The European Council of Vinyl Manufacturers (ECVM) ensures that its members’ plants operate to the highest standards of occupational health and safety management, environmental protection, and process control.
Through the ECVM Industry Charter for the Production of VCM and PVC, members commit to:
- To agree priorities for environmental control and improvement
- To ensure that the environmental control performance, if not made by the national authorities, will be open to review by an independent third party
- To limit workers’ exposure to EDC and VCM as much as technically feasible
- To participate to the Operation Clean Sweep® or similar programme aiming to achieving zero plastic resin loss in operations
- To apply and promote the Best Practice Guidelines for the Safe Working at Height
The Charter is regularly reviewed to reflect best practices and regulatory developments. The latest update was published in 2025.
Independent Verification
Third-party checks of the compliance of VCM and PVC plants of ECVM’s members with the Charter are regularly conducted.
The latest assessment conducted by DEKRA shows a compliance rate of 99.3%, the highest rate achieved to date, across 28 sites and 46 plants located in 9 countries in Europe.
This demonstrates the continued efforts of the ECVM members to ensure compliance with the highest standards for the production of VCM and PVC and their commitment to protecting human health and the environment.
