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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