Driving Sustainability for High Performance in the Chemical Industry

Download the presentation for the 2009 American Chemistry Council’s Annual Meeting [PDF, 108KB]

Amid the current economic uncertainty, sustainability’s role in helping enable high performance is becoming more and more clear. In the end, no one knows when the economy will turn around. Yet important signs suggest that sustainability will play a large role in corporate success and getting the economy back on track.

Accenture collaborated with the American Chemistry Council (ACC) to conduct an online survey of 27 ACC members on the topic of sustainability. The survey targeted C-level executives of leading global chemical companies and Accenture analyzed the survey data and supplemented it with the analysis of 26 sustainability reports from chemical companies.
In addition, our analysis included findings from Accenture’s High Performance Business research and our extensive consulting experience. As a result of our analysis, this white paper addresses three main points:

•  Sustainability’s value proposition for chemical companies.
•  Accomplishments and current initiatives in sustainability.
•  How companies monitor and drive progress—with stakeholders, customers, employees and partnerships.