Apple, BASF, Best Buy Company, Inc., New Balance, Patagonia, and Target among the companies seeking new green chemistry and materials technologies Lowell, MA, Feb. 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Green Chemistry & Commerce Council (GC3) Startup Network is now accepting applications for... Continue Reading
Conference Focuses on Sustainable Chemistry Innovation Lowell, MA, Feb. 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Green Chemistry & Commerce Council (GC3) is now welcoming registrations for its first annual European Innovators Roundtable, to be convened April 15 & 16, 2020 in Amsterdam,... Continue Reading
In June 2019, the Green Chemistry & Commerce Council (GC3) released a statement developed by its Retailer Leadership Council (RLC) outlining chemical functions and priority product categories where innovation in safer alternatives is needed. Continue Reading
In 2016, the RLC released the Joint Statement on using Green Chemistry and Safer Alternatives to Advance Sustainable Products. The statement was unaniymously adopted by eleven participating companies. Continue Reading
Change Chemistry commissioned this research from Environmental & Public Health Consulting to support its efforts to mainstream green chemistry by understanding barriers and opportunities to accelerating green chemistry adoption across supply chains. Continue Reading
Ninety percent of manufactured goods are in some way linked to the chemical industry. Yet, despite its many environmental, public health, business, and economic benefits, green chemistry is still only a small part of the chemical enterprise. Continue Reading
There continues to be a growing interest and awareness in green chemistry. There are successful cases of adoption of safer alternatives, and scaling of supply, in response to demands from regulators and customers. However, overall progress is slow, measured in decades. Continue Reading
This report, authored by the consulting firm Trucost, evaluates the potential business and economic value of safer chemistry. This includes reducing the use and generation of hazardous substances, reducing the human health and environmental impacts of processes and products, and... Continue Reading
Change Chemistry developed and led a collaborative effort to evaluate safer alternatives to a known toxic phthalate plasticizer used in wire & cable applications -- DEHP di(2-ethyl hexyl phthalate). Continue Reading
Business-to-business communication of chemical data, such as chemical identity and health and safety impacts, along supply chains is critically important to product manufacturers' efforts to make informed decisions on the health and environmental impacts of the products that they put on the market. Continue Reading
In an effort to gain some clarity about the definitions of terms commonly used to market and sell "green" products, a Change Chemistry (formerly GC3) working group has developed a "Green Glossary." Continue Reading
Faced with growing demands to identify, disclose and substitute potentially harmful chemical ingredients in the products they sell, innovative retailers are incorporating product chemicals management systems into their sustainability strategies. Continue Reading
