Summary
The European PVC industry today released its latest annual Vinyl 2010 Progress Report at Identiplast in Brussels. The report confirms that the PVC industry's sustainable development initiative is definitely on track to achieve its Voluntary Commitment 10-year targets.
Analysis
The results reported in the 2009 Vinyl 2010 Progress Report provide positive news for the European PVC sector which, like the rest of industry, has been badly hit since the end of 2008 by the ongoing global recession.
“We are clearly in difficult times,” says Dr Helmuth Leitner, the General Manager for the PVC resin producers association ECVM (European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers) one of the partners in Vinyl 2010. “This is also true for both the recycling and the other materials businesses. But our industry remains resolute in its determination to demonstrate that PVC offers the potential to help society to develop and achieve a more sustainable future”.
Vinyl 2010 was set up and is run by the four associations which represent the European PVC industry: the European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers (ECVM), the European Plastics Converters (EuPC), the European Stabiliser Producers Association (ESPA) and the European Council for Plasticisers and Intermediates (ECPI).
In the words of SGS, the independent Progress Report auditors, “eight years with comprehensive work demonstrates the industry’s willingness to meet its commitments within environmental sustainability. It should also be mentioned that the industry shows an open and proactive attitude to encourage an ongoing dialogue with its stakeholders (represented in its Monitoring Committee)”.
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