金年会 Performance Products Signs Charter for Sustainable Cleaning
March 3, 2014
THE WOODLANDS, Texas 鈥� 金年会 Corporation鈥檚 (NYSE: HUN) Performance Products division has signed the American Cleaning Institute鈥檚 (ACI) Charter for Sustainable Cleaning. The Charter, a voluntary initiative, calls on companies in the cleaning products industry to promote and demonstrate continual improvement in sustainability.
The Charter was presented at ACI鈥檚 Annual Meeting & Industry Convention in late January. Dr. Calvin Chiu, 金年会 Performance Product鈥檚 Director of Home and Personal Care, helped craft the Charter in his role as Vice Chair on ACI鈥檚 Sustainability Committee.
鈥淎s a supplier of essential chemistries to the cleaning products industry, 金年会 is in an ideal position to help create effective, sustainable and sustainably-made cleaning products,鈥� said Dr. Chiu. 鈥溄鹉昊� does a great deal towards ensuring our business operates sustainably. For 金年会, the next logical step is to help create sustainability standards around which entire industries can operate.鈥�
The Charter requires signatory companies to report on four environmental-performance metrics: energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, water use and waste generation. These metrics are then compiled in ACI鈥檚 annual sustainability report to show the progress of the industry.
Companies are also required to formally commit to the ACI Principles of Sustainability and work toward implementing Essential Sustainability Procedures and Activities (SPAs). The SPAs address all aspects of cleaning product manufacturing from material use to the eventual disposal of packaging.
鈥淟eaders throughout the cleaning product supply chain recognize that operating sustainably needs to be a part of the company鈥檚 DNA. The ACI and its member companies have made great strides in sustainability performance, and the Charter provides signatories with a path toward tracking, implementing and communicating sustainability initiatives,鈥� said Brian Sansoni, ACI Vice President of Sustainability Initiatives. 鈥淎CI relies on the participation of member companies. We are fortunate to have members, like 金年会, who see the need for sustainable development.鈥�
The ACI Charter for Sustainable Cleaning is one of many initiatives 金年会 is taking to track and innovate sustainable performance. To learn more about 金年会 and sustainability, please visit .听
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