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A u t h o r sDr. Mark Rossi, Co-Director, Clean Production Action and Co-Chair,BizNGO. Co-author of the GreenScreen and founder of BizNGO, Markdevelops innovative tools, programs, and networks to advance the useof safer chemicals and sustainable materials. His current projects includeupdating the Plastics Scorecard and advancing alternatives assessmentimplementation in businesses and governments.Cheri Peele, Principal, Cheri Peele Group. Cheri works closely withgovernment, non-profit, and business sectors at local, state, and nationallevels on safer chemicals and products. As a consultant to Clean ProductionAction, Cheri co-authored the BizNGO Chemical Alternatives AssessmentProtocol and authored six case studies of chemicals policy initiatives inbusinesses.Beverley Thorpe, Consulting Co-Director, Clean Production Action.Co-founder of the United Nations Environment Programme for CleanerProduction, Beverley has researched and promoted clean productionstrategies internationally since 1986. She was the first Clean Productionliaison and technical expert for Greenpeace International on chemicaland waste issues and during this time initiated the first English languagecampaigns against PVC plastic and helped achieve a global ban onocean incineration of hazardous wastes.BizNGOFOR SAFER CHEMICALS AND SUSTAINABLE MATERIALSBizNGO is a collaboration of leaders frombusinesses, environmental organizations,government agencies, and universities. Ourmission is to promote the creation and adoptionof safer chemicals and sustainable materialsin a way that supports market transitions toa healthy economy, healthy environment, andhealthy people. Established in 2006, BizNGOis a project of Clean Production Action.Design David Gerratt/NonprofitDesign.comCover Illustration: John Berry December 2012 BizNGO/Clean Production ActionClean Production Action’s mission is todesign and deliver strategic solutions for greenchemicals, sustainable materials, and environmentally preferable products. Critical to oursuccess is working closely with existing networksacross the globe, developing new partnerships,learning about emerging technological trendsand associated environmental health problems,and developing and communicating essentialsolutions. Clean Production Action is a projectof the Tides Center.
BizNGO Guide to Safer Chemicals (Version 1.0) iBizNGO Principles for Safer ChemicalsDemand for products made from greener chemicals is growing rapidly.Consumers, investors and governments want chemicals that have low tono toxicity and degrade into innocuous substances in the environment.1Leading businesses are seeking to capture these emerging market opportunitiesby redesigning their products and catalyzing change in their supply chains.To advance an economy where the production and use of chemicals are healthyfor humans, as well as for our global environment and its non-human inhabitants,responsible companies and their supply chains should adopt and implementthe following four principles for safer chemicals:1. Know and disclose product chemistry. Manufacturers will identify thesubstances associated with and used in a product across its lifecycle andwill increase as appropriate the transparency of the chemical constituentsin their products, including the public disclosure of chemicals of high concern.2 Buyers will request product chemistry data from their suppliers.2. Assess and avoid hazards. Manufacturers will determine the hazard characteristics of chemical constituents and formulations in their products, usechemicals with inherently low hazard potential, prioritize chemicals of highconcern for elimination, minimize exposure when hazards cannot be prevented, and redesign products and processes to avoid the use and/orgeneration of hazardous chemicals. Buyers will work with their suppliersto achieve this principle.3. Commit to continuous improvement. Establish corporate governancestructures, policies, and practices that create a framework for the regularreview of product and process chemistry, and that promote the use ofchemicals, processes, and products with inherently lower hazard potential.4. Support public policies and industry standards that: advance the implementation of the above three principles; ensure that comprehensive hazard data are available for chemicalson the market; take action to eliminate or reduce known hazards; and promote a greener economy, including support for green chemistryresearch and education.These principles are key features of an effective strategy for promoting,developing and using chemicals that are environmentally preferable acrosstheir entire lifecycle.1These are two of the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry defined by Paul Anastas and JohnWarner in Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice, 1999 (Oxford University Press: New York).2“Chemicals of high concern” include substances that have the following properties: 1) persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT); 2) very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB);3) very persistent and toxic (vPT); 4) very bioaccumulative and toxic (vBT); 5) carcinogenic;6) mutagenic; 7) reproductive or developmental toxicant; 8) endocrine disruptor; or9) neurotoxicant. “Toxic” (T) includes both human toxicity and ecotoxicity.Contentsii Acknowledgments1 Executive Summary5 Introduction11 Principle #1aKnow Chemicals acrossthe Life Cycle of Products21 Principle #1bDisclose Chemicalsacross the Life Cycleof Products29 Principle #2Assess & Avoid Hazards41 Principle #3Commit to ContinuousImprovement47 Principle #4Support Public Policiesand Voluntary Initiatives55 ConclusionSteps to ImplementingChemicals Managementfor Downstream Users
