ACC Recognizes Chemical Industry Leaders for Initiatives to Advance Sustainability
Chemistry plays an integral role in solving our world’s sustainability challenges. The American Chemistry Council (ACC) is pleased to recognize member companies that are leading the way in advancing safe, innovative, effective and economically viable solutions with its 2020 Sustainability Leadership Awards.
ACC established its Sustainability Leadership Awards to recognize outstanding member company achievements in priority areas covered by
ACC’s Sustainability Principles: Transparency & Collaboration, Environmental Protection & Circularity and Societal Contributions. In addition, ACC’s “External Collaborator” Award recognizes a non-member organization that has collaborated with an ACC member on a project, product or initiative that has made significant contributions to sustainability.
2020 Sustainability Leadership Award Winners
"Transparency & Collaboration” Award:
Afton Chemical Corporation, for its “Improved Transparency for Product Hazard Communication” initiative to enhance transparency and publicly available information on its products.
“Environmental Protection & Circularity” Award (tie):
AmSty for its “Regenyx Joint Venture,” a first-of-its-kind chemical recycling facility that converts used polystyrene products back to its original feedstock form.
"Environmental Protection & Circularity” Award (tie):
Ashland LLC, for “Supporting the Trend toward Plant-Based Foods while Incorporating Circular Economy Practices.”
Societal Contributions Award/External Collaborator
Award:
Occidental Chemical Corporation and Water Mission for their partnership to help provide clean water for more than one million people in refugee camps and emergency disaster areas.