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CCPS is a not-for-profit, corporate membership organization within AIChE that identifies and addresses process safety needs within the chemical, pharmaceutical, and petroleum industries. CCPS brings together manufacturers, government agencies, consultants, academia and insurers to lead the way in improving industrial process safety.

CCPS member companies, working in project subcommittees, define and develop useful, time-tested guidelines that have practical application within industry.  The project topics run the gamut of areas important to manufacturers and range from human factor issues to qualitative and quantitative risk analysis to security vulnerability to inherently safer design. With over 100 publications to date, CCPS remains at the forefront of issues relevant to industry.

CCPS Annual Report

The CCPS Annual Report Provides a thorough look at the organization, including the mission, vision, projects, milestones, and more.

Vision 2020

Vision 2020, developed by the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), looks into the not-too-distant future to demonstrate what perfect process safety will look like when it is championed by industry; driven by five tenets of culture, standards, competency, management systems and lessons learned; and enhanced by community passion and global societal themes.

Mission & Vision

In order to protect people, property and the environment, CCPS is committed to bringing the best process safety knowledge and practices to industry, academia, the government and the public around the world through collective wisdom, tools, training and expertise.

By-Laws

Read and download the By-Laws for the Center for Chemical Process Safety.

Business Case for Process Safety

What separates the top-tier companies in our industry from the rest? According to leading companies, it is a rigorous process safety philosophy.