Green Policies, Regulations & Standards

Green Globes is a voluntary green building certification system administered by the Green Building Initiative (GBI) that evaluates the environmental sustainability, health and wellness, and resilience of commercial buildings. Used primarily in the United States and Canada, the certification assesses building performance across areas such as energy efficiency, water use, materials, indoor environmental quality, and site management.

The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) is a mandatory UK energy assessment and reporting scheme for large organizations. Introduced under the UK’s implementation of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive, ESOS requires qualifying businesses to measure their energy consumption, conduct periodic energy audits, and identify cost-effective opportunities to improve energy efficiency. The scheme is designed to encourage reductions in energy use, operating costs, and associated greenhouse gas emissions across buildings, transport, and industrial activities.

Archroma’s supplier framework operates as a procurement-driven sustainable chemistry governance system. It combines Supplier Code obligations, TfS membership, supplier assessments, product carbon footprint methodology, chemical management, and customer-driven safer chemistry requirements. Suppliers must provide environmental, safety, emissions, chemical composition, and product-impact data capable of supporting Archroma’s textile, paper, and specialty chemical portfolios. The framework is especially important in Tier 2 and Tier 3 textile supply chains, where chemicals determine wastewater impacts, hazardous-substance compliance, energy use, product carbon data, and downstream brand claims.

Dow’s supplier framework functions as a procurement-driven climate governance system for the chemicals sector. It combines Supplier Code obligations, sustainable purchasing, CDP and EcoVadis supplier monitoring, Scope 3 engagement, Carbon Footprint Ledger methodology, PACT-compatible product carbon data, circular feedstock controls, and HSE requirements. Dow invited suppliers representing 80% of upstream Scope 3 emissions to participate in CDP Supply Chain and recommends that suppliers set public climate targets for carbon neutrality across Scopes 1, 2, and 3 by 2050. Strategic suppliers must provide emissions, PCF, feedstock, logistics, and compliance data to remain competitive.

ChemChina’s supplier governance, now best understood through Sinochem Holdings and key subsidiaries such as Syngenta, operates as a procurement-driven chemical and agrochemical compliance system. It combines supplier codes, supplier commitment letters, supplier qualification, HSE controls, environmental protection, sustainable procurement, Syngenta Supplier Code requirements, and TfS engagement for crop protection suppliers. The framework is less publicly explicit on supplier net-zero targets than some global chemical peers, but it functions as private regulation because supplier access depends on chemical safety, environmental compliance, sustainable procurement readiness, documentation, and corrective action performance.

SABIC operates a supplier governance framework combining its Supplier Code of Conduct, Sustainable Procurement Policy, supplier screening, Together for Sustainability participation, Scope 3 methodology development, logistics carbon modelling and TRUCIRCLE circular solutions. The framework exists to manage emissions, feedstock, logistics, safety, environmental, circularity, product-carbon, and procurement risks across petrochemical and polymer value chains. It affects feedstock suppliers, logistics providers, recycling partners, pyrolysis oil suppliers, renewable feedstock suppliers, contractors, packaging suppliers, chemical intermediates suppliers, technology vendors, and strategic suppliers contributing to SABIC’s Scope 3 emissions and circular product claims.

Braskem operates a supplier governance framework combining its Third-Party Code of Conduct, supplier approval system, Responsible Ethanol Sourcing programme, climate transition plan, circular economy strategy, I’m green™ bio-based products and recycled-content portfolios. The framework exists to manage emissions, feedstock, biodiversity, land-use, labour, chemical safety, logistics, waste, product-carbon and procurement risks across petrochemical and plastics value chains. It affects ethanol suppliers, fossil feedstock suppliers, recycling partners, logistics providers, chemical raw-material suppliers, contractors, packaging suppliers, industrial service providers and suppliers contributing to Braskem’s Scope 3 emissions and customer-facing circularity claims.

Solvay operates a supplier governance framework combining its Supplier Code of Business Integrity, Sustainable Procurement Policy, procurement sustainability KPIs, Scope 3 climate policy, product carbon footprint data collection and chemical-sector sustainability standards. The framework exists to reduce emissions, raw materials, logistics, minerals, safety, environmental and procurement risks across essential chemistry value chains. It affects raw-material suppliers, mineral suppliers, chemical intermediates suppliers, logistics providers, contractors, packaging suppliers, energy suppliers, equipment providers and strategic suppliers contributing to Solvay’s Scope 3 emissions and product carbon footprint data.

Petrobras operates a supplier governance framework combining its Supplier Channel, Ethical Conduct Guide for Suppliers, ESG Program for Suppliers, supplier monitoring, CDP Supply Chain engagement, sustainable contracting practices, and health, safety, and environment controls. The framework exists to manage climate, emissions, integrity, human rights, operational safety, environmental, and contractor risks across oil, gas, refining, logistics, offshore engineering, fuels, and industrial service supply chains. It affects equipment suppliers, offshore contractors, engineering firms, logistics providers, shipyards, FPSO-related suppliers, maintenance contractors, technology vendors, energy suppliers, waste handlers, and service providers supporting Petrobras’ operations.

DuPont’s supplier framework operates as a procurement-driven specialty materials governance system. It combines Supplier Code obligations, responsible procurement goals, Scope 3 emissions reduction, responsible minerals due diligence, product LCA and customer-facing carbon data. The 2035 goals strengthen supplier expectations by committing DuPont to communicate responsible sourcing expectations aligned with the UN Global Compact and implement supplier monitoring programmes aligned with industry standards. Strategic suppliers must provide EHS, emissions, mineral, logistics and product-impact data capable of supporting DuPont’s climate, customer and responsible sourcing objectives.