Preliminaries; Contents; About the authors; Executive summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Background to environmental reporting; 3 Current status of environmental reporting; 4 Environmental reporting guidelines; 5 The chemicals business; 6 Analysis of corporate environmental reports; 7 Main findings from chemicals industry CERs; References; Glossary of terms; Index.
Summary
This ground breaking report brings together, analyses and compares many of the top chemical companies' corporate environmental reports (CERs). Each report is examined in an easily understood tabular layout which allows direct comparison between companies. It provides a benchmark for best practice, reveals the best and poorest performers amongst the global chemical companies and provides those wishing to produce their own CER with an invaluable guide to the best way to implement the reporting process.