Chemicals

Build a More Resilient Chemicals Business

Understand where production sites, feedstocks and upstream supply chains are most exposed to environmental risk so you can prioritise action, strengthen resilience and support disclosure.

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The Challenge

Chemical companies operate through complex, multi-tier value chains with significant exposure to water stress, pollution, land-use change and biodiversity loss.

At the same time, the transition towards sustainable bio-based chemicals is creating new risks. Renewable feedstocks are exposed to changing temperatures, extreme weather, droughts and pest and disease outbreaks. The impacts and dependencies of the chemicals sector on nature are material:

25% BASF reported that ~25% of its production sites were in water-stressed areas.*

$7.4b As of June 30, 2025, 3M had recorded $.74 billion in PFAS-related environmental liabilities.*

200+ Between 2019 - 2023, Natcap analysis of 34 chemical companies identified 200+ reputationally damaging incidents related to water pollution identified between 2019 - 2023.*

Identify & Prioritise Risks

Identify material nature-related risks across production sites, feedstock supply and upstream sourcing regions, and prioritise sensitive locations where impacts on nature may be most significant across sites and sourcing regions.

Quantify Business & Financial Consequences Quantify potential business and financial consequences across operational and supply-chain risk pathways.

Build the Business Case for Action Build the business case for mitigation, remediation or further intervention, and prioritise actions that reduce exposure, strengthen supply resilience and support continuity.

Support Decision-Making & Reporting Support decision-making across sustainability, procurement, operations, risk and strategy, and generate robust inputs for ESRS E4, CSRD and broader environmental reporting.