia Dedicated Applications Development and R&D Facilities Hills, Inc. bicomponent fiber line Multi-stage draw, annealing, winding capabilities Lurgi gun (spunbond simulation) DME fiber tow crimping & cutter Biax Fiberfilm melt blown (12in. die & collector) Strong environmental expertise and product characteristics Peer reviewed LCA s and eco-profile demonstrate smaller carbon footprint and lower fossil energy use Products enable portfolio of end-of-life options Dedicated internal team for understanding environmental and end-of-life impacts 2

3 At NatureWorks, we create performance materials from greenhouse gases TODAY Plants are used to convert CO 2 into simple plant sugars Plant Sugars GREENHOUSE GASES PLANTS ASSESSING Direct GHG conversion technologies for CO 2 and CH 4 MANUFACTURE Naturally Advanced Materials Creating Performance Through Chemistry 3D Printing Beauty & Household Building & Construction Cards, Cartons, Non-Food Pkg Electronics & Appliances Food & Beverage Food Serviceware Landscape & Agriculture Medical & Hygiene Coatings Adhesives Water-borne Hot Melt Solvent-borne Reactive 100% Solids Binder Resins Alkyds & Polyesters Water-borne Fn Intermediates Surfactants Solvents Food Ingredients Fine Chemicals 3

4 Cargill Erythritol Evonik (lysine) Cargill Lactic Acid NatureWorks LLC - Ingeo Plant Missouri River Cargill Ethanol Purac (lactic acid and lactic salts) Novozymes Cargill Sugar Refinery Cargill Corn Mill 640 acres - 1 sq. mile 263 ha. Cargill Corn Oil 4

5 naturally advanced materials Food Serviceware Durables Biopolymer Solutions Rigid Packaging Fiber / Nonwovens Films New Business Performance Chemicals Coatings Waterborne Solvent borne 100% Solids Alkyd / Polyester Functional Intermediates: Surfactants Solvents Food ingredients Fine chemicals Adhesives Hot melt Reactive Binder resins Waterborne 5 5

6 We are committed to feedstock diversification: Investment in innovation and R&D collaboration to grow our Ingeo feedstock portfolio Performance materials made by transforming whatever are the right, abundant, local resources GENERATION I GENERATION II GENERATION NEXT Today Next 3-5 years And next? Dextrose & Sucrose from cassava or corn starch, sugar cane or beet Bridging Crops Lignocellulosics: Sugars from bagasse, wood chips, switch grass or straw. CO 2 to lactic acid technology? CH 4 to lactic acid technology? Scaled & Operating C 6 sugar fermentation technology Purchase strategy C 6 sugars from 3 rd party Develop strategy Methane fermentation 6

7 Rigids Food Serviceware Ingeo in the market Films Nonwovens / Fibers Durables Lactides Bus. Dev. 7

8 Rigids Food Serviceware Ingeo in the market Films Nonwovens / Fibers Durables Lactides Bus. Dev. Additives Coatings Printing Toner Lactates Surfactants 8

9 Films 100% Ingeo Structures At a Glance: Ingeo Films Broadening from original 100% structures to functional performance in cost effective multilayers Functional Performance in Cost Effective Multilayers Packaging Simplification OPS Ingeo - NatureFlex Laminates Packaging Simplification Cost Savings: Ingeo Sealant Layer BOPP PVC Clear or metalized, highbarrier lamination for packaging and lidding applications Dry goods target high O 2 and Water vapor barrier Targets longer shelf life foods Allows two-layer pouch with performance of three-layer structure UL High performance sealant web Ultra-Light (9 micron) Cost savings vs LLDPE sealant layers Targets replacement of thin LLDPE sealants for VFFS and HFFS Pillow bags Pouches Single serve beverage CPP PVC, PETG 9

10 French food company Danone (Dannon in the US) has switched to bio-based plastic packaging for its Activia brand yogurt in Germany. The switch will improve the product s packaging carbon footprint by 25% and use 43% less fossil resources compared to the previous packaging, the company said. Activia was previously packaged in polystyrene. Together, NatureWorks and Danone are working to achieve the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) for the new Activia packaging. The ISCC seal assures that the entire supply chain for the Ingeo raw materials meets rigorous social and environmental criteria. 10

11 INGEO FIBERS & NONWOVENS: AT A GLANCE Efficient fiber & fabric production from existing fiber assets mean that Ingeo is finding its functional fit across broad markets Food & Infusion Medical/Hygiene Technical/Industrial Neutral odor and taste Transparent - visual appeal to showcase contents Ingeo nonwovens heat moldable properties used to lock shape Inherently hydrophilic - moisture management, (comfort and performance in both clinical & personal care). wet strength/bonding, skin comfort, high loft Technical applications: providing performance such as additional fabric resilience, tensile strength tailored hydrolysis in sacrificial industrial applications 11

12 Three Era s of Biopolymers Forming Storming Norming & Performing Bioplastics are for Biodegrading Bioplastics sequester Carbon Bioplastics = Plastics Biobased = exception Litter focused New to the world polymers expected to be all things to all people Biobased = expectation Performance is king biodegradable where it s the highest good 1990 s 2000 s 2010 s 12

13 Supply Chains and the importance of communication N A T U R E W O R K S Convertor 1 Convertor 2 Brands Private Labels & Retailers C O N S U M E R 13

14 Certification Tools for Ingeo Biopolymers 1 BIOBASED CARBON CERTIFICATION Verifies that 100% of carbon in Ingeo comes from renewable ag resources via USDA BioPreferred in the US & Vincotte in Europe. 4 FEEDSTOCK SOURCING CERTIFICATION Non-GM corn volume equivalent to a customer s needs is purchased by NatureWorks and added to the stream entering the corn wet mill. 2 GENESCAN CERTIFICATION Ingeo is certified to be free of any genetic material by Eurofins Genescan. 5 ISCC PLUS & FEEDSTOCK SOURCING A combination of NatureWorks Feedstock Sourcing Certification and the ISCC PLUS program. 3 ISCC PLUS 3rd party (ISCC) certifies the sustainable production of renewable raw materials including chain of custody. 6 WORKING LANDSCAPE CERTIFICATES 3rd party (IATP) certifies both sustainable agricultural production and the use of a non-genetically modified crop. 14

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16 The New Plastics Economy is a collaborative initiative involving leading participants from across the global plastic packaging value chain 16

17 Key conclusions/ requirements Product Performance 3 rd party validation, certification etc Requirement to go downstream to support supply chain partners (convertors, brands) often to explain & justify Importance of partners & product champions Positioning B2B and B2C Flexibility Resilience 17

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