Environmental Performance
The total GHG emissions in the EU27 have witnessed a substantial decrease of 153 million tonnes (CO2) from 1990 to 2022, effectively halving the emissions. Remarkably, these efforts to lower emissions have had no adverse impact on the production growth of the chemical industry, which expanded by 43% in the EU27.
Cefic is fully supportive of the European ambition to lead in achieving climate neutrality by 2050 and remains committed to ongoing efforts in developing cleaner technologies, with a focus on increasing energy efficiency of the chemical processes. Achieving this objective requires continuous investments in breakthrough technologies. Beyond enhancing the energy efficiency of its internal processes, innovations in the chemical industry contribute to improving the energy efficiency along the full value chain resulting in lower net GHG emissions and thus also a lower carbon footprint of downstream products.
EU27 scope 1 GHG emissions fall 60% since 1990
Total scope 1 GHG process emissions* per type of GHG by the EU27 chemical industry
EU27 scope 1 GHG emissions fall by 153 million tonnes (CO2) since 1990
Total scope 1 GHG emissions* per type of GHG by the EU27 chemical industry
EU27 chemical production and greenhouse gas emissions decouple
EU27 chemical production and greenhouse gas emissions both decline
EU27 Greenhouse gas intensity decreased significantly since 1990
Total EU27 GHG emissions and energy consumption in the EU27 chemical industry
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