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Measuring Progress towards Green Chemistry
Measuring Progress towards Green Chemistry

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

Date posted12/1/2015


An Agenda to Mainstream Green Chemistry
An Agenda to Mainstream Green Chemistry

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

Date posted11/2/2015


Advancing Green Chemistry: Barriers to Adoption&Ways to Accelerate Green Chemistry in Supply Chains
Advancing Green Chemistry: Barriers to Adoption&Ways to Accelerate Green Chemistry in Supply Chains

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

Date posted06/1/2015


Making the Business & Economic Case for Safer Chemistry
Making the Business & Economic Case for Safer Chemistry

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

Date posted04/1/2015


Chemical Hazard Assessments of Alternative Plasticizers for Wire & Cable Applications
Chemical Hazard Assessments of Alternative Plasticizers for Wire & Cable Applications

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

Date posted06/1/2013


Meeting Customers' Needs for Chemical Data: A Guidance Document for Suppliers
Meeting Customers' Needs for Chemical Data: A Guidance Document for Suppliers

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

Date posted02/1/2011


Compilation of Terms Marketing Green Products: A Green Glossary
Compilation of Terms Marketing Green Products: A Green Glossary

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

Date posted11/1/2010


Best Practices in Product Chemicals Management in the Retail Industry
Best Practices in Product Chemicals Management in the Retail Industry

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

Date posted12/1/2009


Gathering Chemical Information and Advancing Safer Chemistry in Complex Supply Chains: Case Studies
Gathering Chemical Information and Advancing Safer Chemistry in Complex Supply Chains: Case Studies

As part of the Tools for Safer Chemical Assessment working group, three case studies of leading firms with complex supply chains were conducted to explore and share experiences on how these companies gather chemical information from their supply chains and how they use this information to develop... Continue Reading

Date posted09/1/2009


Growing the Green Economy: A State's Guide to Creating Opportunities for Green Chemistry and Design
Growing the Green Economy: A State's Guide to Creating Opportunities for Green Chemistry and Design

For more than fifteen years, green chemistry and design for environment have been used successfully to benefit both the environment and the economy. In an effort to further entrench these approaches as the fundamental bedrock of industry practices and government policies... Continue Reading

Date posted09/1/2009


An Analysis of Corporate Restricted Substance Lists (RSLs) and Their Implications for Green Chemistr
An Analysis of Corporate Restricted Substance Lists (RSLs) and Their Implications for Green Chemistr

Given the general lack of information on many chemicals in commerce, some companies have developed screening programs and criteria to guide hazardous materials restrictions. Despite the development of these lists and publication by certain sectors or companies, there has been no effort to date to... Continue Reading

Date posted11/3/2008