“The EU won’t put up a fight against hazardous chemicals,” seven of Sweden’s most prominent chemical scientists argue in a recently published op-ed (in Swedish). The EU Commission is more concerned about protecting the economic worth of chemicals than protecting…
The ChemSec Business Group meeting starts today
The SIN List is more relevant than the Candidate List
Sustainable investing outperform the rest of the market
There is mounting evidence that investment funds which observe environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards in their strategies tend to outperform those that don’t by a significant margin, according to the Financial Times. With graphic evidence from index providers, global…
New data gives more insight into companies producing hazardous chemicals
All SIN List chemicals belong on the Candidate List
Four approaches to substitution your company should start considering
As the managing director of a SME with its own sustainable technology I spend a lot of time thinking about how to achieve successful green substitution and about what the constituents of this process are. I recently got a chance to bounce my own ideas off others when I took part in a Chemical Watch seminar in Copenhagen. During the seminar two things stood out for me.
The pace of tackling hazardous substance is too slow, the Commission’s report finds
ChemSec welcomes the European Commission’s recently published background study for the non toxic environment strategy and urges the Commission to take on board the study’s findings in the upcoming strategy. “This is an important report that provides a very good…
Chemical tax can be very effective and more countries should try it
Alternative providers need exposure if substitution is to become more than a buzzword
I think that dating sites manifest one of the best and most intrinsic qualities of the internet: to connect people. And of course, this quality can be used for more than dating and finding a new partner – it can also be used to speed up the transition from hazardous chemicals to safer alternatives.