Membership
The policies being decided right now directly impact your company's ability to manufacture, compete, and innovate.
While ACC's mission strengthens the overall industry, the member companies at the table are the ones shaping outcomes, gaining early insight, and positioning themselves ahead of change.
When you join ACC, you're not starting from scratch—you’re plugging into an existing system that provides immediate access, influence, and insight. Working through ACC enables our members to achieve outcomes which cannot be obtained separately.
Engagement Opportunities
Manufacturing members are companies that as a significant portion of their businesses, manufacture chemical products in the United States and/or manufacture chemical products outside the United States for sale within the United States. » Learn more
Representing over 55% of ACC’s manufacturer members, our Middle Market Enterprises (MME) is the leading industry forum for senior executives from small and medium sized members. » Learn more
Associate Member companies consist of essential providers to the business of chemistry. Member companies in this category typically provide the following services: professional services, consulting, technology providers, law firms, accounting and auditing firms, banking or financial advisors to chemical manufacturers. » Learn more
Affiliate Members comprise the chemical industry’s value chain partners and fall into two distinct categories Chemical Distributor Affiliates and Chemical Handler Affiliates. As members of the value chain, affiliates understand and are better aligned with ACC’s advocacy efforts. All Affiliate member companies are required to adhere to an approved EHS&S management systems as a condition of their membership within ACC. » Learn more
Participation in Responsible Care is a mandatory requirement for all ACC members and partners to implement. ACC and our members are devoted to prioritizing safety and sustainability both within the communities in which they operate and through the products they manufacture. » Learn more
ACC’s Plastics Division represents the plastics industry and its value chain and delivers value to our members through best-in-class political advocacy, member engagement, communications, and scientific research. Our members are linking innovation with sustainability, deploying next generation technologies to reuse and recycle more plastics. » Learn more
ACC represents more than 100 self-funded groups on issues relevant to chemical manufacturers and downstream users. Learn more about how our groups are involved in robust chemical management. » Learn more
Why Membership Matters
Today’s policy environment is dynamic, and the outcomes have important consequences to companies’ current operations and future competitiveness. Members help shape those outcomes, gain earlier visibility into what's coming, and have direct access to the conversations influencing decisions.
That difference between reacting and shaping is where membership delivers its greatest value.
How ACC Delivers Value
ACC helps chemical companies protect and grow their businesses by shaping the policies that determine how the industry operates, competes, and innovates—delivering measurable business value and return on investment.
Through coordinated advocacy, regulatory expertise, and industry leadership, ACC influences the decisions that define the future of the industry.
ACC Membership Gives You:
Collective Industry Influence
- Amplify your company's voice through unified advocacy.
- Access top-tier engagement with the Administration, state and federal policymakers, and ACC's communications, legal, and technical expertise.
Immediate Access to Policy Intelligence
- Stay informed in real time as regulatory and policy decisions are being developed.
CEO-to-CEO Networking & Strategic Forums
- Connect with industry leaders to shape priorities and share best practices.
Reduced Internal Burden
- Leverage ACC's expertise and infrastructure rather than acting independently.
Access and Engagement
- Connect your regulatory, legal, communications, operations, and government affairs teams to ACC's issue experts, committees, working groups, and industry networks.
Value for Middle Market Companies
For small and middle market chemical companies, the policy and regulatory environment can be a daily operational challenge that directly impacts your ability to stay competitive, control costs, and grow your business.
ACC helps you cut through that complexity.
We identify the policy and regulatory issues that will have the greatest impact on your business, provide early insight into what's coming, and help you prioritize where to focus—so you're not spending time and resources reacting to every development.
ACC understands the unique constraints middle market companies face and works with members to ensure participation is both practical and aligned with the value delivered.
Through ACC, you gain access to the regulatory, legal, communications, and economic expertise needed to navigate these challenges—without the burdens of building and maintaining those capabilities internally.
How This Shows Up
Protect Your Right to Operate
Chemical management policies directly affect what you can manufacture, how quickly you can bring products to market, and how confidently you can invest in the future.
Protect Your Global Competitiveness
Trade policy directly impacts your cost structure, margins, and ability to compete in global markets.
Protect Your Supply Chain
Reliable, cost-effective transportation is essential to moving raw materials and finished products and protecting margins.
Lead and Shape the Industry
Responsible Care® and executive engagement help strengthen credibility, influence industry priorities, and build trust with key stakeholders.