Balancing of environmental attributes in production networks

A computer-implemented method for assigning at least one environmental attribute to at least one chemical product produced by a chemical production network, the method comprising:

• providing access to a virtual balancing system, wherein the virtual balancing system includes more than one balancing account associated with at least one environmental attribute and an environmental attribute balance with environmental attribute(s) allocated from one or more input material(s) provided to the chemical production network,
• based on one or more environmental attribute(s) to be assigned to the at least one chemical product selecting at least one balancing account from the virtual balancing system,
• assigning at least one environmental attribute from at least one balancing account associated with the respective environmental attribute to at least one chemical product.

An apparatus for assigning at least one environmental attribute to at least one chemical product produced by a chemical production network, the method comprising:

• an account provider configured to provide access to a virtual balancing system, wherein the virtual balancing system includes more than one balancing account associated with at least one environmental attribute and an environmental attribute balance with environmental attribute(s) allocated from one or more input material(s) provided to the chemical production network,
• an outbound assignor configured to select at least one balancing account from the virtual balancing system based on or more environmental attribute(s) to be assigned to the at least one chemical product and configured to assign the at least one environmental attribute from at least one balancing account associated with the respective environmental attribute to at least one chemical product.

A system for producing at least one chemical product associated with one or more environmental attributes, wherein the chemical product is produced by a chemical production network including one or more production chain(s), the system comprising:

• a chemical production network configured to produce at least one chemical product based on one or more input material(s) provided to the chemical production network, wherein the one or more input material(s) are associated with one or more environmental attribute(s);
• an inbound allocator configured to provide material data related to one or more input material(s) and respective environmental attributes to a computing interface and to allocate one or more environmental attribute(s) to a virtual balancing system, wherein the virtual balancing system includes balancing accounts associated with one or more environmental attribute(s),
• an outbound assignor configured to assign at least one environmental attribute from at least one balancing account associated with the respective environmental attribute to at least one chemical product.