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Global Chemicals Outlook 2019

April 2019
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The Global Chemicals Outlook II – From Legacies to Innovative Solutions: Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, mandated by the UN Environment Assembly in 2016, seeks to alert policymakers and other stakeholders to the critical role of the sound management of chemicals and waste in sustainable development. It takes stock of global trends as well as progress made and gaps in achieving the global goal to minimize the adverse impacts from chemicals and waste by 2020. The Global Chemicals
Emerging Policy Issues: Chemicals in products
Topics: Chemicals in toys Chemicals in textiles
Report

A journey into the tanning industry

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Centro Nuovo Modello di Sviluppo
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November 2016
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A Tough Story of Leather analyses the situation for workers in the Italian tanning industry.This report has been produced by Centro Nuovo Modello di Sviluppo (CNMS) and the Campagna Abiti Puliti in 2016. This research, which forms part of the Change your Shoes project, focuses on the so called Leather Republic: the Santa Croce District. This report has been produced by Centro Nuovo Modello di Sviluppo (CNMS) and the Campagna Abiti Puliti in 2016. A Tough Story of Leather analyses
Topics: Chemicals in textiles
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Engaging the textiles industry as a key sector in SAICM: a review of PFAS as a chemical class in the textile sector

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Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
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May 2021
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The report examines the class approach for PFAS as it applies to the textile sector, which covers a wide variety of consumer products and connects two important issues covered in the SAICM context. The textile sector is an appropriate choice given the environmental significance of the sector and the scope of PFAS used within it. Both the quantity of PFAS in use and the variety of uses make this sector a priority for action. Furthermore, the nature of the sector—with
Emerging Policy Issues: Chemicals in products
Topics: Chemicals in textiles
Report

Global Chemicals Outlook II: From Legacies to Innovative Solutions

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UNEP
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April 2019
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The Global Chemicals Outlook II – From Legacies to Innovative Solutions: Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, mandated by the UN Environment Assembly in 2016, seeks to alert policymakers and other stakeholders to the critical role of the sound management of chemicals and waste in sustainable development. It takes stock of global trends as well as progress made and gaps in achieving the global goal to minimize the adverse impacts from chemicals and waste by 2020.Part I of the
Emerging Policy Issues: Chemicals in products
Topics: Chemicals in textiles
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Using a value chain approach to reduce chemicals of concern

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SAICM
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October 2021
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Chemicals of concern (CoCs) contained in everyday products can have harmful impacts on human health and the environment. While chemical-related impacts can often occur during a product’s use or end-of-life, decisions influencing product ingredients are taken further upstream of the value chain. Action to address CoCs in products thus need to consider the entire value chain and impactful interventions need to be made at upstream stages to protect human health and the environment from chemical pollution. UNEP is working on
Emerging Policy Issues: Chemicals in products
Topics: Chemicals in electronics Chemicals in toys Chemicals in textiles Chemicals in building products
DG Environment
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The use of PFAS and fluorine-free alternatives in textiles, upholstry, carpets, leather and apparel

May 2023
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This study, commissioned by DG Environment for the European Commission and produced by Wood and Ramboll.  The objective was to assess the use of PFASs and fluorine-free alternatives in textiles, upholstry, carpets, leather and apparel, including specific focus on volumes of use, technical function, and emissions.

Non-fluorine alternatives considered were hydrocarbons, silicones, dendrimers, polyurethane, nanomaterials, and alternative technologies.  The study makes recommendations for policy, including a REACH restriction on the placing on the market and use of these products that contain any PFAS, and a listing under the Stockholm Convention.  It is also recommended in the report that a restriction could be combined with voluntary industry measures and provisions in public procurement to encourage substitution of PFAS before mandatory legislation is introduced.

Emerging Policy Issues: Perfluorinated Chemicals
Topics: Chemicals in building products Chemicals in textiles Sustainable Public Procurement Policymaking Life Cycle
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