Don’t believe everything you hear — European chemical industry is doing fine
Dear Mrs. President, hold on to your promises
Webinar: How Safe and Sustainable by Design can be useful for companies
Safe and Sustainable by Design is one of the key concepts that the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability is set to develop. In this webinar, we will update you on the process so far
ChemSec and seven companies: We want to know which chemicals are used in the supply chain
The European Commission has made a promise to support frontrunner companies. But what do these companies want? Wonder no more; we have spoken to them, and what they really need is transparency.
Open letter to the Commission regarding transparency
With this letter, we urge the Commission to examine how to best incentivize chemical suppliers to share full information on chemical content and hazardous properties.
The sober way to tackle the cocktail effect
At long last – and in accordance with the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability – the Commission has promised to do something about the cocktail effect. The proposal at hand is to introduce something called Mixture Assessment Factor, or MAF for short.
Too much attention to detail wonkery risk overshadowing the main goal
Why are we talking about the composition of lubricants when we’re supposed to move towards a toxic-free future?
Giving companies economic incentives for moving away from hazardous chemicals can unlock a multi-billion market for safer alternatives
By implementing economic incentives in EU chemicals legislation that would support companies who are moving away from hazardous chemicals, EU policy makers could stimulate the transition of the market towards sustainability more efficiently, a new ChemSec report shows.
The Chemical Strategy is a golden opportunity for the chemicals industry in the EU
REACH has really helped keep the industry on its toes and stay healthy. In this situation it is only logical to up the dose even more to get an even better result, and by upping the dose we obviously mean to implement the Chemical Strategy as intended.