Verdant Proudly Sponsors Prop.65 Clearinghouse's Green Chemistry Conference
Green Chemistry: Verdant is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the Prop.65 Clearinghouse Green Chemistry Annual Conference. This year’s conference will be held on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at the The City Club of San Francisco, 155 Sansome Street. Verdant attorney, Philip Moffat, will present on “REACH 2013.” Verdant attorney, Catherine Lin, will present on “Supply […]
CIEL Report Claims Regulation Stimulates Chemical Innovation
Chemical Regulation/Innovation: Earlier this month, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) released its report, Driving Innovation: How stronger laws help bring safer chemicals to market. In the report, CIEL offers research showing that stronger laws foster innovation by large and small companies alike. Among other things,CIEL cites the number of patents for alternative chemicals filed every […]
EU Commission Releases Roadmap on Substances of Very High Concern
EU REACH Substances of Very High Concern: Last week, the EU Commission released its Roadmap on Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). The Roadmap outlines a process for identifying and assessing potential SVHCs within the following categories: substances that are carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction (CMRs); substances that are persistent, bioaccumulative or toxic for […]
Upcoming Public Hearing on California's Draft Green Chemistry Regulations
California Green Chemistry Regulations: California EPA and DTSC have announced a public meeting on the draft regulations. The meeting will occur on Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. See announcement embedded below. CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY COUNCIL NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Department of Toxic Substances Control’s Safer Consumer Products Proposed Regulations Need for a Multimedia Evaluation […]
DTSC Requests Public Comment on Another Draft of the Green Chemistry Regulations
California Green Chemistry Regulations: The saga of California’s nascent Green Chemistry program continues. Last week, the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) released the revised text (PDF) of its proposed Safer Consumer Product Regulations. The comment period for the revisions started on January 29 and closes on February 28, 2013. Notably, the revised rules significantly […]
DTSC Reopens Comment Period on Green Chemistry Regulations
California Green Chemistry: On December 20, DTSC delivered everyone an early Christmas present. The agency announced that it was re-opening the docket to accept public comments on yet another revised version of the Safer Consumer Product Alternative (SCPA) Regulations. The agency’s announcement is embedded below. Merry Christmas – better scratch those holiday plans and get […]
FTC Publishes Revised Green Guides
Green Marketing: On October 2, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published long-awaited revised guidelines, known as the Green Guides, to aid marketers in properly making environmental benefit claims. The FTC released its final revisions after a multiyear investigatory process, which included marketing surveys as well as reviewing comments from companies, trade organizations, government entities and […]
EPA Posts List of Safer Chemical Ingredients for DfE Safer Product Labeling Program
Design for the Environment (DfE): The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today posted a List of Safer Chemical Ingredients that contains chemicals that meet stringent criteria applied by the Design for the Environment (DfE) Safer Product Labeling Program. This program recognizes products that are high-performance and cost-effective while using the safest chemical ingredients. At present, more […]
EPA to Post List of Chemicals Acceptable for DfE-labeled Products
Design for the Environment (DfE) / Green Chemistry: EPA’s Design for the Environment (DfE) team announced today that, in September, it will post on the agency’s website a list of chemicals that are acceptable for use in DfE-labeled products. Questions or comments about the proposal should be submitted to EPA by August 24, 2012. The contact at […]
Cefic Reports on EU Chemical Industry Sustainability Initiatives
Sustainability: The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) published The Chemical Industry in Europe: Towards Sustainability on May 8. In the report, Cefic stresses the importance of applying sustainable chemistry to the entire product life cycle, beginning with consideration of raw material sourcing impacts, and including manufacturing, packaging, transport and distribution, sales and use, and post-use […]