Environmental hurdles

Major chemical companies are cleaning up their operations despite regulatio ns, rather than because of them. A consensus emerged on that and other issu es in a roundtable discussion among the industry leaders of the Chemical Pr ocessing Editorial Advisory Board. In this CP Special Report, a continuatio n of the June cover story, board members traded comments on Responsible Car e and ISO 14001 as well as the regulatory scene. Many on the board admonish ed the chemical industry to build better relationships with their communite s, Plant tours can win over the neighbors, transforming them from skeptics to allies, board members said.