ii BizNGO Guide to Safer Chemicals (Version 1.0)AcknowledgmentsThe Guide to Safer Chemicalsv.1.0 is a product of BizNGO.A project of Clean ProductionAction, BizNGO is a collaboration ofdownstream users—businesses, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs),universities, and government agencies—working to promote the creation andadoption of safer chemicals and sustainable materials in a way that supportsmarket transitions to a healthy economy, healthy environment, and healthypeople. The Guide is the result of threeplus years of discussions, pilots, anddraft versions among BizNGO participants of how to implement the BizNGO Principles for Safer Chemicals.The Guide will be an evolving resourceof current and best practices of howorganizations can implement saferalternatives to chemicals of high concern to human health or the environment.This is our first attempt at detailingthe actions organizations are takingon the paths to the BizNGO Principlesfor Safer Chemicals. We recognize thatmany gaps exist in our reporting andthat the benchmarks are imperfectand will need refinement.We look forward to filling in the manycutting edge actions organizations aretaking on the path to safer chemicalsand learning from your feedback andexperiences. The Guide will evolve andwill be updated as organizations workwith BizNGO in using it and populatingit with an ever growing list of activities.We welcome your input.We are deeply indebted to the manyindividuals who shared their insights,critical thinking, and technical expertise in developing The Guide (notethat organizational affiliation is foridentification purposes only anddoes not imply endorsement of ThePrinciples or The Guide): Alan Rae, TPF Enterprises Albert Tsang, Dell Alex Scranton, Women’s Voicesfor the Earth Barbara Kyle, ElectronicsTakeBack Coalition Brian Martin, Seagate Brian Penttila, Pacific NorthwestPollution Prevention ResearchCenter Cassidy Randall, Women’s Voicesfor the Earth Chris Youssef (during his tenurewith Perkins Will) Colin Price, Oregon EnvironmentalCouncil Dave Rappaport (during his tenurewith Seventh Generation) Dennis McGavis (during his tenurewith Shaw Industries) Elizabeth Sommer, U.S.Environmental Protection Agency Eric Harrington, Consultant Greg Scott, Mountain EquipmentCooperative Helen Holder, HP Howard Williams, ConstructionSpecialties Jennifer Waddell, Novation John Robbins, Hospira Kathy Hart, U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency Marilyn Johnson, IHSMartin Wolf, Seventh GenerationMary Grim, TimberlandMary Ellen Leciejewski,Dignity HealthMonica Becker, Monica Becker& Becker AssociatesRachael Baker, Kaiser PermanenteRachelle Wenger, Dignity HealthRich Liroff, Investor EnvironmentalHealth NetworkRonald Hart, former Chief Scientistand Executive Director of the USFDA’s National Center for ToxicologyResearchRoger McFadden, StaplesSue Chiang, Center forEnvironmental HealthTed Smith, International Campaignfor Responsible TechnologyTom Lent, Healthy Building NetworkWe are especially indebted to theorganizations that piloted The Guide,including Dignity Health, KaiserPermanente, Construction Specialties,Seventh Generation, Perkins Will,and Staples.Yet despite all the help received, we nodoubt made a few misstatements andmisinterpretations along the way andwelcome your help in correcting them.On behalf of all the leaders in BizNGO,your humblest chroniclers of currentand best practices,— Mark Rossi, Cheri Peele,and Beverley Thorpe
BizNGO Guide to Safer Chemicals (Version 1.0) 1Executive SummaryThe BizNGO Guide to SaferChemicals—call it “The Guide”for short—is a unique resourcefor downstream users of chemicals.It is a hands-on guide that charts pathways to safer chemicals in products andsupply chains for brand name companies, product manufacturers, architects and designers, retailers, andhealth care organizations.Chemicals are at the core of ourmaterials, products, and manufacturingsystems, and as such should be at thecore of our sustainability programs.Yet many a downstream business,those organizations that use chemicalsby virtue of the products they purchase,has avoided starting this journeythinking that the path to greener andsafer chemicals is too clouded in complexity and uncertainty. The Guideis our response to these uncertaintiesand is intended for both novices andexperts.The Purpose of The Guideto Safer ChemicalsThe Guide: marks pathways to safer chemicalsin products and supply chains. sets relative benchmarks for eachof the four BizNGO Principles forSafer Chemicals. specifies actions for each benchmark. presents examples of businesspractices for each benchmark. illustrates how downstream usersare getting started and advancingon their paths to safer chemicals.Users of The Guide will learn how to: measure internal performance,identify areas of improvement, andtrack progress to safer chemicals. benchmark performance in comparison to other organizations. communicate to the public theirorganization’s performance inmoving to safer chemicals basedon an independent metric.The question of how to implement thePrinciples for Safer Chemicals is theinspiration for The Guide. As many apotential traveler has said to us: “Weagree with the spirit of the BizNGOPrinciples. But what does it mean toimplement them?” The writing of TheGuide is