The Green Chemistry Checklist: Green Chemistry and Safer Products Business Commitment
Customers are increasingly expecting companies to show leadership in developing safer products to protect health and the environment. This creates a market opportunity for innovative companies that are able to bring safer chemicals and products to market.
A commitment to Green Chemistry and Engineering can help demonstrate that leadership. Green Chemistry is a key value proposition for business and can drive profits and regional economic development. Green Chemistry practices can mean cost savings in reduced energy and materials, and new sources of revenue in sustainable products with new performance characteristics. It can also reduce liabilities, like the generation of hazardous waste, by substituting safer chemicals.
The checklist is a list of activities and metrics to help companies implement Green Chemistry and Engineering. The Checklist is NOT meant to be a substitute for a chemicals management system. The Checklist is organized around four areas of activity: Education, Hiring, Design and Innovation, and Support and Communication. The goal is to have activity in each of the four areas with increasing activity over time.