Resources on Chemical industries sector

  1. © Sunan Wongsa-nga 2024
    ILO welcomes new global measures addressing workplace hazardous chemicals

    05 October 2023

    Under a new Global Framework, some of the most harmful chemicals used in the working environment will be phased out.

  2. The Global Framework on Chemicals (GFC) and the Bonn High-Level Declaration on Chemicals and Waste adopted: Implications for ILO

    05 October 2023

    The ILO attended and organized the participation of tripartite constituents in the fifth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5), from 25 to 29 September 2023, in Bonn, Germany.

  3. Labour sector to play a key role in the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5)

    14 September 2023

  4. ILO secures enhanced visibility in global instrument on chemicals

    10 March 2023

  5. ILO’s first ever meeting on e-waste adopts Points of Consensus to promote decent work in the sector

    11 April 2019

    Rapid technological advances and a rising demand for electronics has been accompanied by a flood of e-waste. It is a toxic stream of waste that poses a threat to human health, decent work and the environment. E-waste can also be seen as a resource in the emerging circular electronic economy with a large untapped potential. Better management of e-waste is crucial for advancing decent work and shaping a brighter future for all.

  6. © M. Crozet / ILO 2024
    ILO Global Dialogue Forum adopts Points of Consensus to guide governments, employers and workers in shaping a future that works for all in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries

    18 December 2018

    Sustainable industrial policies underpinned by meaningful and effective social dialogue are key to managing the opportunities and challenges arising from digitalization and other technological advances in the industries that employ more than 13 million workers

  7. ILO meeting to discuss restructuring in the chemical industry

    21 October 2011

    Some 90 Government, employers’ and workers’ delegates from more than 40 countries will discuss restructuring in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, and ways to make it sustainable through improved industrial relations at a meeting which runs in Geneva from 24-27 October.