CIAC is pleased to support the work done at the Fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) in Nairobi, Kenya, which saw the adoption of End Plastic Pollution: Towards an International Legally Binding Instrument.

On March 9, CIAC PD vice-president, Elena Mantagaris moderated an important discussion on How to Square Supply and Demand.

Mantagaris was joined by Emily Friedman, Recycled Plastic Senior Market Editor, Independent Commodity Intelligence Services (ICIS) and her colleague Paula Leardini, Senior Analyst for Plastics Recycling, ICIS.

In this session, the two analysts gave their projections for the specific tonnages of recycled material needed in the years ahead and the investment required in both mechanical and advanced recycling for the industry to meet growing demand.

Recently released preliminary data from Statistics Canada shows that shipments of Industrial Chemical products reached their highest levels ever in 2021. On a dollar basis, Industrial Chemical shipments totaled $27.7 billion in 2021, 4.4 per cent higher than the previous record set in 2018 and 31.6 per cent higher than 2020.

Join CIAC and associate member Canvass AI for a webinar on April 6 at 2pm ET with speaker Forogh Askari. The webinar will outline the three-step plan for chemistry companies to deploy artificial intelligence across their workforce to accelerate their sustainability efforts in the race to net zero.

Nominations are now open for Canada's Safest Employers Awards 2022, recognizing the country's most outstanding companies and individuals for their commitment to workplace health and safety. CIAC is once again the proud sponsor of Canada’s Safest Chemistry Employer, which recognizes an employer within the chemistry industry that has had an exemplary health and safety record. 

March 4, BASF announced it had signed an agreement to secure land for its future cathode active materials and recycling site in Bécancour, Quebec. The new facility will strengthen the battery ecosystem in Canada that will power electric vehicles all over North America.