In conversations with principals, customers and investors sustainability is an increasingly important topic. ICTA will host a webinar to help chemical distributors navigate this complicated topic and support them in implementing sustainability. The webinar will take place via MS Teams on 16 December from 16.00 to 17.30 CET / 10.00 to 11.30 EST.  If you would like to attend this webinar, please send an email to our secretariat.

PROGRAM
After a brief introduction by ICTA of our industry’s view on sustainability, Maria Almenar (SHEQ and Sustainability Director at Azelis) will talk about her experience with setting up a sustainability program.

Then Solène Garcin-Charcosset and Ulrike Heindl explain how to go from theory to practice with sustainability. They will provide insight in how to become a more sustainable chemical distributor, offering practical steps and ideas. 

Solène and Ulrike both work for Tennaxia, where they advise customers on the integration of sustainability into their strategy. They focus not only on environmental issues (climate change, biodiversity, pollution), but also on business ethics and social management.  

ICTA’s Golden Guidelines to ensure warehouse safety now in 3 extra languages
Last year ICTA published its fourteen Golden Guidelines. They offer basic safety precautions that workers in chemical warehouses must take to ensure their own safety and that of their colleagues. Employees of chemical distributors will already be aware of the safety rules in the Golden Guidelines. However, working with dangerous chemicals requires continues attention and therefore it is useful to continuously remind workers of the risks of their work and provide simple guidance for safety.
 
After determining the 14 Golden Guidelines and the accompanying safety measures, posters have been designed that can be placed at warehouses of ICTA members and their logistical service providers. These posters not only serve as a reminder, but can also be used as a tool for SHE managers to (re)start their conversation on simple safety requirements with staff handling chemicals.
 
The digital posters were already available in English, but have now been translated to Spanish and German as well. They can be found here: English, French, German, Spanish.
 

Robert Stuyt (ICTA Secretary General) and Michael Pätzold (ICTA Board Member) have been interviewed on obstacles in the supply chain, interrupted trade flows and high costs that cause problems for chemical distribution. Click here to read the interview (in German language) in volume 7/2021 of CHEManager.