All Sustainability articles
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NewsThe Chemical Industries Association and Unite the Union call for Government support to overcome barriers to the Net Zero transition
The UK chemical industry has reduced its greenhouse emissions by over 80% over the past decade. However, there is concern within industry that this reduction was achieved not only through changes in fuel switching and other green methods but due to a decline in production and job losses leaving the ...
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Position StatementCIA Green Finance Position: Taxonomy
The UK chemical and pharmaceutical sector is a key enabler of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals set out in Agenda 2030, the objectives of the Paris Agreement and moving towards a more circular economy.
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Materiality assessment
Materiality is the defining of priorities relevant to the activities of an organisation, incorporating the views of multiple stakeholders. It helps define what sustainability means for an organisation and helps develop or review sustainability programmes.
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ArticleCIA’s Vision of Sustainability
Our vision builds upon the CIA’s historic commitment to sustainable development which dates back over 20 years, to 2001.
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Position StatementPlastics and Microplastics
Plastics bring immense benefits to society, from their use in medical applications, through to their use in vehicles to makethem more fuel efficient and keeping ourfood safe. However, as a result of theirwide-use they can find their way into the environment. Over the course of the past few years, concern has grown considerably towards the quantity of plastic waste andits impact on our environment including both human health and wildlife health particularly from microplastics.
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Position StatementInnovation Principle - Why now?
The Innovation Principle enables better regulation by ensuring a balanced approach is taken in policy decision making, stimulating investment in innovation by increasing the confidence of innovators in the regulatory system.
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Position StatementModernising UK’s environmental permitting process
Continued access to a diverse and innovative chemical sector at home will provide the UK with the raw materials to compete in newly arising low-carbon industries. Without skilled, equipped, and competitive chemistry assets, nascent low carbon industries will take root elsewhere.
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Position StatementInnovation for a better environment
The UK Government has set out a 25-year plan for England with an ambition to leave the environment in a better state for future generations. In this context and in exitingthe European Union (EU), a new statutory policy statement on environmental principles and the new environmental body is expected to be created through an Environmental Principles and Governance Bill. Innovation is not listed as one of the principles for delivering future environment policy.
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GuidanceSustainability Reporting Disclosures
Guidance on sustainable finance and taxonomy-related reporting and disclosures.
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Position StatementResources, Waste and the Circular Economy
As a foundation industry, chemistry uses virgin, bio-based and secondary (recycled) raw materials to produce an array of products integral to economies.
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Position StatementChemical Recycling and Mass Balance
The industry is considered a high emitting sector, yet it offers a plethora of opportunities to aid efforts toward decarbonisation, particularly within the acceleration of the circular economy.
