6 out of 20 repellents for shoes and textiles contain high levels of highly flourinated hazardous substances(PFCs), a new study by The Swedish Water & Wastewater Association, SWWA, shows. The organisation have tested products aimed at consumers and concludes that…
adidas Group joins ChemSec’s Business Group
The sports goods manufacturer adidas Group, with more than 50 000 employees in 160 countries, is the latest company to join the ChemSec Business Group. Traditionally being a chemicals intensive sector, the textile industry faces challenges when it comes to…
What´s your chemical footprint?
Nowadays it’s common business practice to know and publish the corporate carbon footprint. And the “What you measure – you can manage” approach is not only valid for carbon, but other sustainability topics as well. Since regulative activities regarding chemicals…
PRESS RELEASE: Free of charge chemistry tool empowers non-chemists
Non-profit ChemSec today reveals the updated SINimilarity tool. The tool gives non-experts vital chemical information in processes like design, innovation, manufacturing, procurement, and more. Today ChemSec launch a much-improved version of SINimilarity in order to empower non-chemists who previously had…
PRESS RELEASE: ChemSec transparency lawsuit against ECHA ends in stalemate
EU court rules ChemSec was right asking for the names of the chemical manufacturers that produce SIN-list chemicals, but not the production volumes. Today’s verdict by the EU Court of Justice means that ECHA must continue to publically display the…
Key EU court decision backs stringent view on information requirements for SVHCs
According to REACH, any presence of SVHCs in articles above 0,1% must be notified to regulators, in the supply chain and to consumers on request. However, there has been a disagreement on what is an article: is it 0,1% of…
Coop Denmark joins the ChemSec Business Group
Today ChemSec announces a new member in the ChemSec Business Group – Coop Denmark. In recent years the food chain retailer has worked hard to tackle the issue of hazardous substances in their stores. Last month Coop presented a new,...
Legal loophole may reintroduce banned flame retardants through recycled materials
29 NGOs call on the European Commission to ban the recycling of materials containing toxic flame retardants. This in the light of a recent proposal which suggests the possibility to recycle materials containing the toxic flame retardant DecaBDE. As the…
Why EU’s and US’ new trade deal threatens progressive business
Over the past two years, the United States and the European Union have been negotiating a new trade agreement, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). However, TTIP is not a traditional trade agreement. It is a regulatory agreement aimed…
PRESS RELEASE: ChemSec Present Online Tool for Sustainable Investments in Chemicals
By making information on the product portfolios of Europe’s chemical producers publically available, non-profit ChemSec aims to give sustainable investors, rating agencies and other stock market stakeholders a quick overview of the producers’ sustainability efforts. By searching the new online…