European Forum

The 2024 European Forum was hosted by Dow at their Seneffe campus in Belgium. Key findings from the event include:

• The chemical industry is ready for disruptive change, and the typical way of innovating needs to change too. 
• Transparency and data sharing across the supply chain are necessary to transforming the chemical industry. However, there is concern around misused or stolen data, making establishing trust key. 
• We must go beyond collaboration and build community to break down barrier and build trust. 
• Sustainable and safer chemical policies need to make business and financial sense to be widely adopted. 
• Holistic sustainable thinking that considers safe and sustainable chemistry is critical. 

The 2023 European Forum was hosted by Covestro in Leverkusen, Germany. During the event, presentations and discussions highlighted the importance of building understanding along the value chain and with regulators and others to address sustainable chemistry challenges, needs, and opportunities.   

Read more about the even in the 2023 European Forum Summary Report. 

The inaugural in-person European Forum was held in 2022 and hosted by the Lego-group. Throughout the Forum, attendees discussed the challenges and opportunities to advance safer and more sustainable chemistry in Europe.

Read more about the event in the 2022 European Forum Summary Report. 

Hosted by Kingfisher, the 2021 virtual European Forum built upon Change Chemistry's momentum for 14 years of experience working across the value chain to accelerate safer, more sustainable chemistries and will focus on the perspectives and ideas unique to the European market. The Forum was held as 6 sessions over a two week period, and attendees of this event were able to:

• Exchange strategies and best practices for accelerating sustainable chemistry innovation and adoption. 
• Network to form new partnerships and collaborative projects.
• Connect with companies across supply chains and sectors.