Capital spending on environment, health and safety by the Finnish chemical industry reached record figures in 2006. The sector invested a total of some EUR 86 million in improvement of environment, health and safety issues, an amount equal to more than 14 per cent of fixed investment by the sector and a rise of more than one fifth compared with 2005. The results appear in the annual report on the Responsible Care programme, which is published on the website www.chemind.fi.