Loop Creative 9/13/22 Loop Creative 9/13/22

BASF Plasticizers Achieve Rigorous SAFER™ Designation

Five BASF plasticizers have met ChemFORWARD’s rigorous evaluation of human health and environmental criteria for preferred alternatives through the organization’s SAFER program.

Loop Creative 9/7/22 Loop Creative 9/7/22

Evonik’s HYACARE ® Achieves ChemFORWARD SAFER™

Loop Creative 7/22/22 Loop Creative 7/22/22

ChemFORWARD Introduces New Methodology for Botanical Alternatives: Heine and Bartlett

Loop Creative 6/2/22 Loop Creative 6/2/22

Will Your Plastic Be Part of a Safe and Sustainable Economy? You’ll need to pay attention to the additives.

As citizens and governments wake up to the plastic pollution problem, they’re turning to businesses to solve it. Reusable containers and packaging eliminate the need for single-use plastic and should be pursued as a primary solution.

ChemFORWARD 4/6/22 ChemFORWARD 4/6/22

Apple, Google, and ChemFORWARD join forces to drive support for safer flame retardants in the Electronics Sector

ChemFORWARD, in collaboration with Apple and Google, is pleased to announce the availability of a comprehensive set of chemical hazard assessments for phosphorus-based and other non-halogenated flame retardants used in electronics. The goal of this work is to help companies move away from flame retardants with known health and environmental concerns towards those that are well characterized and verified to be safer.

ChemFORWARD 3/17/22 ChemFORWARD 3/17/22

ChemFORWARD’s Lauren Heine & Chris Bartlett to Present at the SOT 61st Annual Meeting and ToxExpo

Lauren Heine, Ph. D., ChemFORWARD Co-Founder and Director of Science and Data Integrity, and Chris Bartlett, Ph.D, ChemFORWARD Lead Toxicologist, will be presenting at the Society of Toxicology 61st Annual Meeting and ToxExpo on Sunday, March 27th in San Diego, California.

Loop Creative 2/24/22 Loop Creative 2/24/22

MEET THE COMPANIES LEADING A “START SAFER” REVOLUTION

When ChemFORWARD began in 2018 they knew one of the most pivotal moments would be transitioning their work from assessing single chemicals to assessing trade name materials. After all, if they wanted to transform the supply chain with safer chemistry, they would need to make it easy for formulators to find verified safer alternatives and easy for raw material suppliers to assess and verify their safer offerings. While it took three years and an unprecedented supply chain collaboration, that moment is here.

ChemFORWARD 2/22/22 ChemFORWARD 2/22/22

INTRODUCING SAFER™ BY CHEMFORWARD

ChemFORWARD, a leader in creating broad access to chemical hazard data and safer alternatives, announced today the introduction of an exciting new program for raw material suppliers. ChemFORWARD’s SAFERTM program will verify their safer alternatives and amplify them as safer by trade name through leading B2B marketplaces. The program was co-designed with suppliers and retailers over the last two years to fill a critical gap in safety data.

ChemFORWARD 1/25/22 ChemFORWARD 1/25/22

ChemFORWARD helps Green Science Policy Institute Verify Safer Alternatives

Loop Creative 12/14/21 Loop Creative 12/14/21

ChemFORWARD Introduces Ingredient Intelligence Reports to Benchmark and Track Progress Toward Safer Chemistry

ChemFORWARD's trusted, globally harmonized chemical hazard repository is helping brands, retailers, and investors gain new insights into what is known - and not known - about chemicals in their portfolios. It also provides a benchmark and clear actions for positive chemical management.

Loop Creative 12/1/21 Loop Creative 12/1/21

November 3rd Webinar Recap

On November 3rd ChemFORWARD was part of the Resources and Tools to Accelerate Adoption of Safe and Sustainable Chemistry webinar in conjunction with ChemSec and Apple.

Loop Creative 10/27/21 Loop Creative 10/27/21

ChemFORWARD invited to become a member of the Clean Electronics Production Network (CEPN)

Guest User 10/3/21 Guest User 10/3/21

C&EN: ChemFORWARD Offers a Path Beyond PFAS “forever Chemicals”

Chemical & Engineering News has published an insightful and detailed look at the PFAS, that are widely used in food packaging, exploring efforts to replace these environmentally persistent and sometimes toxic chemicals.

ChemFORWARD 10/1/21 ChemFORWARD 10/1/21

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 diverse and woman-owned businesses through the retailer’s B3P program.

ChemFORWARD 8/15/21 ChemFORWARD 8/15/21

New, Free Tool Informs Better Food Packaging Purchasing

The Understanding Packaging (UP) Scorecard, led by the Single Use Materials Decelerator, provides a single measuring stick to food packaging buyers who must weigh claims such as compostable, recyclable, low-carbon and sustainable.

Guest User 7/28/21 Guest User 7/28/21

Guest Post: Confused about chemical safety? You’re not alone.

Every chemical should have hazard data publicly available. Hazard is an inherent property of an ingredient, and refers to its ability to cause harm, whereas exposure is how you come into contact with the chemical. (Hazard + exposure = risk)

Guest User 7/12/21 Guest User 7/12/21

Botanicals Deserve Credible, Harmonized Assessments: Heine and Bartlett

Consumers and producers often assume that “natural” means “safe,” sometimes without adequate information. Beauty Matter has published this article by ChemFORWARD, examining the rapidly growing field of botanical ingredients.

Guest User 6/7/21 Guest User 6/7/21

ChemFORWARD to Support Manufacturers’ Compliance with San Francisco Safe Chemistry Policy

SF Environment has expanded the flexibility and usefulness of its pragmatic policy governing flame retardant chemicals. The agency will now accept ChemFORWARD methodology alongside GreenScreen scores to provide transparency around chemicals.

Guest User 5/25/21 Guest User 5/25/21

Nike Sponsored Portfolio Offers Alternatives to DMF, Facilitating Safer Textile Production

ChemFORWARD is pleased to announce the launch of a portfolio of safer alternatives to dimethylformamide. Clothing and shoe manufacturers including Nike have been eager for a less toxic replacement to the inexpensive, abundant and effective chemical, which has been used for decades to produce synthetic leather. ChemFORWARD has assembled complete chemical hazard assessments for 10 solvents that can be used instead of DMF.

Guest User 5/7/21 Guest User 5/7/21

Apple and ChemFORWARD Collaboration Offers Affordable, Verified Data on Safer Cleaners to Protect Worker Health

ChemFORWARD and Apple are collaborating to develop criteria for cleaning products based on the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals and leverage our existing platform to support the sharing of high-quality, actionable chemical hazard data via our globally harmonized repository.