our initial (v.1.0) answer tothat question.The Guide uses a hiking metaphor of four benchmarks—Trailhead, Base Camp, High Camp, and Summit—forthe journey to implementing the BizNGO Principles forSafer Chemicals. The benchmarks are relative indicatorsof performance, not absolutes.The Foundation of TheGuide: the BizNGO Principlesfor Safer ChemicalsOur journey towards The Guide startedin 2008 with the release of the BizNGOPrinciples for Safer Chemicals—a setof aspirational goals for advancingthe development and use of inherentlysafer chemicals in products andproduction processes. The BizNGOPrinciples are:1. Know and disclose productchemistry.2. Assess and avoid hazards.3. Commit to continuous improvement.4. Support public policies and industry standards that advance theabove three principles.The BenchmarksThe Guide uses a hiking metaphorof four benchmarks—Trailhead, BaseCamp, High Camp, and Summit—for the journey to implementing theBizNGO Principles for Safer Chemicals.The benchmarks are relative indicatorsof performance, not absolutes. Theyare indicators of a progression fromrelatively easier actions at Trailheadto progressively more challengingand comprehensive actions at HighCamp and Summit.The benchmarks require an increasingscope and depth of knowledge aboutchemicals and their impacts to movefrom Trailhead to Summit. For example,in Principle #1a-Know Product
2 BizNGO Guide to Safer Chemicals (Version 1.0)Chemistry—Trailhead is know somechemicals of high concern, Base Campis know all chemicals of high concern,High Camp is know all chemicals inall products, and Summit is know allchemicals in supply chains and sourcesof feedstocks. The Figure “From Trailhead to Summit” summarizes how allthe benchmarks scale from Trailheadto Summit.Organizationally, companies maystart at Principle #3 by establishingan organizational policy or guideline.In some companies it is easier to workbelow the radar screen of upper management and take action against afew chemicals of high concern, demonstrate success, then gain organizational support for what was alreadyachieved, and gain approval for anThe questions purchasers need to ask suppliers arewhat are your systems for: knowing chemicals in products;identifying chemicals of high concern; evaluatingalternatives; and selecting safer alternatives.Getting to Trailhead:Stepping Beyond ComplianceTrailhead is where downstream usersstart on the path beyond complianceto safer chemicals. As shown in theFigure, From Trailhead to Summit, thejourney for implementing Principles#1 and #2 starts with a few chemicalsof high concern in products or processes.Chemicals of high concern are soprevalent in our global economy thatthe vast majority of products havechemicals of high concern in them.Finding chemicals of high concernin products is not the challenge fordownstream users. The challenge isdetermining which ones to target first.A company can identify and targetchemicals of high concern through avariety of pathways. Environmentalorganizations, government agencies,institutional consumers, and othercompanies are all good sources foridentifying emerging and existingchemicals of high concern. Examplesof chemicals of high concern addressedby downstream users include polyvinyl chloride (PVC), phthalates,brominated flame retardants,Bisphenol A (BPA), formaldehyde,and perfluorinated compounds.organizational policy. In other companies, high level policies are thefirst step in driving action acrossthe organization.Getting to Base Campand High Camp: CreatingSystems for ChangeReplicable and scalable systems areessential to moving beyond a handfulof chemicals of high concern.An example of a linked set of systems is:1. Know chemical ingredients inproducts. Examples include usingthe Health Product Declarationform and Seagate’s system forcollecting and managing data inproducts.2. Identify chemicals of high concern.Examples include using ChemSec’sSIN List and GreenScreen Benchmark 1 Chemicals (as determinedusing the List Translator).3. Employ a framework for evaluatingalternatives. Examples includeusing HP’s Integrated AlternativesAssessment Framework and BizNGO’s Chemical AlternativesAssessment Protocol.4. Assess hazards of alternatives.Examples include using the GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals andCradle to Cradle Certified.The questions purchasers at thefar end of the supply chain need to asksuppliers are, what are your systemsfor: knowing chemicals in products, identifying chemicals of highconcern, evaluating alternatives, and selecting safer alternatives.A short version of these questionswould be how do you score on theBizNGO benchmarks.Getting to the Summits:Setting the Compassto Inherently SaferAlternativesTravelers to the Summits of The Guidehave set their sights on specifyinginherently safer chemicals, materials,and feedstocks across all of theirproducts and supply chains. In looking across companies that are able tocome close or reach the Summit forsome principles, they share three common elements of success, namely theyhave the capacity, will, and systems inplace to ensure long term adoptionand implementation.Capacity matters. Effectively managing chemicals in products and acrosssupply chains requires technicalcapacity or staff. Organizations ator near the Summit have access to: deep knowledge and understandingof chemicals in products and supplychains, as well as the sources offeedstocks. technical capacity and systemsfor managing data, evaluatingalternatives, and selecting andimplementing safer alternatives.
