Eastman Advances AIChE Process Safety Education Initiative

Eastman makes a leadership gift to support the AIChE Undergraduate Process Safety Learning Initiative. Eastman’s generous support reinforces its established partnership with AIChE. The initiative, which is being led by CCPS, seeks to ensure that all chemical engineering graduates possess a working knowledge of process safety principles — an area of instruction currently underdeveloped in most university undergraduate chemical engineering curricula. 

At Eastman, we focus on the safety of our people, processes, and products, not because we want to reach certain targets or goals, but because we care about the safety and well being of our employees and the people that we touch through our products. - Mark Cox

The Undergraduate Process Safety Learning Initiative is a major global effort and a core priority of the AIChE Foundation’s “Doing a World of Good” campaign, which focuses on projects that bring chemical engineering expertise to bear for the good of society.

In announcing the news, AIChE executive director June Wispelwey thanked Eastman for its generosity and commitment to the process safety initiative. “Eastman, with its strong, historical commitment to the safe and responsible practice of engineering, is a natural partner in this effort,” said Wispelwey, who added, “Eastman’s distinguished, global achievements in environmental, health, safety, and security performance, along with the company’s recognized corporate culture of safety, are evidence of the company’s dedication to process safety.”

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