Chemical Week

Jorge Soto, sustainable development director at Braskem, joins the podcast to discuss the company's philosophy and initiatives around sustainability. This episode is sponsored by Braskem.

Kylie Wittl of 3M and Amelia Greene of Wego Chemical join the podcast to discuss Women in Chemicals, a new nonprofit dedicated to advancing women in the chemicals industry.

Kevin Swift, chief economist at the American Chemistry Council, joins the podcast to discuss the economic outlook at the mid-point of 2021.

Kevin Milici, executive vice president with Kurita America, joins the podcast to discuss the company's approach to digitalization in water treatment, and its role in reuse and recycle of water.

Brian Loftus, vice president with Koch Modular, joins the podcast to discuss the benefits and challenges of modular construction for chemical facilities, with a particular eye towards sustainability.

Erik Viens, director with digital platform start-up ChemVM, joins the podcast to discuss the long, and often surprising, history of efforts to bring the chemical industry into the digital world.

Anne Kolton, executive vice president/sustainability, market outreach and communications at the American Chemistry Council (ACC), and Ross Eisenberg, vice president/federal affairs at ACC, join the podcast to discuss climate policy in the Biden administration and ACC's climate priorities.

In this sponsored episode, Natalia Scherbakoff, global director/technology and innovation at Trinseo, discusses how to embed sustainability into the operations of an R&D organization at a major chemical maker, including challenges, opportunities, and best practices for agenda-setting. This episode is sponsored by Trinseo. To hear more from Natalia Scherbakoff and other leaders in specialty chemicals, register for Chemical Week's Specialty Strategies Forum on April 14. To learn more click here: https://chemweek.com/specialtychemicalsforum

Dan Yergin, IHS Markit vice chairman, chats with Chem Week publisher and IHS Markit vice president Lyn Tattum about his latest book, The New Map. Live from the 2021 World Petrochemical Conference. To access session from this year's WPC on-demand, go to wpc.ihsmarkit.com.

Nariman Behravesh, senior economic advisor with IHS Markit, joins the podcast to discuss the economic outlook as vaccines start to blunt the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and stimulus boosts sentiment.