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CIA Chemical Industry Awards 2026
The Chemical Industry Awards are the premier accolades for the UK chemical industry. They are designed to offer a unique opportunity to highlight and promote excellent performance at the company, site or individual level.
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CIA Hydrofluoric Acid Users Annual Conference
Anyone working with Hydrofluoric Acid should understand its particular hazards – it requires very careful management of the risks to prevent incidents and accidents and protect asset integrity. The CIA Annual HF Conference covers best practice in key aspects of work with HF, managing equipment, avoiding incidents, and treating any HF burns that do occur. Key themes this year will cover all aspects of work with both anhydrous and aqueous/dilute HF acid.
CIA/Castle Water Webinar on Water Tariffs Update for April 2026
The purpose of the Castle Water Webinar is to help companies understand the changes in water charges in England coming into place in April 2026 and the methodology behind these changes.
Safety and COMAH Critical Comms (Radio) - Communicating Clearly and Safely
This course covers methodologies of verbal communication and how to avoid errors in understanding. Included within the course are good practices for formulating questions, relaying information, checking for understanding, making requests of read backs of information and instructions to confirm correct receipt and understanding of same, the protocols used for describing valves, and defining when to speak and when to wait quietly.hade
IMechE / EEMUA - Asset Integrity Transformation, Improved Safety, Increased Production and Reduced Cost
This event brings together leaders, operators, technology providers, and regulators to explore the collective opportunities for industry to transform asset integrity. Through collaboration and shared learning, participants will examine how cross‑sector initiatives can drive:
CIA/Ecoveritas - Packaging EPR Update
In this webinar CIA has partnered with EPR data specialists Ecoveritas to deliver an exclusive EPR update webinar for members. With the first Packaging EPR invoices issued in October and many organisations seeing costs significantly higher than anticipated — now is a critical time for businesses to revisit their EPR obligations and understand the growing financial and operational impact.
Lean for Chemicals – Applying Lean in the Process Industries
A one day introductory course to Lean tools and techniques delivered by an experienced process industries Lean practitioner to give a non-automotive view of how to apply Lean
Climate Change and COMAH
The training aims to provide learners with an understanding of the potential local and global effects of climate change, to assist with the implementation of a suitable and sufficient risk assessment and adaptation plan. The training will include both presentations and workshop sessions.
CIA’s Health Leadership Webinar Series Part 2: The Cost of Getting Workplace Health & Wellbeing Support Wrong
Hosted by the CIA with expert legal insight from guest speakers at Womble Bond Dickinson LLP and a facilitated Q&A session, this webinar is designed to help leaders understand what’s changing, what’s expected and what action is needed now – not just to avoid enforcement, but to reduce harm, absence and long-term cost.
Media and Press Release Masterclass - Raise your profile & increase your influence through media coverage
This event offers a clear, practical introduction to securing stronger media coverage and raising your organisation’s profile. Delivered online by Rough House Media, the Media and Press Release Masterclass explains how the media works, what makes a story newsworthy, and how to pitch ideas that capture journalists’ attention. Participants will learn how to build an effective media strategy, target the right publications, and integrate social media to amplify their message—leaving with the core tools needed to increase influence, improve reputation and secure meaningful coverage across local, national and trade outlets.
Occupied Buildings Risk Assessment/OBRA
The course aims to provide a working overview of OBRA qualitative and quantitative methodologies, to provide attendees with the knowledge to understand, query or even develop OBRAs.
CDOIF Environmental Risk Assessment
The Chemical and Downstream Oil Industries Forum (CDOIF) have published guidance for determining the tolerability of environmental risk at COMAH Establishments, CDOIF - Guideline Environmental Risk Tolerability for COMAH Establishments v 2.0. Operators of Upper and Lower Tier COMAH establishments are being encouraged to adopt this methodology. The training will be based on the requirements of this guidance and will lead learners through the use of presentations and workshop sessions.
Climate Change and COMAH
The training aims to provide learners with an understanding of the potential local and global effects of climate change, to assist with the implementation of a suitable and sufficient risk assessment and adaptation plan. The training will include both presentations and workshop sessions.
CIA Chemical Industry Awards 2026
The Chemical Industry Awards are the premier accolades for the UK chemical industry. They are designed to offer a unique opportunity to highlight and promote excellent performance at the company, site or individual level.
Protecting your reputation: Crisis Management Masterclass Online Training Event
This event provides a fast, practical introduction to managing reputational risk in a digital-first world. Delivered online by Rough House Media, the Crisis Management Masterclass shows how crises escalate, how the media responds, and what organisations need to communicate clearly under pressure. Participants will learn to assess risks, shape strong messages and holding statements, and handle both media scrutiny and online criticism with confidence.
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