Geno

Your partner in bioengineered manufacturing, enables a “better way” to produce chemicals from alternative feedstocks.

We develop commercial biobased processes to make widely-used chemicals that enable better, more sustainable everyday products. That enables our partners and leading brands to offer better food packaging, auto parts, clothing, tires, carpets, cosmetic ingredients, cleaning products and more.

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Materials & Packaging

A Clean, Circular Materials Future Is No Longer a Fabrication

Published on October 23, 2023

About a 9 minute read

At SB’23 San Diego, three sets of innovators at the forefront of the materials and packaging space shared key insights into the biobased and circular solutions driving a sea change in the market. ... View More

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Bio-Based Materials for Superior Life Cycle Sustainability Performance Log In Required

Published on October 18, 2023

Runtime: 56:30

This session will explore a range of cutting-edge bio-based materials promising to revolutionize a number of industries. Hear directly from some of this year's most prominent exhibitors and enjoy getting to know them during this session as well as th... View More

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Next-Gen Materials Carving Paths to More Sustainable and/or Regenerative Products in a Variety of Industries Log In Required

Published on October 16, 2023

Runtime: 1:59:17

This session will provide an overview of a range of new materials that are promising to transform a variety of industries in the months and years to come. The intention is to go for a fairly deep dive into the credentials and potential of each of the... View More

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Materials & Packaging

Apparel Giants Bringing Future-Friendly Fabrics to the Mainstream

Published on April 21, 2023

About a 6 minute read

The apparel industry is awash in launches of circular, plant-based and carbon-sequestering fabrics set to help future-proof fashion. ... View More

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Community Updates

L’Oréal Becomes Third Global Company to Invest in Geno-led Project for Sustainably Sourced Ingredients

Published on March 20, 2023

About a 1 minute read

As the world leader in beauty, L’Oréal’s involvement provides access to the $571.10B beauty and personal care market, bringing the collective member revenue to $100B+ with products that reach billions of people. ... View More

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Material Innovations that are Enabling a Sustainable Future

Published on October 18, 2022

Runtime: 1:01:25

Material innovation is critical to the planet’s long-term sustainability. We see next-gen materials evolving across industries, including fashion, food, automotive, and home goods. These materials are both high performance and low environmental im... View More

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Materials & Packaging

Unilever, Geno Launch $120M Venture to Scale Alternative to Palm Oil-, Fossil Fuel-Based Cleansers

Published on June 16, 2022

About a 3 minute read

The partnership aims to commercialize and scale more sustainable alternatives to palm oil and fossil-fuel-derived cleansing ingredients — the current industry standard in everyday cleaning and personal care products. ... View More

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Materials & Packaging Innovation & Technology

Trending: lululemon, Pangaia Push Plant-Based Fabrics Further

Published on August 19, 2021

About a 5 minute read

lululemon’s latest partnership aims to replace conventional nylon in its products with bio-based; while two new blends from Pangaia are the brand’s latest step to delivering sustainable alternatives to overproduced materials such as cotton. ... View More

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Materials & Packaging Innovation & Technology

Trending: C&A, G-Star, Genomatica Set New Course for Sustainable Textiles

Published on February 5, 2020

About a 4 minute read

The two clothing giants and the leader in bioengineering have each achieved industry-first milestones with their latest innovations — which raise the bar for sustainable denim and biobased nylon. ... View More

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Materials & Packaging

Trending: Players Large and Small Leveling Up Sustainable Personal Care

Published on April 2, 2019

About a 7 minute read

While momentum builds around improving our food system — what we put in our bodies — chemical giants and savvy startups alike are hard at work creating next-generation products that take just as much care of the environment as they do for our bod... View More

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Materials & Packaging Materials & Packaging

Trending: Aquafil-H&M Collaboration, Cotton Dyeing Process Making Textiles More ‘Effective’

Published on May 24, 2018

About a 4 minute read

This year, the world’s largest event on sustainability in fashion, the Copenhagen Fashion Summit, included an Innovation Competition that saw 12 finalists pitch their technologies onstage in front of a panel of expert judges and Summit attendees. A... View More

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Innovation & Technology

Trending: CO2 Dyeing, Biosynthetics Driving Transition Towards New Textiles Economy

Published on February 5, 2018

About a 7 minute read

A new textiles economy is on the horizon as innovative textile and chemical firms develop new chemical- and petroleum-free processes to produce fabrics and materials. ... View More

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Materials & Packaging

New Genomatica-Cargill Collaboration Will Bring More Renewable Chemicals to Market

Published on July 20, 2015

About a 2 minute read

Sustainable chemical technology company Genomatica announced today it has partnered with Cargill to accelerate the production of renewable chemicals for industrial applications. The collaboration will give chemical producers, distributors and users a... View More

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Materials & Packaging

Survey: 81% of Chemical Producers Now Aim to Be Frontrunner in Sustainability

Published on September 9, 2014

About a 3 minute read

Sustainable chemical technology company Genomatica has published the results of a major survey of sustainability issues in the mainstream chemical industry that shows the topic is now considered a high priority in the field, with Genomatica itself ra... View More

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Materials & Packaging

Genomatica Developing Bio-Based Processes for Nylon Intermediates

Published on August 4, 2014

About a 2 minute read

Sustainable chemical technology company Genomatica, which develops manufacturing processes using alternative feedstocks that enable its licensee partners to produce the world’s most widely-used chemicals a ‘better way,’ announced this morning t... View More

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Materials & Packaging

Royal DSM Approves Genomatica's Bio-Based BDO for Use in Arnitel Thermoplastics

Published on October 16, 2013

About a 3 minute read

Royal DSM, the global life sciences and materials sciences company, announced last week that in-depth testing has proven that Genomatica’s renewable form of the organic compound 1,4-butanediol (BDO) has excellent purity and shows equivalent perform... View More

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Materials & Packaging

BASF Licenses Genomatica Process for Creating BDO from Renewable Feedstock

Published on May 10, 2013

About a 2 minute read

Chemical technology company Genomatica has announced a new partnership with BASF. The chemical giant has licensed Genomatica’s patented new manufacturing process for a renewable form of the organic compound 1,4-butanediol, more commonly known as BD... View More

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