PANEL 5: Substances of concern (SVHCs) in products – whose job is it to control these in a free trade world? - Kevin Mulvaney, Senior Director, ACC, USA

1. Helsinki
Chemicals
Forum

2. Performance demands and design
criteria pose real challenges

3. Scarcity and growth result in difficult
trade-off conversations

4. Changing consumer expectations for
transparency shifts the dialogue

5. Globalization results in increasingly
complex supply chains

6. Regulatory
Requirements
Global
Cooperation
Passage of Lautenberg
Chemical Safety Act in
the US, along with other
regulatory advances
globally, improves info
availability
GHS-compliant safety
data sheets bring about
consistency and help to
fill in gaps in B2B
information sharing
UNEP Chemicals in
Products Programme
among initiatives to
promote awareness
and better access to
information
Harmonization &
Data Quality

7. Voluntary
Programs
Third Party
Verification
Private Sector
Improvements
Voluntary industry
programs like
Responsible Care®
promote information
sharing through
codes and systems
Tool provider
improvements result
in meaningful
changes for data
efficiency, security
More third parties
emerge to play
validation role,
protecting CBI while
increasing trust and
confidence

9. Context Matters

10. Substitutions can have unintended
consequences

11. Other Factors Must be
Considered
Informed
Choice
Hazard Alone is
Insufficient
Decision-Useful Information

12. Managing
Chemical Safety
Along the
Value Chain