With the EU’s Green Deal, Chemical Strategy and sustainable finance regulation looming on the horizon, hazardous chemicals are set to play an even larger role in all kinds of sustainability issues. Despite this, they are often overlooked in investment decisions.
The second release of ranking tool ChemScore, assessing the world’s 50 largest chemical producers, puts a spotlight on this neglected area, revealing a disappointing lack of transparency and no signs of decreasing production of hazardous chemicals.