ChemFORWARD Helps Target Support Diversity, Innovation with Chemicals Data for B3P Participants

ChemFORWARD is honored to work with Target to provide access to high quality, actionable information about chemical hazards and safer alternatives to a collection of diverse and woman-owned businesses through the retailer’s Building Blocks for Better Products program.

ChemFORWARD is delighted to support small, entrepreneurial brands, often owned or founded by Black, indigenous or people of color, in their chemical formulation journey. And by working in partnership with Target, our organization can multiply the impact possible in helping create safer beauty and personal care products for companies like the inspiring Young King Hair Care and ROSEN Skincare, which Target mentions in this blog post.

“I am thrilled to be involved in this unique project and offer resources and support to these founders and emerging brands,” said Stacy Glass, ChemFORWARD’s executive director. “This work is part of fulfilling our commitment to acting as an agent of increased equity in safe chemistry and particularly beauty and personal care, where traditionally, small companies have not had cost-effective access to high-quality safety data.”

Target brings a longstanding commitment to chemistry innovation and an industry-leading chemical policy to the work of creating an equitable and regenerative future, the company said in the post. With the company’s support, ChemFORWARD is also sourcing chemical hazard assessments for participants to fill critical data gaps. These assessments are then housed in a shared repository to benefit all users of the platform, further advancing the industry dataset for verified safer alternatives in the beauty and personal care sector.

Read the full blog post for more details, interviews with Cora Miller, CEO of Young King Hair Care and Jamika Martin, CEO of ROSEN Skincare, and a full list of B3P collaborators.