European Chemical Industry Council

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Cefic is the main European trade association for the chemical industry, with its HQ in Brussels. It was founded in 1959, and its history follows through the creation of the European Union. Cefic represents 29,000 large, medium and small chemical companies in Europe, interacting on behalf of their members with international and EU institutions, non-governmental organisations, the international media, and other stakeholders. (WP)

Cefic is organised around 5 programmes and 3 Fora. The 3 Industry sectors look after specific issues related to individual substances or groups of substances:ref

Climate Policy

Climate Policy Rating: InfluenceMap  D-
Cefic's words state support, but its actions show something completely different.[1]

Members

Memberships

Member of the International Council of Chemical Associations. The ICCA secretariat rotates every two years between Cefic and the American Chemistry Council. Cefic currently holds the secretariat (Jan.2017-Dec.2019).

Articles

  • /Documents/2017.12-InfluenceMap-Trade-Association-Report.pdf
  • Apr.2013: European chemistry for growth. Whilst acknowledging that the chemical industry's resource usage is largely fossil-fuel based, strongly argues that a reduction in GHG must only take place if the costs are as low as possible. This report is connected with the new tranch of plastics factories being built. Cefic.

References

  1. ^ European Chemical Industry Council: IM Report. InfluenceMap. Accessed Oct.11.2018.