Chemical Supply Chain: A system under strain

Tim Doggett, CEO of the Chemical Business Association examines the reality facing the chemical supply chain The global chemical supply chain is no stranger to disruption. But what we are seeing today is fundamentally different. It is neither a single disruption nor a series of events, but a convergence of multiple pressures – geopolitical conflict, energy volatility, logistics breakdown, regulatory uncertainty and long-term underinvestment – all bearing down on an already vulnerable system. We have seen similar pressures before, during the pandemic and following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, yet many of the underlying vulnerabilities exposed during those crises remain unresolved. […]