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Market Analysis of the paint industry in Indonesia (English / Bahasa)

December 2019

Elimination of Lead in Paint in Indonesia - Baseline Information - Indonesia’s paint marketIndonesia holds the first position as the biggest market in paint and coating in South East Asia with the 268 million population and high urbanization rate (57%). Indonesian paint and coating industry growth rate is 6% annually for the past five consecutive years. Paint and coating industry in Indonesia involves six multinational, four domestic, and large numbers of small-scale domestic producers, with the most demand from architectural

Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint

Topics: Policymaking

Project document

Baseline Information for the Lead Paint Country Situation in Nigeria

March 2020

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Lead in Nigerian paints is another route of lead into the environment and exposure can be caused as a result of inhalation or ingestion especially in children. In 2008, SRADeV Nigeria under the auspices of International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) collected and analyzed decorative paints produced and/or marketed in Nigeria. All the sampled paint brands were found to contain lead higher than 90ppm, in fact up to an alarming level of 129,837ppm in one case. At that time, there were

Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint

Topics: Policymaking

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National Baseline Survey of Paint Market in Peru

October 2019

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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have established the joint initiative Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint (Lead Paint Alliance) to prevent children’s exposure to lead from paints containing lead and to minimize occupational exposures to lead paints. The broad objective of the Alliance is to promote a phase-out of the manufacture and sale of paints containing lead and eventually eliminate the risks from such paint.CER/Grupo GEA implements the Component 1 “Promoting regulatory and voluntary

Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint

Topics: Policymaking

Factsheets and brochures

Clariant playing a leading role in supporting the coatings industry to phase out lead in paints

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November 2020

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Media ReleaseAs one of the first companies to completely end the production, and supply, of lead-based pigments in the mid-1980’s (Hoechst AG – now Clariant), Clariant supported the Global Alliance to eliminate lead paint and, through regulatory and legal measures, accelerate progress towards its global phase out.To work towards this goal, Clariant is a supporter of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), hosted by UN Environment Programme, a global policy framework which aims to protect human health and

Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint

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UNEP Assesses Eight Issues of Concern for Chemicals and Waste Management

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has published an assessment of eight issues of concern for the sound management

https://saicmknowledge.org/articles/unep-compares-options-science-policy-interface-chemicals-and-waste

UNEP Compares Options for Science-Policy Interface on Chemicals and Waste

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) published a report to facilitate and inform discussions on strengthening the

https://saicmknowledge.org/articles/un-special-rapporteur-emphasizes-right-science-managing-toxics

UN Special Rapporteur Emphasizes Right to Science in Managing Toxics

The human rights implications of chemicals and waste management were a topic of interest at a briefing organized by

https://saicmknowledge.org/articles/montreal-protocols-multilateral-fund-continue-operations-2021-2023

Montreal Protocol’s Multilateral Fund to Continue Operations in 2021-2023

Governments reached several agreements to allow the continued functioning of the Vienna Convention or the Protection of the Ozone

https://saicmknowledge.org/articles/unep-finds-more-half-all-countries-have-binding-lead-limits-or-are-drafting-laws

UNEP Finds More than Half of All Countries Have Binding Lead Limits or Are Drafting Laws

An update published by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) highlights national efforts to limit and eliminate lead

https://saicmknowledge.org/articles/virtual-working-group-develops-options-science-policy-interface

Virtual Working Group Develops Options for Science-Policy Interface

A working group on governance and mechanisms for managing chemicals and waste issued a set of