Events | Hazardous Chemicals Substitution and Elimination
Date & Time
Tuesday,
September 27, 2011
13:30 – 17:00
Location
Meeting Room 1+2, Novotel Shenzhen Bauhinia Hotel, Qiaocheng Dong Road, Shenzhen, China
Cost
Free
Registration
Please RSVP to Alice Huang at ahuang@bsr.org.
Consumers and policy makers are increasingly concerned with the environmental and health impacts of hazardous chemical substances. This has led to the tightening of regulations all over the world and has also driven consumers to turn to safer products. All such moves put pressure on companies to actively seek solutions that allow them to make products with less or no hazardous chemicals.
The event will introduce companies to ChemSec’s SIN List (Substitute It Now!) initiative, which provides progressive-thinking companies with a road map to guide their chemical-use practices. By scientifically screening for chemicals that meet the EU criteria for Substances of Very High Concern, the initiative aims to fast track the most hazardous substances for substitution and to facilitate toxic use reduction by businesses and other relevant actors.
The event will also feature practical guidelines developed by Greenpeace to help companies reduce the use and release of hazardous chemicals. Sony Ericsson will also introduce its own experience with hazardous chemical substitution and share with the audience their challenges and visions in this area.
Objectives:
- To help companies in China better understand hazardous chemicals and associated regulatory and business risks
- To provide companies with practical guidance and examples on how to avoid the most hazardous chemicals and reduce their overall hazardous chemicals footprint
This event is organized by Greenpeace East Asia in partnership with ChemSec and BSR.
More information is available here.
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