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ACI 2013: CEO panel focuses on weak demand, sustainability

5:36 PM MST | January 31, 2013 | Vincent Valk and Robert Westervelt in Orlando

The CEOs of Ecolab, Clorox and Amway described a focus on persistently weak consumer demand, sustainability and other global trends, at an executive leadership panel at ACI's annual conference this week in Orlando. Ecolab is focused population growth and...

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ACI 2013: Regulation, sustainability top global trade group agenda

Regulation and sustainability issues are topping agendas at international trade associations for makers of cleaning chemicals, association executives said yesterday at a panel at ACI's annual conference in Orlando, FL. Industry groups are trying to...

Benetton joins Greenpeace's Detox campaign

Fashion brand Benetton (Ponzano Veneto, Italy) says it has committed to eliminate all releases of hazardous chemicals throughout its entire supply chain and products by 2020. Benetton's commitment is in response to Greenpeace's global Detox campaign...

ACC partners with the Society of Plastics Engineers

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Fashion brand Esprit joins Greenpeace's Detox campaign

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Fashion retailer Mango to eliminate hazardous chemicals from supply chain and products by 2020

Mango (Barcelona), a women's fashion brand, has committed to entirely eliminate industrial releases of all hazardous chemicals from its supply chain and products by 2020. This move is in line with its long-term sustainability program, the company says...

Sabic publishes first sustainability report

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ICCA Calls for Stronger Global Cooperation on Chemicals Management

The International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) says it calls on all stakeholders to take action to strengthen the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), a UN program that strives to ensure that, by 2020, “chemicals...

BASF and DuPont Named to Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Global 500 Leadership Index (CDLI) named both DuPont and BASF to its 51 companies included from the FTSE Global Equity Index Series. The companies were chosen based on their sustainability performance, which focused on...

UN, Industry Focus on SAICM Before Int’l Meeting

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has issued a report saying more progress is needed on its Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) if parties are to meet the 2020 goal that “chemicals are produced in ways that...

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