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Bayer Launches A Sustainability Plan

by Michael McCoy
November 16, 2009 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 87, Issue 46

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Bayer’s new chlorine technology uses oxygen to enable electrolysis at a lower voltage.
Credit: Bayer
Bayer’s new chlorine technology uses oxygen to enable electrolysis at a lower voltage.

Bayer is boosting its sustainability efforts with the launch of eight projects focused on health care, nutrition, and climate change. At a press conference in Germany last week, Chairman Werner Wenning announced programs such as the donation of hormonal contraceptives to women in developing countries and the implementation of a rice cultivation program in Indonesia that cuts methane emissions. The firm also said it would roll out oxygen-depolarized cathode technology, which cuts electricity consumption in chlorine production by 30%.

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