Helsinki Chemicals Forum

Performance demands and design

criteria pose real challenges

Scarcity and growth result in difficult

trade-off conversations

Changing consumer expectations for

transparency shifts the dialogue

Globalization results in increasingly

complex supply chains

Regulatory Requirements

Global Cooperation

Passage of Lautenberg

Chemical Safety Act in

the US, along with other

regulatory advances

globally, improves info

availability

GHS-compliant safety

data sheets bring about

consistency and help to

fill in gaps in B2B

information sharing

UNEP Chemicals in

Products Programme

among initiatives to

promote awareness

and better access to

information

Harmonization & Data Quality

Voluntary Programs

Third Party Verification

Private Sector Improvements

Voluntary industry

programs like

Responsible Care®

promote information

sharing through

codes and systems

Tool provider

improvements result

in meaningful

changes for data

efficiency, security

More third parties

emerge to play

validation role,

protecting CBI while

increasing trust and

confidence

Context Matters

Substitutions can have unintended

consequences

Other Factors Must be

Considered

Informed

ChoiceHazard Alone is

Insufficient

Decision-Useful Information

Managing

Chemical Safety

Along the

Value Chain