The chemicals industry has to meet the challenges of regional and global consolidation, and of reducing its environmental impact by using energy and resources more efficiently. It also needs to deal with issues of supply-chain management, particularly those relating to the distribution and use of products.
Issues
- Reputation management
- Supplier and vendor environmental and social responsibility
- Climate strategy, renewable energy and energy efficiency
- Environmental impacts of production operations
- Workforce health and safety
- High-production-volume, bio-accumulative and persistent chemicals in the environment
- Social/community impact
Client examples
Polyethylene and polypropylene manufacturer
We conducted a Carbon Health Check (CHC) for the client before the launch of the EU European Trading Scheme. We recommended that our client improve the organisational aspects of its carbon management, embedding the results of any carbon projects in the corporate organisation and mapping carbon management interactions with other key business processes to put risk management at the heart of its carbon management.
International specialty chemicals company
We evaluated opportunities to improve the EHS and product integrity/toxicology functions within the overall general and administrative infrastructure for North American and European operations in the client’s corporate, regional, business and facility organisations. The work was extended to address the integration of EHS functions associated with the company’s merger with another international specialty chemicals company and to provide the client with alternatives for the EHS organisation/function.
Indian chemicals company
We established a sell-side mandate to structure, market and sell the carbon credits generated from a large-scale industrial abatement project. The project has already received host government approval and should be registered later in 2005. This enabled PricewaterhouseCoopers to start discussions with buyers on the terms of sale and purchase agreements for the carbon credits.
Japanese chemicals company
We analysed the environmental and social effects of all the life-cycle-stages of the client’s environmentally conscious products. The analysis resulted in recommendations that helped the client use these products more strategically and as a marketing tool.
