Manual or Guideline

EHS Guidelines: Chemicals

Industry Sector Guidelines

Overview of Industry Sector Guidelines

The following are the EHS Guidelines for the Chemicals industry:

Coal Processing (2007)

Large Volume Inorganic Compounds Manufacturing and Coal Tar Distillation (2007)

Large Volume Petroleum-based Organic Chemicals Manufacturing (2007)

Natural Gas Processing (2007)

Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing (2007)

Oleochemicals Manufacturing (2007)

Pesticides Formulation, Manufacturing and Packaging (2007)

Petroleum Refining (2016)

Petroleum-based Polymers Manufacturing (2007)

Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology Manufacturing (2007)

Phosphate Fertilizer Manufacturing (2007)

Acknowledgements: The IFC team would like to thank the team of the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) for the dedication in translating the EHS Guidelines into Chinese and in making a joint handbook on "International Experience in Promoting Green Credit: The Equator Principles and the IFC Performance Standards and Guidelines" possible.

Disclaimer: The Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines have been translated into Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish for your convenience. Reasonable efforts have been made to provide an accurate translation. The official text is the English version of the Guidelines. Any discrepancies or differences created in the translation are not binding and have no legal effect for compliance. If any questions arise related to the accuracy of the information contained in the translated Guidelines, please refer to the English version.