11-12 December 2007
ChemSec Business Group meeting in Stockholm
Work shop on REACH implementation and ways to prepare for Authorisation
2008 is the year that EUs new REACH-body will become operational. The newly established European Chemicals Agency, ECHA, will start its work in June 2008, with pre-registration at the top of its agenda. In addition, the Authorisation process will start to develop, with the setting up of an inventory of Substances of Very High Concern for which companies will need a special authorisation for manufacture and use.
Pro-active companies are already now starting to prepare for Authorisation. Especially companies close to consumers and end-users are looking at ways to be ahead of developments, seeking to avoid ingredients that consumers might not want to see in their products and that authorities will be restrictive in approving for use.
On 11-12 December, ChemSec organised a work shop with its Business Group to discuss these and related chemicals matters. The always relevant challenges the companies face in their in supply chain management were discussed as well as problems, solutions and ways forward surrounding Substitution of hazardous chemicals.
A given topic for discussion was the REACH NGO Priority List of Substances of Very High Concern being developed under the stewardship ChemSec and the possibility for an input of the Business Group into the project.
Also, an up-coming ChemSec Substitution Conference, to be held on 17 September 2008, was discussed. The Business Group, with a focus on producers of consumer goods, discussed preferred structure and content of such a conference, as well as ways to provide an input through case-studies and sharing of best practices.
26 April 2007
Meeting on Chemicals in Consumer goods, regulation, policies and practise
Chemsec continues its work with progressive business. 2007 is the year when REACH enters into force, and companies lagging behind in their chemical management systems will have to shape up in order to comply with the stricter new EU rules.
For companies who want to be at the forefront, minimum compliance is not the aim. Rather, new brave means and ways are sought to go beyond what regulators require and adapt even stricter criteria to ensure the safety of the products they provide and the sustainability of the processes they utilize in their production.
As a part of this process, Chemsec organised a meeting on 26 April 2007 on Chemicals in Consumer goods, regulation, policies and practise. Together with a group of progressive multinationals producing consumer goods, Chemsec discussed current issues around the implementation of REACH and its implications for producers of consumer goods, and ways forward, to go beyond minimum compliance of the regulation.
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