Responsible Care®
For more than 35 years, Responsible Care companies have driven safety and sustainability in their products, processes and operations. Participation in Responsible care is mandatory for all ACC members and Responsible Care Partners.
Chemistry in America
Every year, the chemistry industry invests tens of millions of dollars to ensure that the products making modern living possible are safe for you, our communities and the environment.
News & Trends
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American success relies on American chemistry.
Chemistry Creates, America Competes.
Chemistry drives innovation — computer chips, medicines, housing, infrastructure, and energy that Americans depend upon.
Unfortunately, a surge in misguided regulations and a lack of coordination between the Biden Administration and its agencies is putting it all at risk.
Performance
Chemistry plays an essential role in thousands of products and technologies we use every day. Chemical manufacturers take on and carry out stringent safety and sustainable practices and procedures to protect human health while limiting impact on the environment.
Progress
Science is imperative to understanding and providing solutions for the world’s most pressing challenges. Innovations in chemistry continue to help improve lives and protect the environment by enabling clean water, medical breakthroughs, resilient infrastructure, and less waste.
Possibility
Chemistry makes the possibility of a sustainable future reality, but we must do the work. Chemists and engineers from ACC’s member companies are working toward new ways that chemistry can help fight the effects of climate change and support progress toward a sustainable future.
Chemistry & Sustainability
ACC and its members are committed to advancing safe, innovative, effective, economically viable chemical products and technologies that are key to unlocking sustainability solutions. Learn about ACC’s sustainability policy priorities:
Driving Safety and Sustainability
Through Responsible Care®, our world-class environmental, health, safety and security performance initiative, ACC members and Responsible Care Partners work to do more and do it better. Don't just take our word for it.
Chemistry in Everyday Products
Innovations and technologies made possible by chemistry touch nearly all of the products we use every day.
The Business of Chemistry
Chemistry is essential to our economy and plays a vital role in the creation of ground-breaking products that make our lives and our world healthier, safer, more sustainable and more productive.
$639
Billion generated annually by the business of chemistry
25%+
Of the U.S GDP is supported by the business of chemistry
ChemistryMatters
ChemistryMatters is an online community where friends of the business of chemistry can come together to speak with one voice about our industry's most pressing challenges and take action on our most pressing promising opportunities.