News and events
This page includes news about the Chemicals Policy Initiative, and the events organized by the LCSP Chemicals Policy Initiative.
"Workshop on Implementing the European Union's New REACH Legislation," September 2007
The Lowell Center for Sustainable Production and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation cosponsored this 1-day workshop at the DEC Headquarters in Albany. The following materials from the workshop are available for download:
- SI Group: Supply Chain Communication
- Starfire Systems: Getting Information From Supply Chains
- Xerox: REACH Compliance
- NYS DEC: New York State Chemical Management Activities
"Turning REACH Into an Opportunity: A Training on Implementing the European Union's New REACH Legislation," September 2007
The Lowell Center for Sustainable Production and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality present this one day training at Lansing Community College. The following materials are available for download:
- General Motors: The Automotive Sector and REACH
- National Center for Manufacturing Sciences: Keeping REACH Within Our Grasp
- Steelcase: Getting Information Through Supply Chains
- Tetra Tech: An Industry Review of REACH
"Green Chemistry and Commerce Council (GC3) Innovators Roundtable: The Role of Tools, Labels, and Retail in Promoting Safer Chemistry,"
April 2007
The Green Chemistry and Commerce Council (GC3) was formed by attendees participating in Sustainable Business and Safer Chemistry Through the Supply Chain: An Innovators Roundtable (see below for details), at the Darden School of Business in 2005. Since then, GC3 participants have continued dialogue, information sharing, and collaboration around safer chemicals and products. This April's meeting built on progress made since Darden and explored new avenues for innovation and collaboration.
The following materials from the meeting are available for download:
- Meeting agenda
- Introduction to the GC3
- Summary and Presentation of Tools for Chemical Assessment Working Group Activities
- Summary of DfE and Green Chemistry Working Group Activities
- Summary of Drivers and Marketing Working Group Activities
- Wal-Mart Business Sustainability: Chemical Intensive Products Strategy
- Seventh Generation and the Power of Retail
- Is Your Firm Going Up or Down the REACH Curve?
- Dell: Staying Ahead of REACH
- Johnson Diversey: Staying Ahead of REACH
- DuPont: Staying Ahead of REACH
A Meeting Report is also available here.
"Chemicals Policy Training Series," Summer, 2006
Trainings on US and European chemicals policy have been held in Hartford, Detroit, Seattle, and Foster City, CA. Click here for more information about these and future trainings. The following materials from the workshops are available for download:
- EPA and Other Resources on Safer Design
- List of Additional Resources
- REACH Acronym List
- Summary of the REACH Proposal
- A Brief Introduction to REACH
- REACH Q & A
- Four Ways US Businesses Can Prepare for REACH
- Tools and Approaches to Sustainable Chemicals Management
- The Changing Nature of Chemicals Management
"Sustainable Business and Safer Chemistry Through the Supply Chain: An Innovators Roundtable," November 2005
The LowellCenter partnered with the Darden School of Business at University of Virginia at Charlottesville to host a 2-and-a-half day roundtable discussion from November 14-16, 2005. The meeting brought together representatives from industry, government, and academia to discuss the challenges and opportunities in greening the supply chain.
- Case studies on Interface Fabrics and Herman Miller were presented.
- The final agenda, meeting materials and presentations are available for download.
- A press release was issued by the Lowell Center and the Darden School.
- A meeting summary is available for download.
"Framing a Future Chemicals Policy," April 2005
In April 2005, the Lowell Center hosted a multi-stakeholder forum for the first North American dialogue about sustainable chemicals policy. The meeting brought together chemical producers, downstream users, representatives of government and non-government organizations, and others for presentations and group discussions on key elements of a more sustainable chemicals policy. The meeting was organized with the assistance of a multi-stakeholder Steering Committee.
- Presentations and briefings are available from the agenda page.
- Go to the workshops page to download background papers, presentations, and summary reports from the workshops.
- A full conference report is now available.
- Two press releases were issued by LCSP: one before and one after the conference.
"Designing Safer Alternatives," December 2004
In December 2004, the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production convened a group of 40 North American and European experts in chemicals substitution, alternatives assessment, life cycle assessment and product policy from government, industry, academia, and the nonprofit sector to discuss ways to improve and coordinate alternatives assessment processes.
Click to download presentations from the meeting.
The background to, and outcomes of, the meeting are available in a detailed report [500K PDF].
"European Chemical Experts Tour," October 2003
In October 2003, just prior to the publication of the REACH proposal, LCSP organized a four-city tour of the US by a group of European chemicals experts. For more information see the Chemicals Policy Tour web page.
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