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- 1. Tony Kingsbury TKingsbury Consulting @kingsburytony Ann Mason American Chemistry Council @amchemistry Tim Greiner Pure Strategies @PureStrategies #SB15sd Evaluating the Chemicals in Your Products: Comparing and Contrasting Leading Tools
- 2. Sustainable Chemicals Management Software A Pure Strategies review of tools for managing chemicals in products Tim Greiner Managing Director
- 3. Pure Strategies, Inc. • Founded 1998 – 17 years providing sustainability expertise to leading companies. • Highly experienced sustainability consulting team. • Deep experience working with: – Sustainability leaders and those at earlier stages of sustainability pathway – Iconic brands – Mix of B2B and B2C companies • Offices in MA and VA www.purestrategies.com
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- 7. THE PATH TO PRODUCT SUSTAINABILITY 1. Supplier engagement 2. Customer requirements 3. Chemicals of concern assessment 7 Performing Companies Earn 2x more business benefits than most companies & rate the following as their top assessment approaches, delivering value to their product sustainably program
- 8. Drivers for Increased Focus include regulations, retailer policies & stakeholder pressure 8 Regulatory NGO’s Campaigns against companies Retailers & Brands are beginning to collaborate
- 9. 9 Sustainable Chemicals Management Software A Pure Strategies review of tools for managing chemicals in products
- 10. 10 Chemicals Strategy Safer Product Design Sustainable Chemicals Supply • Create aspirations/goals • Develop business case • Establish priority chemicals • Enhance transparency and communication • Assess hazards and alternatives • Create product design guidelines • Verification and assurance • Assess supplier risks • Engage and align suppliers • Collaborate with suppliers and stakeholders Sustainable Chemicals Management: involves strategy, product design & supply chain management
- 11. 11 Sustainable Chemicals Management: involves strategy, product design & supply chain management Chemicals Strategy • Create aspirations/goals • Develop business case • Establish priority chemicals • Enhance transparency and communication Goal: Go beyond “bad” ingredients and instead focus on choosing “better” options
- 12. 12 Safer Product Design • Assess hazards and alternatives • Create product design guidelines • Verification and assurance Sustainable Chemicals Management: involves strategy, product design & supply chain management • Calculator tool to tracks “better design” targets • Gauge progress against internal RSL
- 13. 13 Sustainable Chemicals Supply • Assess supplier risks • Engage and align suppliers • Collaborate with suppliers and stakeholders Sustainable Chemicals Management: involves strategy, product design & supply chain management • Requires full materials disclosure • Provided REACH assurance in two business days versus weeks or months for others • Benefits: Reduced costs & improved customer relations.
- 14. 14 Requirements ………………… Identify software features required and needed budget Selection ………………… Evaluate and select software provider Goals ………………… Determine business priorities and value Sustainable Chemicals Management Software Selection Process What are the business priorities? Setting company sustainable chemicals management goals an essential 1st step What are the key features you should look for? Focus on software features essential for meeting company goals What criteria matter to select software and services to meet meet your needs? Assess quality of key software features, performance and extent of experience with companies with similar business needs Sustainable Chemicals Management: set goals, understand requirements, and evaluate vendors
- 15. Goals: Think – Pair – Share • What are possible business priorities for investing in Sustainable Chemicals Management software? 15 Requirements ………………… Identify software features required and needed budget Selection ………………… Evaluate and select software provider Goals ………………… Determine business priorities and value Sustainable Chemicals Management Software Selection Process
- 16. 16 Business Priorities: Increased efficiency, reduced costs, improved customer reputation & relationships, and reduced risk Increased efficiency/ reduced costs • Reduced time tracking chemical data, responding to changing regulations/requirements • Better communication with suppliers about new/upcoming requirements • More efficient coordination with product design teams on changing chemical requirements • Greater assurance of chemical ingredient quality Reduced risks • Avoid regulatory fines/recalls due to chemical ingredient violations • Avoid legal liability due to hazardous ingredients in products Improved customer reputation & relationships • Assure customers meeting product chemical ingredient restrictions & rapid response to new requirements • Provide more complete chemical information to customers • Design safer products using improved chemical ingredient data
