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ChemFORWARD Expands SAFER™ Verified Program: Opportunity for Chemical Suppliers to Showcase Safer Ingredients

ChemFORWARD, a science-based nonprofit advancing safer chemistry, today announced the expansion of its SAFER™ trade name ingredient registry. This expansion follows the success of its initial pilot program and incorporates industry-specific criteria, ensuring that safer alternative chemicals are identified in alignment with the unique safety needs of sectors such as beauty, electronics manufacturing, apparel, and more.

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REGISTRATION NOW OPEN: From Circular Pollution to Circular Solutions

To win consumer and investor confidence in circularity, we need to systematically eliminate chemicals of concern in the materials used in everyday products.

Change Chemistr y, ChemFORWARD, and Safer Chemistry Impact Fu nd are collaborating to start this conversation in earnest by convening this dedicated workshop to share progress on safer chemistry and identify opportunities to accelerate safe and sustainable design.

Loop Creative 6/19/24 Loop Creative 6/19/24

ChemFORWARD Provides Evidence to ECHA of Safer Flame Retardants

ChemFORWARD submits comments to ECHA’s call for evidence on alternatives to aromatic brominated flame retardants highlighting more than 35 potential safer functional alternatives.

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Making proactive safer chemistry a standard operating procedure

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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.

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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.

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ChemFORWARD Shares Safe + Circular Packaging Materials Pilot Results

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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.

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Ahlstrom’s Cristal® Transparent Packaging papers achieve SAFER™ Designation, helping brands demonstrate human and environmental safety

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ChemFORWARD Releases v1 Botanicals Hazard Assessment Methodology