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The SAICM Secretariat, in partnership with the University of Cape Town, established a community of practice on Chemicals in Products to bring representatives from different sectors together and to create a learning network around issues related to addressing Chemicals in Products (CiP). This is a summary of the discussion on Enforcement of products, which took place on 26 November 2020.Presenters: Anna Fransson (Kemi), Stéphane Content (Cefic)Enforcement is essential, and without enforcement any law will be ineffective. This also calls for

The SAICM Secretariat, in partnership with the University of Cape Town, established a community of practice on Chemicals in Products to bring representatives from different sectors together and to create a learning network around issues related to addressing Chemicals in Products (CiP). This is a summary of the discussion on Management on classes of chemicals and flame retardants in the textiles sector, which took place on 10 December 2020.Presenter: Ilch Yiliqi (NRDC)The textile industry, as one of SAICM’s priority sectors

The SAICM Secretariat, in partnership with the University of Cape Town, established a community of practice on Chemicals in Products to bring representatives from different sectors together and to create a learning network around issues related to addressing Chemicals in Products (CiP). This is a summary of the discussion on Industry initiative and information sharing on chemicals in products in the supply chain, which took place on 18 February 2021.Presenter: Timo Unger (Hyundai)As engineer for Recycling Technology by training, Timo

The SAICM Secretariat, in partnership with the University of Cape Town, established a community of practice on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) to foster discussions, exchange of best practices, and recommendations to address HHPs amongst relevant stakeholders. This is a summary of the discussion on Examples and case studies on strategies for identifying HHPs from different perspectives, which took place on 16 September 2020.Presenters: Dr Richard Brown (WHO), Dr Halshka Graczyk (ILO), Dr Keith Tyrell (PAN-UK), Dr Christoph Neumann (CropLife International)

The SAICM Secretariat, in partnership with the University of Cape Town, established a community of practice on Chemicals in Products to bring representatives from different sectors together and to create a learning network around issues related to addressing Chemicals in Products (CiP). This is a summary of the discussion on Mapping session of Chemicals in Products Globally, which took place on 17 September 2020.Presenters: Sandra Avérous Monnery (UNEP), Wenjia Fan (UNEP)The aim of this discussion was to learn about how

The SAICM Secretariat, in partnership with the University of Cape Town, established a community of practice on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) to foster discussions, exchange of best practices, and recommendations to address HHPs amongst relevant stakeholders. This is a summary of the discussion on Overview of the HHP Global Action Plan and way forward, which took place on 21 October 2020.Presenter: Dr Baogen Bu (FAO)Despite the success of many actions to eliminate Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs), they continue to pose

The SAICM Secretariat, in partnership with the University of Cape Town, established a Community of Practice (CoP) on Chemicals in Products to bring representatives from different sectors together and to create a learning network around issues related to addressing Chemicals in Products (CiP). This is a compilation of summaries of the discussions, which took place in 2020.

The Secretariat of the Strategic Approach to Chemicals Management (SAICM) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have established a Community of Practice (CoP) on Highly Hazardous Pesticides to bring representatives from different sectors together and to create a learning network around issues related to addressing Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs). This is a compilation of summaries of the discussions, which took place in 2020.

The SAICM Secretariat, in partnership with the University of Cape Town, established a community of practice on Chemicals in Products to bring representatives from different sectors together and to create a learning network around issues related to addressing Chemicals in Products (CiP). This is a summary of the discussion on Chemicals of concern in building materials, which took place on 15 April 2021.Presenters: Amélie Ritscher (UNEP), Oleg Ditkovskiy (ISC3), Stewart Muir (Bioregional)Building and construction is one of the largest end-markets

The SAICM Secretariat, in partnership with the University of Cape Town, established a community of practice on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) to foster discussions, exchange of best practices, and recommendations to address HHPs amongst relevant stakeholders. This is a summary of the discussion on Mapping the global landscape of HHP risk reduction work, which took place on 15 July 2020.Presenter: Ivy Saunyama (FAO)Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) are responsible for significant environmental, economic and human health problems including acute and chronic