- 17. Goals: Think – Pair – Share • What are software features essential for meeting business goals? 17 Requirements ………………… Identify software features required and needed budget Selection ………………… Evaluate and select software provider Goals ………………… Determine business priorities and value Sustainable Chemicals Management Software Selection Process
- 18. 18 Five Software Capabilities are key to sustainable chemicals management software Requirements ………………… Iden fy so ware features required and needed budget Selec on ………………… Evaluate and select so ware provider Goals ………………… Determine business priori es and value Sustainable Chemicals Management So ware Selec on Process • Not all software tools include all capabilities • Inventory & some RSL screens essential • Assess features against chemical management goals 10 11 9 6 3
- 19. 19 1. Inventory Chemical Data involves collecting detailed data on each chemical Requirements ………………… Iden fy so ware features required and needed budget Selec on ………………… Evaluate and select so ware provider Goals ………………… Determine business priori es and value Sustainable Chemicals Management So ware Selec on Process Generate data gap information for Ingredients/materials less than 100% Ingredients characterized only by % ranges CAS #s unknown/identified only by class/withheld for CBI Inventory chemical ingredients by CAS#/EC# % Concentration Ingredient function or residuals and/contaminants Identify articles & homogenous materials by Weight Composition
- 20. 20 BOMs Gaps • ID missing components • ID missing amounts • ID improbable combinations • Routine suppliers queries • Manage CBI • Tier 2 & beyond 1. Inventory Chemical Data Barriers include data gaps and CBI Requirements ………………… Iden fy so ware features required and needed budget Selec on ………………… Evaluate and select so ware provider Goals ………………… Determine business priori es and value Sustainable Chemicals Management So ware Selec on Process Vendor expertise crucial Economies/Expertise • Retailers • Textiles • Toys
- 21. 21 Five Software Capabilities are key to sustainable chemicals management software Requirements ………………… Iden fy so ware features required and needed budget Selec on ………………… Evaluate and select so ware provider Goals ………………… Determine business priori es and value Sustainable Chemicals Management So ware Selec on Process 10 11 9 6 3
- 22. 22 Requirements ………………… Iden fy so ware features required and needed budget Selec on ………………… Evaluate and select so ware provider Goals ………………… Determine business priori es and value Sustainable Chemicals Management So ware Selec on Process 11 11 9 6 3 Scope of coverage of RSLs • National regulations • Regional/local regulations • Industry sector - e.g., AAFA, BIFMA) • Customized RSLs System for updating • System for routine updates • Frequency of updates (daily, weekly, etc.) RSL Limitations • Regulatory lists often lag scientific knowledge of chemical hazards • Sole reliance on regulatory RSLs may lead to regrettable substitutions “Bisphenol-A free” products using equally hazardous BPS 2. RSL Inventories Are important but have limitations
- 23. 23 Five Software Capabilities are key to sustainable chemicals management software Requirements ………………… Iden fy so ware features required and needed budget Selec on ………………… Evaluate and select so ware provider Goals ………………… Determine business priori es and value Sustainable Chemicals Management So ware Selec on Process 10 11 9 6 3
- 24. 24 Requirements ………………… Iden fy so ware features required and needed budget Selec on ………………… Evaluate and select so ware provider Goals ………………… Determine business priori es and value Sustainable Chemicals Management So ware Selec on Process 11 11 6 3 Endpoints commonly based • Globally Harmonized System (GHS) • EPA Design for the Environment • Human health • Environment • Physical Weighing Hazards • Value-based weighing of different hazards Automated Hazards • E.g., CPA’s GreenScreen List Translator automates search of >850 authoritative/screening lists. 3. Hazard Assessment Can be automated and individualized The WERCs and SciVera use the Translator Vendor Assessments • Based on scientific research/literature build into the software • Provide individualized hazard assessments for chemical ingredients
- 25. 25 Five Software Capabilities are key to sustainable chemicals management software Requirements ………………… Iden fy so ware features required and needed budget Selec on ………………… Evaluate and select so ware provider Goals ………………… Determine business priori es and value Sustainable Chemicals Management So ware Selec on Process 10 11 9 6 3
- 26. 26 Requirements ………………… Iden fy so ware features required and needed budget Selec on ………………… Evaluate and select so ware provider Goals ………………… Determine business priori es and value Sustainable Chemicals Management So ware Selec on Process 11 11 6 3 Regrettable Substitution • Perchloroethylene replaced with n- propyl bromide • Assessments evaluate • Intrinsic physicochemical characteristics • Life cycle & product factors • Exposure scenarios derived from public or proprietary databases 4. Exposure Assessment Comes from a variety of sources The WERCs and SciVera use the Translator Exposure Data • Proprietary data from customers • Data on consumer exposure to chemicals in consumer products being aggregated by the Dutch research agency, RIVM. SciVera and Chemical Compliance Systems (CCS)