BizNGO Guide to Safer Chemicals (Version 1.0) 3F r om T r ai l h ea d to SummitTrailheadBase CampHigh CampSummitOverview ofThe Guide to Safer ChemicalsKnowDiscloseAssess & AvoidImproveSupportAll chemicalsin supply chains& feedstocksourcesAll chemicalsin supply chains& feedstocksourcesSpecify saferalternativesReportprogress toBizNGO Principlesusing The Guide(or equivalent)IntegrateBizNGO Principlesinto legislation& speak tomediaKnowDiscloseAssess & AvoidImproveSupportAll chemicalsin productsAll chemicalsin productsSelect &implement saferalternativesto chemicals ofhigh concernImplementsystems formanaging data &identifying saferalternativesCollaboratewith NGOs &integrate BizNGOPrinciples intoregulationsKnowDiscloseAssess & AvoidImproveSupportAll chemicalsof high concernin productsMost chemicalsin productsIdentifyall chemicals ofhigh concernEndorse BizNGOPrinciples forSafer ChemicalsIntegrateBizNGO Principlesinto voluntaryinitiativesKnowDiscloseAssess & AvoidImproveSupportSome chemicalsof high concernPresence/absence of somechemicals of highconcernCreate andimplement restrictedsubstances list(RSL)EstablishorganizationalpolicySpeak publicly onimplementation
4 BizNGO Guide to Safer Chemicals (Version 1.0)Will is essential. An effective chemicals management program requiresorganizational motivation and driveto move beyond legal compliance andmaintain that trajectory over time.This comes in many forms, including:organizational mission, internal champions, and organizational policy orguidelines. Some of the most successful organizations on the path to saferchemicals have an internal mission toSystems are fundamental. Successfulimplementation over the long termrequires the development and implementation of systems. Systematic procedures are needed to collect and evaluate chemicals and their alternatives,validate data, select and implementsafer alternatives, and specify greenchemistry solutions. These procedurescan be internal, outsourced, or a combination of the two. Leaders in saferSystems are fundamental. Successful implementationover the long term requires the development andimplementation of systems. Systematic proceduresare needed to collect and evaluate chemicals and theiralternatives, validate data, select and implement saferalternatives, and specify green chemistry solutions.promote safer chemicals and valuesconsistent with addressing chemicalsof concern to human health or theenvironment.A clear driver within many leading organizations is the presence of internalchampions. Champions have a personalpassion for the issue and possess technical or organizing skills that enablethem to demonstrate the value of saferchemicals implementation. Internalchampions gain organizational supportfor this work and share many of thecharacteristics of “tempered radicals:”individuals who are “fundamentallydifferent from, and possibly at oddswith, the dominant culture of theirorganization”; yet “have been toughened by challenges, angered by whatthey see as injustices or ineffectiveness, and inclined to seek moderationin their interactions with memberscloser to the centre of organizationalvalues and orientations.”11chemicals implementation developprocedures that can be implementedover the long term and that are organizationally integrated as part of longterm planni
BizNGO Guide to Safer Chemicals strong (Version /strong 1.0) 1 T he BizNGO Guide to Safer Chemicals—call it “The Guide” for short—is a unique resource for downstream users of chemicals. It is a hands-on guide that charts path-ways to safer chemicals in products and supply chains for brand name com-panies, product manufacturers, archi-
BizNGO Guide to Safer Chemicals strong (Version /strong 1.0) 55 T he Guide provides users with a series of benchmarks to safer chemicals, moving from Trail-head to Summit for each of the BizNGO Principles. With varying sec-tors and organizations taking different paths, The Guide aggregates their actions into a composite of steps to safer chemicals.
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