Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) addressed the ICCA Board meeting in Vienna in October. Delivering a statement entitled ‘Twenty Years of […]
Marco Mensink addressed the OPCW Conference of State Parties in the Hague at the end of November. Speaking in his capacity as Council Secretary of the International Council of Chemical […]
Ambassador Fernando Arias Gonzalez of Spain will be the new Director-General of OPCW for the period 2018-22. His appointment was ratified at the Conference of the State Parties of the […]
ICCA has created a short film elaborating how the intelligent use of chemicals can help avoid CO² emissions throughout the life cycle of many products and industries. The film is part […]
The ICCA membership approved a new limited membership status of ‘Associate Member’ during its recent series of meetings in Vienna at the end of October. Associate membership offers an interim […]
The Japanese chemical industry has created three guiding principles to support member companies in their efforts towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Known as ‘visions’ the principles integrate industry’s social […]
The Mexican chemical industry association, ANIQ, is working alongside government, public administration, academics and civil society to deliver the SAICM goal of the rational management of chemical products throughout their […]
GPCA has released its 2016 Responsible Care Performance Metrics Report highlighting the Arabian Gulf industry’s health, safety and environmental performance. ‘Setting standards through transparency’ brings together the collective environment, health […]
The ASEAN Regulatory Cooperation Project held its third workshop in October focusing on the alignment of GHS and chemical inventory requirements and capacity-building on prioritization of risk assessment. The two-day […]
ICCA has nominated Servet Gören to serve as the industry representative at the SAICM Bureau. Her main role is to ensure that the industry’s views are incorporated into the SAICM […]