Product Sustainability USA 2024

Moderator

Nidia Mariana Calvo Mendez

Americas Managing Analyst, Enhesa Product

The chemical industry provides the chemicals and materials that underpin 96% of all consumer products.  Amidst intensifying sustainability challenges, this industry will need to provide the new foundational chemicals, that are both safe and sustainable, that will enable a new era of sustainable consumer products.  In this presentation, we will explore the needs and opportunities for new chemicals in sustainable products.

Rui Resendes, PhD

Director of Development, Change Chemistry

• legislation and regulatory activity across a number of states;
• tracking upcoming effective dates, compliance deadlines, and phaseouts; and
• possible trends in state activity to look out for in 2024 and beyond.

Nathaniel Gajasa

Regional Expert for the US, Enhesa

• the Sustainable Chemistry R&D Act – passed with the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021 creates a whole of government approach to advancing sustainable chemistry innovation, commercialization and adoption;
• The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has convened an interagency Sustainable Chemistry Strategy team to develop a landscape of sustainable chemistry activities across the federal government, define sustainable chemistry and develop a national strategy for sustainable chemistry that can help shape investment, incentives, partnerships, workforce development and public-private collaboration into the future; and
• the implantation of the Act has been challenged by a focus on basic R&D without adequately considering the challenges that companies across the value chain face in securing sustainable chemistry solutions at scale.

Joel Tickner

Executive Director, Change Chemistry

• sustainability at Syensqo - sustainable portfolio management as a compass;
• new market signals; a call for action; and
• portfolio sustainability assessment (PSA) at World Business Council for Sustainable Development  (WBCSD) - a community of practices

Mechelle Engemann

Sr Sustainability Officer, Syensqo

• current state of environmental marketing claims policy development in the U.S.;
• specific claims that may be impacted, and how; and
• ways that stakeholders can get engaged.

Molly Blessing

Vice President of Sustainability & Product Stewardship, Household & Commercial Products Association

Moderator

Nidia Mariana Calvo Mendez

Americas Managing Analyst, Enhesa Product

• EU Green Deal;
• Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability;
• Safe and sustainable by design; and
• CLP Revision

Jennifer Haggerty

Principal Consultant, Anthesis Group

• state of legislation in the EU;
• recent enforcement actions and investigations; and
• strategies for a global approach

Ruxandra Cana

Partner, Steptoe LLP

• overview of Sustainable Products Regulation;
  • Ecodesign requirements
  • Digital Product Passport
  • unsold goods requirements
  • likely early covered products and timing
• what impacts might the ESPR have on US federal and state regulations?; and
• Ecolabels and Green Procurement Standards as precursors to ESPR

Daniel A. Eisenberg

Principal, Beveridge & Diamond PC

• overview of enacted and emerging packaging EPR laws in the U.S., including scope and timing;
• who will be impacted, and how; and
• how packaging value chain stakeholders can and should be engage in this policy.

Dan Felton

Executive Director, AMERIPEN

• current state of battery EPR policy development at state and federal levels;
• lessons learned from lead battery recycling programs and laws that have resulted in over 99% recycling rate; and
• considerations for other battery chemistries.

Susan E. Bernard

Director, Regulatory & Technical Affairs, Battery Council International; and, Director, Women in the Global Battery Industry (WGBI)

Join us for relaxed networking, drinks and appetizers with our speakers and attendees.