Sustainable development chemical industry contributions

While it is vital that the chemical industry itself remains healthy, it is equally important that it contributes in a sustainable way to social and economic developments. This means that the impact of chemicals on the environment and human health has to be minimised. Only this approach will ensure that the chemical industry remains competitive and gains the confidence of the general public and policy-makers. 

Responsible Care is the chemicals industry s contribution towards sustainable development efforts, as indicated within the strategies of SAICM. 

ICCA, On the Road to Sustainability - A Contribution from the Global Chemical Industry to the World Summit on Sustainable Development, ICCA, August 2002. 

The chemical industry recognizes the important contribution that can be made through capacity building of the sound management of chemicals to achieve sustainable development goals. The industry will continue to support national and international initiatives to advance these goals. 

Thus, the chemical industry as a key industry can greatly contribute to the development of the concept of sustainable development. 

It was emphasized in the past that the development of catalysis was the result of a sort of push-pull interaction. Catalysis is crucial for modern chemical industry, and contacts between laboratories and industry are generally intense. The problems industry is faced with can stimulate (or should stimulate more) research in Academia (the pull effect). On the other hand, new ideas and discoveries in Academia are one (modest) factor that contributes to push innovations in industry. Stronger incentives to innovations result from the considerable influence that energy and raw materials cost, environmental protection, sustainability in general, and profitability exert on industrial developments. Catalyst preparation is one aspect of catalysis where this push-pull effect has, or should have, a particularly strong influence. The present contribution, inspired by the Promising Scientific Avenues challenge, will therefore attempt to be close to the spirit of the symposium title. 

The modern chemical industry is a source of innovative ideas that allow our society to face its modem technological challenges and durable needs. Today s chemistry is a sophisticated discipline which more and more contributes to everyone s well-being and quality of life. The development of a sustainable energy route is one of these critical societal challenges. 

The agrochemical industry can contribute to sustainable development in the course of this century by offering agrochemicals and environmental health chemicals. In this paper, the author first discusses the mission of die agrochemical industry for human welfare with respect to plant protection and environmental health business. He also describes his ideas on how the agricultural chemical business should be advanced by focusing on the example of Sumitomo Chemical. He then outlines the current situation and future outlook of the environmental health business. 

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