- 27. 27 Five Software Capabilities are key to sustainable chemicals management software Requirements ………………… Iden fy so ware features required and needed budget Selec on ………………… Evaluate and select so ware provider Goals ………………… Determine business priori es and value Sustainable Chemicals Management So ware Selec on Process 10 11 9 6 3
- 28. 28 Requirements ………………… Iden fy so ware features required and needed budget Selec on ………………… Evaluate and select so ware provider Goals ………………… Determine business priori es and value Sustainable Chemicals Management So ware Selec on Process 11 11 6 3 5. Identify Alternatives Tools use different schemes Comparative scoring • Value based scoring of the relative hazard endpoint scores Toolboxes of alternatives • Vendor proprietary • Sector specific – e.g., DfE Chemical Compliance Systems (CCS) has list of “potentially greener chemicals” organized by ~ 65 categories
- 29. 29 Requirements ………………… Identify software features required and needed budget Selection ………………… Evaluate and select software provider Goals ………………… Determine business priorities and value Sustainable Chemicals Management Software Selection Process What criteria matter to select software and services to meet meet your needs? Assess quality of key software features, performance and extent of experience with companies with similar business needs Software Selection: Your goals, budget, and sector will influence your selection
- 30. Steps to assess & select vendors 1. Review vendors to identify which align best with your priorities/requirements – Use vendor summaries in report appendix for preliminary assessment – Use report checklist to clarify how vendor capabilities match your needs 2. Evaluate vendor demos, details of what they offer, costs 3. Negotiate! 30 Requirements ………………… Iden fy so ware features required and needed budget Selec on ………………… Evaluate and select so ware provider Goals ………………… Determine business priori es and value Sustainable Chemicals Management So ware Selec on Process Software Selection: Your goals, budget, and sector will influence your selection
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- 33. 33 Software Selection: Your goals, budget, and sector will influence your selection Requirements ………………… Iden fy so ware features required and needed budget Selec on ………………… Evaluate and select so ware provider Goals ………………… Determine business priori es and value Sustainable Chemicals Management So ware Selec on Process Example 1 Apparel Company Business need • Inventory chemicals • Screen chemicals against RSL lists • Assess against hazard endpoints • Assess exposure potential Example 2 Formulated Products Company Business need • Inventory chemicals • Screen chemicals against RSL lists
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- 35. 35 Thank You!
Editor's Notes
- How valuable are the approaches to product sustainability assessment? Percent of performing companies responding high or very high value Supplier engagement, 77% Customer requirements, 67% (much higher than the rest of the sample rating this closer to 40%) Chemicals of concern 46%
- Regulatory: Federal & state regulations on hazardous chemicals have been in place for decades. But major new international and state initiatives are requiring an entirely new degree of chemicals reporting and transparency, as well as adding new restrictions. For example, under the EU’s comprehensive REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) regulation information on over 9,000 chemicals has been reported to the EU, and restrictions have already been placed on use of over 100 chemicals. China and South Korea have both adopted versions of the REACH regulation for companies manufacturing or importing chemicals into their countries. Many states have adopted new reporting requirements for, or restrictions on the use of, hazardous chemicals; as the map illustrates, many additional state regulations are under consideration. ZDHC: Members of ZDHC have pledged to eliminate 11 classes of chemicals from their supply chain by 2020. As part of the drive to achieve this goal, they are requiring their suppliers to publically state their intake and releases to the environment of any of these chemicals. Levis is publishing the data from their suppliers on Levis website, and auditing to ensure accuracy. Nike and others are doing the same; even large suppliers are now faced with uniform chemical restrictions simultaneously from many of their largest customers. Retailers and brands taking different approaches Scoring system for household cleaning, personal & baby care products Eco-Scale Rating System for Household cleaning products Collaborative efforts underway
- provide routine queries to suppliers. Vendor expertise can be crucial. For Seagate, a thinkstep/Siemens software data system provides this inventory function
- Excerpt from checklist. See complete checkllist in report
- Example of information from vendor profiles in appendix
- Excerpt from comparative assessment of major software features