By sustainable brands: In spite of making progress on climate risks, the chemical industry is still failing to accomplish the goals outlined by the Paris Agreement, says a new report by CDP.
Catalyst for Change analyses 22 of the biggest global chemical companies with a aggregate market capitalization of $650 billion and culpable for a quarter of all emissions of the sector at 276 million metric tons of CO2 emissions per year, including AkzoNobel, DuPont, BASF and The Dow Chemical Company. The report reveals rapid process innovations will be required in order for chemical companies to have any chance of aligning with the below 2-degree goal set out by the Paris agreement.
The chemical sector is responsible for an eighth of global industrial CO2 emissions and plays a key role in the world economy, with 95 percent of all manufactured products relying on chemicals. Despite the industry’s ability to innovate on low carbon, it will struggle to fully decarbonize if it doesn’t make rapid and significant changes to its own highly polluting processes.
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