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Sustainability in the Chemical Industry

Part of the Green Energy and Technology Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-3834-8

ISBN: 978-94-007-3833-1

Publisher: Springer Netherlands - Springer Journals

Mar 27, 2012

1 - 10 of 13 Chapters

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Chapter 1Foreword: Why this Book?

Johnson, Eric

Pages: 1 –14

[This desire to research and write this book grew out of the author’s long-standing interest and involvement in the chemical industry as a journalist and analyst. A review of existing literature showed major gaps in public knowledge of this topic, which led to the determination that further study...
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Chapter 2Summary: Sustainability Is Advancing, with More Changes to Come

Johnson, Eric

Pages: 15 –22

[In practice in the chemical industry, sustainability consists of three activities – communications in a stakeholder style, celebrating environmental opportunities and rebranding of compliance. Sustainability is not always benign, it can cause more problems than it solves. Some general lessons...
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Chapter 3Introduction: Sustainability’s Bandwagon Has Left the Station, But Where Is It Headed?

Johnson, Eric

Pages: 23 –24

[A short summary of what the book covers.]
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Chapter 4Why the Chemical Industry Turned to Sustainability

Johnson, Eric

Pages: 25 –42

[Environmental problems triggered the chemical industry’s journey toward sustainability. It was as much the reactions to the problems, as the problems themselves, that spawned sustainability’s “stakeholderism”. Initially, sustainability was about keeping a license to operate and conciliation with...
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Chapter 5How Others Define Sustainability

Johnson, Eric

Pages: 43 –48

[Definitions of sustainability vary dramatically. This chapter reviews the views of the general public, academics wand financial markets.]
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Chapter 6How Chemical Companies Define Sustainability, in Practice

Johnson, Eric

Pages: 49 –101

[The core research of the book is outlined here, first the method and then the major findings.]
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Chapter 7Sustainability ‘Brands’

Johnson, Eric

Pages: 103 –112

[Based on the analysis presented in the previous chapter, sustainability brands are defined: apologetic, defensive, good citizen, indifferent, iron-fist-in-velvet-glove and striver.]
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Chapter 8The Thin Green Line: Between Sustainability and Greenwash

Johnson, Eric

Pages: 113 –117

[‘Greenwash’ is a potential backlash of sustainability. It ranges from outright lying to spinning sympathy out of ordinary compliance.]
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Chapter 9Evaluating Sustainability: Is It Necessary, and Does It Pay?

Johnson, Eric

Pages: 119 –131

[Sustainability is not necessary, as proven by the significant number of chemical companies that have declined to adopt it. However, for more developed-world, public chemical companies, at least some nod to sustainability is probably required. Sustainability’s return-on-investment’ is difficult...
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Chapter 10Is There a Non-Sustainable Option?

Johnson, Eric

Pages: 133 –135

[Even cigarette producers, armaments makers and manufacturers specializing in dangerous chemicals pursue sustainability. So it is hard to see that any part of the chemical sector would be off limits.]

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