Asahi Kasei

Asahi Kasei

A leading Japanese polymer manufacturers, Asahi Kasei has joined pinfa to take forward safe and sustainable FRs. Asahi Kasei is a global technology company with over 44 000 employees worldwide and operations in Materials, Homes, and Health Care. The Materials division...
H&M on Safe and Sustainable by Design

H&M on Safe and Sustainable by Design

Clothing and interior company H&M calls the EU to require chemical assessment methodology and full disclosure. H&M’s position on Safe-by-Design chemicals and circularity (published by ChemSec) states that chemical management is an essential part of H&M’s...
Chemical Ingredient Disclosure

Chemical Ingredient Disclosure

Over 100 companies and organisations have defined and endorsed six principles for access to information on chemicals. The principles have been developed by a stakeholder coalition, led by Clean Production Action (CPA), over the last 18 months, and other companies and...
ChemSec on “Essential Use”

ChemSec on “Essential Use”

NGO ChemSec says hazardous chemicals must disappear if their function, even if important, can be achieved otherwise. The environmental organisation proposes a five-question process to identify “Essential Use” of hazardous chemicals, suggesting that any use of...
Risk scientists criticise Chemicals Strategy

Risk scientists criticise Chemicals Strategy

Scientists of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment question the scientific basis of the new EU Chemicals Strategy, in particular the hazard-based approach. The eight scientists suggest that the new Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS) was developed...