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Ineos Invests £30 Million to Slash Emissions at Hull Site by 75%

Plastmatch Global Digest 2025-07-18 17:13:27

Ineos has completed a major £30 million (€34.6 million) investment at its Hull manufacturing site, converting the facility to run on clean-burning hydrogen instead of natural gas. This results in a 75% cut in carbon emissions – the equivalent of taking around 160,000 petrol cars off the road. This advances Ineos’ net-zero commitment, well ahead of the 2050 target.

This investment will deliver a transformational step change improvement in the site’s product carbon footprint.

he investment is part of Ineos’ wider strategy to decarbonise its operations across the UK and Europe. Ineos Acetyls is the only industrial-scale manufacturer of acetic acid, acetic anhydride, and ethyl acetate in Europe. These products are essential chemicals used in everyday life, from medicines to clean water, and the Saltend-based site now operates with dramatically lower emissions thanks to the switch to hydrogen.

David Brooks, CEO, Ineos Acetyls, said: “We’ve put £30 million into Hull to do the right thing – cut emissions, clean up the site, and future-proof our operations. We’ve slashed CO₂ by 75%. That’s not a plan. That’s a result."

This investment will deliver a transformational step change improvement in the site’s product carbon footprint, which is already world-leading.

The hydrogen used at the site is produced as a co-product from existing manufacturing processes, making it a smart, efficient use of resources already on hand. It’s a model Ineos believes can be replicated across the industry.

David Brooks, CEO, Ineos Acetyls

The Hull upgrade is one of several major decarbonisation projects underway across Ineos sites, including Grangemouth and Köln, as the company pushes hard to meet – and beat – its climate targets.

Ineos Acetyls employs more than 500 people worldwide. In Hull, it directly employs more than 300 people, supporting hundreds more through its supply chain.

source： Ineos

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Ineos Invests £30 Million to Slash Emissions at Hull Site by 75%

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