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Welcome to the UK chemical industry’s online exhibition of CIA member sustainability initiatives. Each member case study links to our 4 CIA Pillars of:

Sustainable growth and innovation;
Low carbon circular economy;
Responsibility and stewardship of our products and processes; and
Our people and communities.

Please browse the case studies below from our members and look out for further updates!

Futamura - Site water demand reduced by 20% or 500m3 per day

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Venator - Community Fund

Giving our local community a helping hand

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James M. Brown - 1.5 acres of 12 acre site dedicated as a ‘Green zone’

Accommodating a wealth of local wildlife and wild plant species

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Dow - New Silicone Elastomers plant facilitates product development into electric vehicle market

New conical twin mixer technology has step changed production capability to meet the challenges of our customers’ new product applications and has made Barry the proud flagship Silicone Elastomer site in Dow

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Dow - M&S Partnership

Dow partnered with retailer, Marks & Spencer’s (M&S) for the “Plastics Take Back Scheme”

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Johnson Matthey - IChemE’s Global Awards

JM scoops three award nominations in IChemE’s Global Awards 2020, in categories recognising diversity and inclusion, energy technology, and best innovative product

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Johnson Matthey - Biodiversity

JM biodiversity site records increased diversity amongst birds, newts, flies and plants, and has the highest number of butterflies recorded in the North East

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Thomas Swan - EcoVadis

Measuring performance is always important. Using EcoVadis has enabled us to improve and maintain a high performance in the 4 main themes: Environment; Labour and human rights; Ethics; Sustainable procurement.

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Thomas Swan - Responsible Care

Thomas Swan was early to adopt British and International standards (BS5750 in 1987) and is very proud of being the first company in the world externally verified to Responsible Care.

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