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Chemical Products & Technology Division (CPTD) Membership

Strategic Industry Leadership for Regulatory, Stewardship, and Chemical Management Challenges

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Today’s regulatory environment is increasingly complex, fast-moving, and business-critical.

From TSCA implementation to global product management to downstream product stewardship expectations, companies face growing pressure to manage risk while maintaining operational efficiency and market access.

The American Chemistry Council’s Chemical Products & Technology Division (CPTD) helps companies meet these challenges through coordinated advocacy, scientific engagement, stewardship leadership, and practical chemical management solutions.

For over 50 years, CPTD has managed scores of product groups and consortia, effectively and efficiently, navigating science, stewardship, regulatory and legislative opportunities and challenges at the state, federal, and international levels. This has also included comprehensive value-chain/downstream user outreach programs. CPTD staff are highly experienced in providing a broad range of management and advocacy-related services, enhanced by the substantive expertise, reputation, and support of the entire ACC organization.

How Companies Can Partner with CPTD

CPTD offers multiple pathways for companies to engage based on their business priorities, regulatory needs, and operational objectives.

Industry Groups

Coordinated Advocacy and Stewardship for Chemical Products and Technologies

CPTD’s industry groups bring companies together around shared chemistry, product, and technology priorities.

These groups provide a platform for coordinated regulatory engagement, scientific collaboration, stewardship leadership, as well as advocacy at the state, federal, and international levels.

Key Benefits
  • Coordinated regulatory and legislative advocacy
  • Shared scientific and technical expertise
  • Coalition-building and stakeholder engagement
  • Stewardship and sustainability leadership
  • Enhanced industry positioning and credibility
  • Efficient resource sharing across participating companies
  • Industry Groups leverage ACC’s deep technical expertise, industry credibility, and integrated advocacy to strengthen the effectiveness, consistency, and reach of regulatory engagement efforts.
  • Groups also benefit from direct support from ACC’s in-house legal, communications, regulatory, and policy experts.

CPTD’s industry groups help companies strengthen their voice, align industry strategy, and proactively address emerging policy and market challenges.

The Center for Chemical Safety’s TSCA Consortium Program

Collaborative Support for TSCA Compliance and Regulatory Engagement

Through ACC’s Center for Chemical Safety, CPTD supports collaborative consortium programs that help companies manage the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)-related testing, data development, and regulatory obligations more efficiently.

CPTD provides the coordination, project management, and strategic engagement needed to support effective participation in EPA processes while reducing administrative and operational burden on participating companies.

Key Benefits
  • Shared costs and resources
  • Centralized program management
  • Technical and regulatory coordination
  • Strategic support for EPA engagement
  • Improved efficiency and reduced duplication
  • Stronger alignment across participating companies
  • Consortiums leverage ACC’s deep technical expertise, industry credibility, and integrated advocacy to strengthen the effectiveness, consistency, and reach of regulatory engagement efforts.

Consortiums also benefit from direct support from ACC’s in-house legal, communications, regulatory, and policy experts. This collaborative model helps companies respond more effectively to evolving TSCA requirements while benefiting from coordinated industry expertise.

ChemConnect

Chemicals Management Services for Downstream Users

ChemConnect is a dynamic resource designed to help businesses proactively manage chemical regulatory risks. As regulations expand and evolve, downstream users often face unexpected challenges; especially when unaware of how certain chemicals are used across their supply chains.

ChemConnect bridges that gap by providing expert insights and strategic tools that shift your approach from reactive to proactive. Stay ahead of regulatory changes, protect your operations, and make informed decisions with ChemConnect. 
 

Key Benefits
  • Helps you identify:
    • Key policy and marketplace developments that could limit access to critical materials/products
    • Opportunities to engage in key public policy and marketplace developments
    • Data and information needs to support ongoing access to materials critical to your supply chain.
  • Provides Strategic Guidance to:
    • Identify priority chemicals that are being assessed or proposed for regulation
    • Understand information on specific chemicals and their uses within your industry
    • Evaluate potential supply chain impacts, including alternatives assessments

ChemConnect leverages the resources and expertise of the entire chemical industry and supply chain through our exclusive cooperative agreement with the American Chemistry Council (ACC).

CPTD Experience and Capabilities

CPTD has broad experience supporting chemical product and industry priorities through:

  • Federal and state regulatory and legislative advocacy
  • TSCA risk evaluation and risk management engagement
  • Chemical stewardship and product sustainability initiatives
  • Scientific program design and technical coordination
  • Environmental monitoring and assessment programs
  • Coalition development and stakeholder engagement
  • Downstream user partnerships and communications
  • Multi-company consortium management

Our teams combine deep technical expertise with policy knowledge and strategic advocacy experience to help companies address both immediate regulatory issues and long-term industry priorities.

Why ACC & CPTD

Successful regulatory engagement depends on more than compliance—it depends on how effectively industry participates in the process.

ACC and CPTD provide the structure, expertise, relationships, and strategic coordination companies need to engage effectively and confidently in an increasingly complex environment.

By bringing together science, advocacy, stewardship, and execution, CPTD helps companies:

  • Protect market access
  • Reduce regulatory uncertainty
  • Strengthen industry positioning
  • Improve operational efficiency
  • Build credibility with policymakers and stakeholders
  • Advance business-critical outcomes

When the stakes are high, CPTD helps ensure industry perspectives are effectively represented where decisions are made.

Become a Member of CPTD

Partner with the industry’s leading organization for chemical product advocacy, stewardship, and regulatory engagement. Reach out today!