The working group responded to the Battelle recommendations by issuing an Agenda for Action, outlining individual and joint actions by the industry. Launched in July 2002, the Agenda for Action focuses on six critical issues:

• climate protection
• fuels and raw materials use
• employee health and safety
• emissions reduction
• local impacts
• reporting and communications.

The agenda details specific commitments for future company actions, timetables, and mechanisms for further stakeholder engagement. It includes the drawing up of a progress report that has been published in 2005, documenting the delivery of pledges made in 2002. The five-year action program will end with the publication of a full progress report in 2007.