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This article might just surprise you. You are probably expecting to see a wet noodle taken to CEOs of the chemicals industry and some blows to Walmart. But the truth is much more complicated. In fact, the chemical industry CEOs have led some of the greatest advances in green. And although greed may have been one driving factor, many issues subtly play into putting the chemical industry in a leadership position. Greed? Your brain hits the pause button. What is greedy about green?

The chemical industry may have begrudgingly entered into waste minimization. But that was decades ago. Spurred by government programs like the toxic release inventor...