Making proactive safer chemistry a standard operating procedure
Samsung Joins ChemFORWARD’s Electronics Safer Chemistry Collaborative
ChemFORWARD is pleased to share that Samsung has joined our Electronics Safer Chemistry Collaborative. Samsung joins fellow collaborative members Apple, Google, HP, IBM, Intel, Sonos, Microsoft, Amazon, and Seagate.
Introducing CleanPackage: Supporting Safe + Circular Materials for Packaging
As packaging design advances to support recyclability and compostability, safe building blocks can be hard to pinpoint and hazardous chemicals can be difficult to avoid. To help companies tackle this challenge, The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) is excited to launch CleanPackage, a database of verified safer alternative packaging materials.
Groundbreaking collaboration between leading cosmetics companies will advance safer chemistry for the beauty sector
ChemFORWARD, a science-based, nonprofit organization, announces "Know Better, Do Better," the first-of-its kind collaboration of industry-leading beauty companies Sephora, Ulta Beauty, Credo, Beautycounter, and The Honest Company, as well as ingredient designer Inolex and the global nonprofit organization Environmental Defense Fund. These stakeholders are banding together to promote the use of safer chemistry and improve chemical hazard data to enable informed decision making.
ChemFORWARD Shares Safe + Circular Packaging Materials Pilot Results
ChemFORWARD Partners with Apple to share Safer Chemistry Resources
APRIL 6, 2023 - ChemFORWARD, a science-based non-profit organization, has partnered with Apple to scale the adoption of safer chemistry used in electronics assembly worldwide. A new website, www.ChemWorks.org, provides free access to identify certified safer formulations as well as resources for formulators to screen and optimize their products with verified safer chemicals.
Ahlstrom’s Cristal® Transparent Packaging papers achieve SAFER™ Designation, helping brands demonstrate human and environmental safety
Ahlstrom’s Cristal® Transparent Packaging papers achieve SAFER™ Designation, helping brands demonstrate human and environmental safety
ChemFORWARD Releases v1 Botanicals Hazard Assessment Methodology
ChemFORWARD Releases v1 Botanicals Hazard Assessment Methodology
ICYMI: “Beyond PFAS-free Packaging” Webinar Recap
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) and ChemFORWARD recently shared the initial results from the Safe + Circular Materials Collaborative. This year-long supply chain collaboration explored the challenges of circular packaging and solutions to accelerate the transition to safer alternatives.
ChemFORWARD Speaking Engagements
ChemFORWARD has been invited to speak at several conferences this Fall. You can find all the details below. If you are attending any of these events please reach out and connect with us or attend our session as we share specifics about what ChemFORWARD is doing to accelerate the elimination of toxic chemicals and transition to safer chemistry in multiple sectors.
The Honest Company Partners with ChemFORWARD to Co-Design the Future of Science-Based Home & Personal Care
Beautycounter Joins ChemFORWARD as Co-Design Partner to Collaboratively Advance Safer Chemistry for All
Beautycounter is bringing their commitment and experience in sourcing and formulating products that protect both people and the planet to the collaborative work of scaling greater transparency and safer chemistry throughout the industry as a ChemFORWARD co-design partner.
ChemFORWARD’s Plastic Additives Optimization Tool Expands to Include Trade Name Materials - still freely available!
Since its launch in April, ChemFORWARD’s free Plastic Additive Optimization Tool has helped hundreds of formulators and designers check the chemical hazard profile of over 1100 plastic additives and find safer alternatives.
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.
Evonik’s HYACARE ® Achieves ChemFORWARD SAFER™
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 Announces Verified SAFER Flame Retardants Now Available by Trade Name from Clariant and FRX Polymers
ChemFORWARD and SPC offer plastic producers free access to chemical additive safety tool
ChemFORWARD and SPC offer plastic producers free access to chemical additive safety tool
A tool to help plastics manufacturers identify safer additives is being made freely accessible to help accelerate the development of safer single use plastics and other recyclable materials.
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.
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.