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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 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

What is CAt and where does all the data come from?The Chemical Awareness toolkit (CAt) is a free web application that provides rapid access to chemical information for product stewards, risk assessors, toxicologists, chemists, microbiologists, engineers, and other researchers. It includes screening tools that provide chemical information including toxicological hazards, environmental fate, persistence & bioaccumulation, occupational exposure limits, government regulations, and public perception.CAt utilizes an integrated database containing information from key lists provided by Verisk 3E, publicly available lists, databases

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 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