...Your letter of December .2015 also includes the following statement: ,,l am confident that your Excellency'à Government can lead efforts to reduce the: use of hazardous substances and prevent double standards, creating a level playing field for all. / look forward to seeing German businesses emerge as leaders in the transition to safer chemicals and to your Excellency's Government's effort to better enable this shift. Your Excellency's Government should create the much needed incentives and frameworks for German businesses to foster a positive human rights record." From our perspective, it is unfortunate that the above-mentioned letter does not make reference to the manifold activities of industry associations and our member companies which we expounded during our talks. In particular, this concerns the chemical industry's Responsible Care programme. In Germany this programme serves to continuously improve safety and the protection of health and environment. Major successes have been achieved, for example, in reducing emissions and the number of transport accidents and in occupational health and safety...