# Arkema

> Arkema's materials transition is already visible in the product and packaging portfolio. Its 2025 reporting says 12% of revenue came from products based on renewable or recycled raw materials, while its teams are developing bio-based, bio-attributed and recycled inputs. The next useful unit is one polymer or adhesive family where feedstock, formulation, performance and end-of-life evidence are joined.

- Industry: Chemicals & Advanced Materials
- Collection: Active
- Materials: Plastics, Solvents
- Processes: Recycling
- Evidence through: 2026-09-18
- Canonical URL: https://www.materialtransition.com/library/arkema

## Material inputs to resolve

Specialty materials, bio-based chemistry and circular feedstock systems

Arkema's 2025 Universal Registration Document reports that 12% of revenue came from products based on renewable or recycled raw materials, and that 73% of sales were covered by a life-cycle assessment. The report also describes mass-balance work for bio-attributed raw materials and recycled packaging in parts of the portfolio. Public reporting does not establish one product-level record connecting feedstock origin, allocation, formulation, performance qualification and end-of-life outcome.

**12%** 2025 revenue based on renewable or recycled raw materials

**73%** 2025 sales covered by a life-cycle assessment

**44.0 kg/t** 2025 waste treated without recovery

**70%** Recycled packaging used at some industrial sites, up to

- Specialty monomers, polymers, additives, solvents, bio-based and recycled feedstocks
- Packaging, catalysts, process energy, water and supplier chain-of-custody records
- Post-industrial and post-consumer streams where a compatible recovery route exists

### Outputs and residuals to resolve

- Adhesives, coatings, advanced polymers, high-performance materials and construction products
- Process waste, packaging, solvents and product streams entering customer applications
- Product-level allocation, performance qualification and recovery evidence remain open

**First decision:** Choose one Arkema polymer, adhesive or coating family. Map feedstock origin, allocation method, formulation, performance test, customer use and recovery route.

## Portfolio signal

Arkema reports 12% of 2025 revenue from products based on renewable or recycled raw materials.

#### LCA signal

Arkema reports 73% of sales covered by a life-cycle assessment in 2025.

#### Feedstock signal

Arkema describes bio-attributed mass balance and recycled packaging work across its businesses.

#### Evidence boundary

Portfolio percentages do not establish one product-level material passport or customer qualification chain.

### Decision boundary

The public record supports one bounded next move: Choose one Arkema polymer, adhesive or coating family. Map feedstock origin, allocation method, formulation, performance test, customer use and recovery route. It does not establish a buyer, commercial approval or supply agreement.

## Material flow map

| Material or stream | Qualification gate | Process or destination | Evidence still needed |
|-|-|-|-|
| Renewable and recycled feedstocks | Origin, allocation, purity and chain of custody | Polymer, adhesive or coating production | Feedstock record, lot and allocation method |
| Formulation inputs | Composition, restricted substances and performance | Compounding or conversion | BOM, dosage, test and residuals |
| Packaging and post-use streams | Compatibility, contamination and recovery yield | Reuse, recycling or disposal | Volume, route, quality and destination |

This is a public screening map. It separates company-disclosed flows from open qualification work. It does not convert a destination into a buyer or an announced ambition into operating capacity.

## Three defensible entry lanes

#### Turn portfolio share into product evidence

A revenue percentage is a useful signal. The decision requires one material with a clear spec and qualified application.

**Next evidence:** Select product, feedstock, allocation, test plan, customer and claim.

#### Make mass balance legible

Bio-attributed and recycled claims need a clear accounting boundary that a buyer can audit.

**Next evidence:** Join input mass, allocation rule, lot, certificate, product and statement.

#### Use LCA at the substitution gate

Life-cycle analysis can guide a material decision when the baseline, boundary and performance requirement are explicit.

**Next evidence:** Compare incumbent and alternative material across performance, footprint and recovery.

## Evidence register

- **2025 Universal Registration Document** Arkema, official report PDF https://www.arkema.com/files/live/sites/shared\_arkema/files/downloads/investorrelations/en/finance/ARKEMA\_URD\_2025\_UK\_MEL.pdf [1]
- **CSR strategy** Arkema, official sustainability hub https://www.arkema.com/global/en/investor-relations/corporate-governance/csr/ [2]
- **Sustainability newsroom** Arkema, official report and sustainability updates https://www.arkema.com/global/en/media/newsroom/sustainability/ [3]

Source hierarchy: filings and company disclosures first. The brief states what those sources support and leaves the unresolved plant, grade, permit, buyer and mass-balance questions explicit.

## Material Transition editorial interpretation

The next useful working session starts with: Choose one Arkema polymer, adhesive or coating family. Map feedstock origin, allocation method, formulation, performance test, customer use and recovery route.

## Sources

- [1] 2025 Universal Registration Document - https://www.arkema.com/files/live/sites/shared_arkema/files/downloads/investorrelations/en/finance/ARKEMA_URD_2025_UK_MEL.pdf
- [2] CSR strategy - https://www.arkema.com/global/en/investor-relations/corporate-governance/csr/
- [3] Sustainability newsroom - https://www.arkema.com/global/en/media/newsroom/sustainability/
- [4] Arkema 2025 Universal Registration Document - https://www.arkema.com/files/live/sites/shared_arkema/files/downloads/investorrelations/en/finance/ARKEMA_URD_2025_UK_MEL.pdf - Company-reported R&D direction and raw-material categories in its 2025 filing; does not quantify portfolio share or establish that every described solution is commercially available.

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