All six companies of this sector have a negative performance. However, performances vary widely. This might be due to the wide variation of activities in this sector. While ICI can even be considered to be a borderline case, Kemira is one of the worst performers in this survey (rank 56 out of 65). The rather high spread in the results of the companies from the chemicals sector may be due to differences in the products and processes of the six companies. While the results reflect that the chemicals industry is rather resource and pollution intensive, they also show that it is possible for a chemicals company to get close to a positive Sustainable Value as it is the case for ICI. The spread between the best and the worst performing chemical company in our survey is quite considerable as ICI’s overall eco-efficiency exceeds Kemira’s eco-efficiency by a factor of about 6.5.

A look at the different environmental impacts shows that in this industry, all six environmental impacts are used less efficiently than on EU15 average. SOx-emissions, water use and CO2-emissions can be expected to be the most prominent problems in the future within this sector.

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