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.
Investing in the chemical industry is buying a pig in a poke
Investing in the chemical industry is buying a pig in a poke Tweet It’s staggering to think that it is largely unknown what kind of chemicals the world’s largest chemical companies are producing. Investors should be pushing for a change....
Chemical producer Corbion proves that it’s possible to get an A in ChemScore
Corbion provided us with their self-evaluation according to the ChemScore criteria, and our verification confirmed that the company scored 43 points, which equals an A. That’s 14 (!) points more than the top-scoring company in ChemScore.
Chemical companies tout green credentials whilst developing hazardous chemicals behind closed doors
PRESS RELEASE: Chemical companies around the world are actively marketing their greener, more sustainable products, whilst holding back details on the mass production of hazardous chemicals, ChemSec’s ranking of chemical companies reveals today.
ChemScore frontrunners rewarded on the stock market
With 2020 in the rearview mirror, it’s clear that the leaders and laggards of safer and greener chemicals align with the winners and losers on the stock market.
Aviva Investors just announced it will divest from companies that don’t act on climate; are chemicals next?
Most companies in the chemical industry seem to have been flying under the radar of most investors and divestment campaigns, at least in regard to toxic chemicals. Let’s see for how much longer.
ChemScore is now free of charge, new ranking set to arrive in 2021
The ChemScore ranking, which scores the world’s top chemical producers on their work to reduce their hazardous chemical footprint, will have a new iteration in 2021. And starting right now, access to the existing 2020 version is free of charge.
Webinar: The best way to fit the chemical industry in your ESG investment analysis
Video of ChemSec webinar, October 6 2020