The Chemical Research Handbook is a document containing sheets of associated companies and university departments, which carry out research activities for sustainability.
As chemical companies are strongly committed to pursuing more sustainable products and processes, reducing the impact on safety, health and the environment, the purpose of this document is to show the real involvement of the chemical industry on this issue.
The Yearbook was published by Federchimica for the first time in 2012. The aims are to give visibility to the commitment of companies and universities for sustainability and to spread it as much as possible to the public and institutions.
Federchimica is the National Federation of the Chemical Industry. Currently about 1,460 companies are members of Federchimica, for a total of more then 98,000 employees, grouped into 17 sector associations, divided into 38 product groups.
The Chemical Research Handbook was developed thanks to the work of the "Sustainable Chemistry" Working Group of Federchimica.
The "Sustainable Chemistry" Group dealt with sustainable chemistry topic on different levels, both in a national and an European context.
The Group was part of Federchimica's Research and Innovation Committee (Co.R.I.).
Co.R.I. is Federchimica's institutional body that deals with issues related to research and innovation in chemical companies.
Co.R.S.I. currently deals with issues such as:
- European and national funding
- industrial property
- technology transfer and collaboration with public research
- nanomaterials and safety
It also supports chemical companies in participating in national and European calls for R&I and deals with other relevant issues, in synergy with the associations of the Federation.