Braskem

Polyolefins, vinyls, circular polymers and renewable feedstock pathways

Braskem's official reports describe a 2030 strategy that includes eliminating plastic waste and expanding circular-economy work. Braskem Idesa's 2024 reporting describes a resin project using a 50/50 blend of virgin plastic and post-consumer recycled material. Braskem also identifies Wenew as its circularity ecosystem and Sustainea as a company focused on bioMEG from plant-based feedstocks. Public reporting does not establish one global product-level ledger connecting feedstock, conversion, customer qualification and end-of-life recovery.

2030 Corporate strategy horizon for Braskem objectives

50/50 Virgin and post-consumer recycled resin blend described by Braskem Idesa

Wenew Braskem circularity ecosystem

BioMEG Plant-based feedstock pathway through Sustainea

• Naphtha, ethane, sugarcane-derived feedstocks, recycled plastic, energy, water and process chemicals
• Polymer resins, additives, catalysts, packaging inputs and conversion data
• Post-industrial and post-consumer plastic streams requiring sorting, quality and collection evidence

Outputs and residuals to resolve

• Polyethylene, polypropylene, PVC and other chemical and plastic products
• Production scrap, wastewater, packaging, off-spec resin and post-use plastic
• Recycled-content allocation, grade qualification and end-market evidence remain open

First decision: Choose one Braskem resin grade and one customer application. Map feedstock, formulation, performance gate, certification, allocation method and end-of-life route.

Braskem identifies Wenew as an ecosystem built around education, technology and circular design.

Product signal

Braskem Idesa describes a resin project using a 50/50 blend of virgin and post-consumer recycled material.

Renewable signal

Braskem identifies Sustainea as a route for plant-based bioMEG production and sale.

Evidence boundary

The public record does not establish one grade-level chain of custody, buyer contract or global mass balance.

Decision boundary

The public record supports one bounded next move: Choose one Braskem resin grade and one customer application. Map feedstock, formulation, performance gate, certification, allocation method and end-of-life route. It does not establish a buyer, commercial approval or supply agreement.

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.

Qualify one circular resin lane

The commercial move is a grade and application that performs, not a broad recycled-content promise.

Next evidence: Select resin, feedstock, converter, test plan, customer and claim.

Separate mass balance from physical allocation

A credible claim needs a clear accounting method and a boundary the buyer can understand.

Next evidence: Document input, allocation rule, certificate, product and audit trail.

Map collection before promising circularity

Designed for recycling and recycled content do not prove that the local system recovers the package.

Next evidence: Map format, geography, collection, sorter, reprocessor and output market.

• 2024 Integrated Report Braskem, official reports page https://www.braskem.com/2024-integrated-report?lng=us
• 2024 Form 20-F Braskem, SEC filing https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071438/000129281425001192/bakform20f_2024.htm
• Braskem Idesa ESG reports Braskem Idesa, official sustainability report library https://www.braskem.com/reports?lng=us

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.

The next useful working session starts with: Choose one Braskem resin grade and one customer application. Map feedstock, formulation, performance gate, certification, allocation method and end-of-life route.