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Discover tesa® Mass Balance Approach

Sustainability

Innovative methodologies that help us pave the way for more sustainable products.

tesa® Mass Balance Approach

Mass balance is an accounting principle to measure and track inputs and outputs of bio-based or recycled materials through complex value chains.

Mass balance is suitable for companies that want to accelerate the use of non-fossil feedstocks. The approach can be applied to existing chemical production systems and supply chains, requiring minimal investments. It can contribute to a continuously increasing share of, for instance, bio-based materials in the case of biomass balance.

When fossil, recycled, or bio-based raw materials are mixed in a production process, a later assignment of the input and outputs is complicated. This is where mass balance comes into play as with this approach, the flow of materials through a complex value chain can be tracked. It can be verified and certified for instance according to the standard of ISCC Plus.  

Ultimately, mass balance is just the beginning and one of many first steps toward the sustainable use of materials in the future.

Mass Balance offers multiple advantages:

  • Reduction of fossil feedstock inputs and potentially greenhouse gas emissions, while the quality and properties of a product remain the same.
     
  • Verifiable bookkeeping.
     
  • No need to adapt formulations, production sites or production processes.  
Mass balance is suitable for companies that want to accelarate the use of non-fossil feedstocks.
Mass balance is suitable for companies that want to accelarate the use of non-fossil feedstocks.

Biomass Balance Approach – how it works

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More about sustainability at tesa

We want to use all our expertise and passion to develop products and adhesive solutions that are more sustainable.

For us as a company in the chemical industry, pursuing a holistic and scientific approach determines our actions and is a matter of course. tesa employs more than six hundred scientists, engineers and product developers around the globe who are working on innovative products and processes.

More sustainable technologies, methodologies, and certifications

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Paving The Way for More Sustainable Products – Transformation Through Innovation

Get ready to dive into a series of articles that explore sustainable and innovative technologies powering tesa's production of modern and more sustainable products. Plus, we'll introduce you to a range of certifications that back up our commitment to sustainability. This article marks the beginning of this series and provides an overview of how we at tesa take sustainability seriously.
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Certification matters

As responsible sourcing is an important pillar of our strategy, it is ideal to have a certification that proves the authenticity of our product claims.

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Natural Rubber Extrusion Technology

Natural Rubber Extrusion, also known as tesa® NRE, is a patented technology used to produce natural rubber adhesive tapes. 

The new tesa® 60412 includes a backing with 70% recycled (PCR) PET.

Discover tesa® Waterborne technology

Waterborne technology is a solvent-free coating technology used in all tesa plants worldwide to produce tapes.