Please find below our most recent Thought Leadership and publications focused on the Chemicals sector:

Managing your Chemicals business through the downturn
When working through a time of change and uncertainty, businesses need to take decisive steps to understand the situation and what it means for their future survival. In the attached leaflet we identify the particular challenges faced by Chemicals companies and outline some of the key actions they can take to manage their business during the downturn.

Sourcing and logistics in China
Most companies choosing to source from China are motivated by anticipated cost benefits compared to local procurement. But just how economical is the procurement of goods and products in China in real terms, once companies take into consideration related costs and increased risks?

This report presents the key results of a survey into this question produced by PwC Germany in collaboration with the BME (the German Association for materials management, purchasing and logistics). The research includes commentary on the most significant results and implications thereof for companies in both the manufacturing and chemicals sectors.

The right chemistry*. Finding opportunities and avoiding pitfalls in China’s chemical industry
The rise of China is sending ripples through the global chemical industry. While it still represents only a small share of the global chemicals market, its climbing rates of chemical importation and consumption, combined with its growing economy, expanding middle class, and inland urbanisation, make China a market no international chemical company can afford to ignore.

Waking up to REACH* - Global companies weigh risks and rewards of Europe’s newest law on the safe use of chemicals
REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals) is an important piece of EU legislation that affects all companies manufacturing, importing or making secondary use of chemicals in their products, who conduct business in or with Europe. This PricewaterhouseCoopers’ survey shows awareness of REACH is low, especially outside Europe and the chemicals industry.

Chemical Compounds
A quarterly analysis of global chemicals industry transactions that looks at deals by volume; region and investor type and includes summaries of key transactions in the sector.

Annual Global CEO Survey
The CEO Survey examines how CEOs perceive the business environment in which they are operating, and how an increasingly connected world affects the way their companies function and achieve success.

Global Economic Crime Survey
A biennial publication analysing types and costs of fraud and looking at methods of detection and reporting. The latest survey, produced in 2007, found that despite heightened efforts at regulation and companies’ investments in controls, fraud remains a major threat to companies around the world.