Agenda
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Welcome and introduction
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Keynote Closing the loop initiative in Hamburg - developing and using sustainable polymer packaging with different stakeholders
- Session 3: Chemical sustainability - the role of the chemical strategy for sustainability (CSS) in embedding circularity
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Circularity of resources, not of substances of concern - a recycler's perspective including the role of the Scip dissemination portal
- Planetary boundaries for chemical pollution exceeded
- Chemical and waste issues a priority, as important as climate change
- Key role for waste management and recycling
- The sector’s responsibility for the quality of secondary materials and resources
- Recycled materials/resources free from substances of concern (SoC)
- Lack of information about SoC and importance of Scip dissemination portal
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Best practice from the field: Tarkett's sustainable chemicals management for a truly circular economy
- Tarkett’s holistic corporate strategy for a safe and circular economy ahead of regulatory change
- Ecodesigning circular products with good materials, in closed loops and at scale
- Addressing transparency needs and digital product passport development
- State of play and perspectives: dealing responsibly with legacy chemicals
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Q&A
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Refreshments
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Stakeholder's views on safe and sustainable by design criteria- high level roundtable and strategic research programme
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Traceability of chemicals in products for a non-toxic, resource-efficient and climate neutral circular economy: Results from a two-day stakeholder workshop
- A theory of change
- Three-step learning process
- a common vision for transparency
- selection of instruments
- Cross-impact analysis
- First indicative results
Martin Führ
Professor for Public Law, Comparative Law and Legal Theory, sofia/Darmstadt University for Applied Sciences, Germany -
Flame retardant selection: Regulatory challenges by class or sub class, and paths to meet sustainability expectations in a complex industry
- Brief history of regulations affecting halogenated flame retardants
- Recent activity to regulate as a class or sub-class
- Alternatives, polymeric bromine and non-halogens
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Q&A
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Lunch
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Chemical Watch Demo
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Is the full implementation of the CSS going to unmanageably limit the options for downstream users of chemicals?
- Polymer registration, generic approach to risk management, essential use, restriction and authorisation reform, mixture assessment factor, CLP revision affecting downstream user formulators
- What are the expected impacts for downstream users?
- Suggestions to manage the impacts, while still achieving the policy objectives
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Global developments for ecolabels: Green Seal ecolabel adds PFAS-free requirement
- The role of ecolabels in a circular economy
- Phased approach to PFAS prohibition
- Lessons learned and next steps
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Traceability of ingredients for the chemical industry and their downstream users to enable circularity
- Regulatory landscape for digital product passport: emerging transparency and traceability needs
- Role of blockchain: Game-changing technology in supply chain communication
- Experience from front runners in the chemical industry:
- Dow: recycling of polyurethane foam from mattress by sharing ingredient information while protecting proprietary information
- Solvay: tracking polyamide fibres and manufacturing operations in clothing manufacturing to enable selective recollection and recycling
- Procter & Gamble: palm oil tracking and mass balance to prove sustainable origin of raw materials
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Q&A
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Refreshments
- Session 4: Practising sustainability – barriers to embracing sustainable chemistry principles and means to overcome them
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Experiences and learnings of a first mover on holistic sustainability assessment for chemicals
- Clariant’s Portfolio Value Program (PVP)
- Case study of safe and sustainable flame retardants – what has been achieved, what is still missing?
- GreenScreen, TCO Accepting Substances List, ChemForward SAFER programme
- Reducing the carbon footprint – renewable carbon sources, mass balance based
- EU criteria development for safe and sustainable by design
- The wider context: pinfa.org roadmap for the chemicals strategy for sustainability
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Sustainability - describing a moving target
- Challenges for existing versus new businesses and products
- Framing the sustainability proposition and accounting for trade-offs and uncertainties across the value chain
- Battlefields – prioritising action and managing constraints
- Embedding and realising sustainability within your organisation and value chain
- Data and reporting – shaping the conversation with your stakeholders
Sue Bullock
Principal, Product Safety and Stewardship Head of Industrial and Specialty Chemicals, TSG Consulting -
Benefits and challenges of ingredient disclosure
- Supply chain transparency is a growing need, but also one of the largest challenges brands face today
- What makes supply chain transparency so difficult?
- Some ways brands can address supply chain transparency challenges
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Final Q&A
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End of conference
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