Industry leaders and investors are planning significant investment across innovation themes, with industry leaders being more bullish.
Planned investment in the next two years by investment theme,¹ % of respondents
Average
Investors
Incumbents
Average
Investors
Incumbents
<$50M
$50-100M
$101-500M
>$500M
Discovery
AI-assisted chemical discovery
Production
Decentralized chemical production
Chemical process innovation
CO₂ to chemicals
Biofeedstock and bioprocesses
Delivery
Digital platforms & e-commerce
Traceability of chemicals
Application
Specialty materials for sustainability
Specialty materials for other new applications
Management
Circularity of plastics
Circularity of chemicals
¹
Taken from question, “How much does your company plan to invest for each of the below innovation themes?”
Source: Innovation survey in the chemicals sector 2022 (North America), McKinsey, 2022
McKinsey & Company