Safety and Transparency Go Hand in Hand

Methanex is committed to high environmental and safety standards that minimize risk to people, the environment and the communities in every country in which we operate. Responsible Care® is the ethic that guides us in this effort. Developed by the Canadian Chemical Producers' Association (CCPA), Responsible Care forms the umbrella under which we manage all our health & safety, environmental, emergency response, security and community programs. It is a risk minimization approach that governs our actions throughout the complete life cycle of our products. Responsible Care is an integral part of the way we do business and we annually publish a Responsible Care and Social Responsibility Report that informs our stakeholders about key initiatives relating to our product, our communities and our customers.

We continue to develop these materials in additional languages, as needs arise.

Methanex also conducts regular Responsible Care seminars and methanol safety training sessions for audiences interested in enhancing their knowledge of the safe

Our Company

Methanex is the world's largest supplier of methanol to major international markets in North America, Asia Pacific, Europe and Latin America. Methanol is a liquid petrochemical that is used to make countless industrial and consumer products.

Our production facilities, sales offices, distribution terminals and storage facilities are strategically located in key regional markets allowing us to supply customers in North and South America, Europe and Asia. We operate the largest fleet of methanol tankers in the world.

We are committed to operational excellence and reliability of supply and are dedicated to the safe and reliable delivery of methanol to our customers by tanker, barge, rail or truck. This requires the expertise of our global marketing and supply chain team and the use of sophisticated e-business tools such as Methanex Express which enable our customers to initiate orders and track product shipments over the Internet.

Our dedication to safety and reliability is reinforced through Responsible Care^®, which is an integral part of our company's culture and is ingrained in all of our operations.

Environment & Safety

Methanex is committed to high environmental and safety standards that minimize risk to people, the environment and the communities in every country in which we operate.

The ethic that guides us in this effort is Responsible Care^®, a risk minimization approach to operating a company that governs our actions through the complete life cycle of our products. Developed by the Canadian Chemical Producers' Association (CCPA), Responsible Care forms the umbrella under which we manage all our health & safety, environmental, emergency response, security and community programs.

Part of Methanex's obligations under Responsible Care® is to report to the public annually about our activities related to environmental protection, health & safety and social responsibility. To read our 2008 annual Responsible Care and Social Responsibility Report, click here. 

Climate Change

Methanex believes that minimizing emissions from our company activities is good business practice.  As a result, Methanex has voluntarily reduced direct, production-based carbon dioxide emission intensity at our plants by over 40 percent since 1996 through asset turnover, improvement in plant reliability and emissions management.  In addition, Methanex voluntarily participates in  greenhouse gas emission reduction plans in countries in which we do not have emission reduction obligations - because it makes good business and environmental sense.