Intense campaigning pressure on the UK polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sector up to the late 1990s forced strategic engagement with sustainable development. Simplified outcomes from a detailed, consensus‐based analysis by science‐based NGO The Natural Step (TNS) took the form of five TNS sustainability challenges for PVC published in 2000. UK manufacturing companies initially used these challenges to direct strategic progress. The challenges have since been progressively taken up across European PVC value chains. The VinylPlus® program uses an updated version of the five challenges as a basis for voluntary commitments and transparent auditing of progress against published targets. Initial framing of the five TNS sustainability challenges for PVC was drafted consciously for generic relevance to other materials. Assessing the sustainability performance of some alternative materials to PVC against the five sustainability challenges reveals different sustainability performance in a range of potential applications. This highlights the danger inherent in automatic selection or deselection of materials in the absence of assessment of options on a “level playing field” of sustainability principles. The five TNS sustainability challenges for PVC remain valid today and into the longer‐term future as a basis for making stepwise, profitable progress toward the goal of sustainability for PVC and other materials. J. VINYL ADDIT. TECHNOL., 26:390–402, 2020. © 2019 Society of Plastics Engineers

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聚氯乙烯可持续性挑战二十年

到1990年代后期，英国聚氯乙烯（PVC）部门面临巨大的竞选压力，迫使其与可持续发展进行战略接触。由基于科学的非政府组织进行的基于共识的详细分析得出的简化结果自然步伐（TNS）采取了五种TNS对PVC的TNS可持续性挑战的形式。英国制造公司最初使用这些挑战指导战略进展。此后，整个欧洲PVC价值链都逐渐接受了挑战。VinylPlus®计划使用五个挑战的更新版本作为自愿承诺和针对已发布目标进行透明进度审核的基础。出于对与其他材料的通用相关性，有意识地起草了PVC的TNS可持续性五个挑战的最初框架。对五种可持续性挑战进行评估以替代PVC的某些替代材料的可持续性性能，揭示了在一系列潜在应用中的不同可持续性性能。这突显了在没有对可持续性原则的“公平竞争环境”进行评估的情况下，自动选择或取消选择材料所固有的危险。PVC的TNS可持续性面临的五个挑战在今天和更长远的将来仍然有效，这是朝着PVC和其他材料的可持续性目标逐步取得有利进展的基础。J.乙烯基添加物。TECHNOL。，26：390–402，2020.©2019塑料工程师协会 这突显了在没有对可持续性原则的“公平竞争环境”进行评估的情况下，自动选择或取消选择材料所固有的危险。PVC的TNS可持续性面临的五个挑战在今天和更长远的将来仍然有效，这是朝着PVC和其他材料的可持续性目标逐步取得有利进展的基础。J.乙烯基添加物。TECHNOL。，26：390–402，2020.©2019塑料工程师协会 这突显了在没有对可持续性原则的“公平竞争环境”进行评估的情况下，自动选择或取消选择材料所固有的危险。TNS对PVC的五个可持续性挑战在今天和更长远的将来仍然有效，这是朝着PVC和其他材料的可持续性目标逐步取得有利进展的基础。J.乙烯基添加物。TECHNOL。，26：390–402，2020.©2019塑料工程师协会 乙烯基添加剂。TECHNOL。，26：390–402，2020.©2019塑料工程师协会 乙烯基添加剂。TECHNOL。，26：390–402，2020.©2019塑料工程师协会