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The Transformative Power of Innovation: Cefic launches new “Safe and Sustainable-by-Design Guidance” for Research & Innovation within Chemical Companies


In recent years, the chemicals industry has scaled up its activities to embed state-of-the-art Safe and Sustainable-by-Design principles into its innovation processes. Cefic’s new publication, ‘Safe and Sustainable by-Design: A Guidance to Unleash the Transformative Power of Innovation”, offers detailed, actionable advice to integrate these principles across the entire research and innovation lifecycle. The guidance…

IAM4EU in the spotlight: Pioneering Advanced Materials for Europe’s Future


The European Commission has launched a new initiative ‘Innovation Materials for Europe’ more commonly known as IAM4EU, its latest Public-Private Partnership (PPP) set for 2025-2027 under Horizon Europe. IAM4EU will focus on the entire spectrum of advanced materials innovation, from production, processes, to circularity principles. Given its scope and its engagement of a experts across…

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Discover Cefic low-carbon technologies projects map


Low Carbon Project Map

As highlighted in the EU Chemical industry Transition Pathway recently published by the European Commission, the chemical sector is heading towards the biggest transformation in its history. A transformation covering four different dimensions, as we go climate neutral, circular, digital while transitioning to safe and sustainable chemicals. A new interactive and customizable map shows planned and ongoing projects and investments in low-carbon technologies made by the EU chemical manufacturers. You will be able to explore the activities across different European countries and across a broad range of technologies.

The EU Chemical Industry Transition Pathway !


EU Transition Pathway

Our industry thanks the European Commission for co-developing this first-of-a-kind roadmap for an energy-intensive industry like ours, which aims to provide the business case for investing in Europe as well as offering clarity and direction towards achieving European Green Deal goals. We now need the Transition Pathway actions to be implemented, and national Transition Plans developed across EU Member States. Will you be part of our transformation journey?

The chemical journey: the past, the present and the future of chemistry


The chemical journey

Both as a fundamental and as an applied science, chemistry holds the key to improving our lives, sometimes in unexpected ways. To celebrate these powerful discoveries and the scientists behind them, we have embarked on a chemical journey through the past, the present and the future of chemistry.

Facts and Figures of the European Chemical Industry


A Pillar of the European Economy

With over 1.2 million workers, €760 billion turnover and €11 billion R&I investments, the European chemical industry is a wealth generating sector of the economy and a major contributor to building a sustainable future for Europe.

Economic Analysis of business impacts of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability


Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability

The upcoming EU chemicals legislation puts Europe’s chemical industry at crucial crossroads. The intended policy changes will also create a significant “ripple effect” across many value chains relying on chemicals. To help inform future policy development, Cefic commissioned an independent economic analysis of business impacts of selected actions proposed under the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability.

Be part of a movement to accelerate chemical innovations!


Future Chemistry Network

Being part of a movement to raise awareness of the latest developments, help promote stronger markets here in the EU for sustainable chemistry, and to accelerate chemical innovations which are safe and sustainable-by-design. Together we can demonstrate Europe’s potential to become a leader in sustainable chemistry.

The Landscape Of The European Chemical Industry


A Pillar of the European Economy

To help those keen to acquire an accurate picture of the industry, what it does, where, and why. We have produced the "Landscape of the European Chemical Industry", providing a regional overview and country-by-country snapshots, the challenges it faces and our ambitions for the future. The forces that shape its locations, challenges and solutions are as complex as many of its formulas.

ChemistryCan deliver on the Green Deal


ChemistryCan

The chemical industry develops materials and technologies that can boost your home’s energy efficiency, make 100% recyclable products, build more efficient wind turbines , help preserve wild fish in oceans?.

Chemical Recycling: Making Plastics Circular


Sustainability

With chemical recycling technologies, the industry has developed complementary solutions to existing mechanical recycling to recycle mixed or contaminated plastic waste that otherwise would be incinerated or sent to landfill.

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