Under Responsible Care, CIAC member companies are expected to report all workplace and process-related injuries or illnesses on an annual basis, as well as all substance releases. This interactive report outlines our members' accomplishments for the 2020 calendar year.

CIAC is pleased to welcome Christa Seaman to our team. Christa has worked closely with CIAC on numerous files over the years in her role as Director of Plastic Policy and Communications with Imperial. She is exceptionally knowledgeable of the chemistry and plastics sector, and she will be a welcome asset to the association.

Industrial Chemical shipments in Canada continued to show strength through the summer months, according to Statistics Canada’s monthly survey of labour and manufacturing for July.

The global chemistry industry continues to be one of the fastest growing industries on the planet and it shows no signs of slowing. Find out why in CIAC President and CEO Bob Masterson’s talk with Canada Economic Forum CEO Mark Adler. Big thanks to our sponsor NOVA Chemicals.

Stop by our booth and grab a sample of chemistry innovation in action! We will be handing out samples of our member Polykar’s certified compostable bags using BASF’s ecovio® bioplastic made of renewable materials. The conference runs from September 29 to October 1 at the Banff Springs Hotel.

Register now for our Crisis Communications Best Practices: Preparing to respond in 15 minutes webinar on September 22 at 1pm ET. The webinar will feature Shawna Bruce, 2016 CIAC Merit Award winner, CIAC National Advisory Council member and operator of M.D. Bruce & Associates Ltd, which leads risk and crisis communications workshops.

You can now watch a recording of the virtual event Getting There: A Global Agreement to End Plastic Waste, Collaborative Approaches to Enable a Circular Economy from September 1. This session from the Wall Street Journal in collaboration with the International Council of Chemistry Associations, American Chemistry Council, and World Plastics Council, featured Bob Patel of LyondellBasell and Jim Fitterling of Dow speaking on how best to address the global challenge of plastic waste in our environment.