Climate Neutrality

At AIMPLAS, we support companies in carrying out:

• Carbon footprint calculations (organisational or product-based).
• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in accordance with ISO 14040 and 14044 standards.
• Environmental labelling and Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs).
• Comparative studies to assess alternative materials or processes.

Benefit for companies: enables the identification of critical points for action, demonstrates environmental improvements, and ensures compliance with customer requirements, certification schemes and regulations.

At AIMPLAS, we provide guidance on:

• Reducing the weight of plastic products.
• Substituting materials with renewable, recycled or lower-impact alternatives.
• Optimising product design to facilitate recycling, enabling the development of packaging and products with improved recyclability.
• Technical analysis to enhance durability and resource-use efficiency.

Outcome: products with a lower environmental impact, greater circularity, and stronger acceptance in an increasingly demanding market.

Through our laboratories, pilot plants and specialised teams, we develop and validate:

• Biobased polymers or polymers derived from sustainable sources.
• High-quality recycled materials for technical applications.
• Optimised formulations to compensate for material properties and enhance performance.

Direct impact: reduced emissions associated with the use of virgin raw materials.

At AIMPLAS, we work with companies to integrate and enhance their circular management through:

• Mechanical, chemical and biological recycling processes.
• Process optimisation to increase the proportion of material recovered.
• Quality testing of recycled materials and validation for industrial applications.

Outcome for companies: increased circularity, compliance with regulatory recycled content requirements, and reduced emissions associated with end-of-life stages.

At the technology centre, we provide support in:

• Identifying critical energy points within industrial processes.
• Replacing, integrating or optimising technologies to reduce energy consumption.
• Assessing lower-impact alternatives (electric heating, use of renewable energy, energy recovery, etc.).
• Integrating lower-carbon materials into the supply chain.

Benefit: reduced direct emissions (Scope 1 and 2) and improved energy efficiency.

Scope 1: direct emissions generated by sources that are owned or controlled by the organisation (e.g. combustion in boilers, company vehicles, industrial processes).
Scope 2: indirect emissions associated with the electricity, heat or steam purchased and consumed by the organisation.

At AIMPLAS, we help companies to:

• Define medium- and long-term emission reduction plans.
• Prioritise technologies and changes with the highest environmental return.
• Assess offsetting options and CO₂ absorption projects.
• Prepare documentation for audits, ESG reports, certifications and customer requirements.

Key advantage: expert insight and ongoing support, ensuring companies progress with coherence and a solid technical foundation.

Through the AIMPLAS Plastics Academy, companies benefit from:

• Specialised courses in global sustainability, circular economy, recycling, legislation, materials and environmental management.
• Knowledge transfer applied to real-world cases.
• Support for sustainability, quality, design and production managers to integrate decarbonisation criteria.

As a result, companies not only improve their performance but also develop strong internal capabilities.

In addition, AIMPLAS facilitates companies’ participation in cutting-edge projects related to:

• Process decarbonisation.
• Innovation in new plastic materials.
• Advanced recycling technologies.
• CO₂ capture, valorisation or reduction.
• Circular economy and industrial symbiosis.

This enables companies to innovate, differentiate themselves, and reduce costs and time-to-market through external funding.