The search results provide information on candidate meaning, product details, positive and negative aspects, and ingredients or materials. Here is a summary of the information found:
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Safer Choice Label: The Safer Choice label is given to products that comply with the Safer Choice Standard, which has stringent human health and environmental criteria. To earn permission to place the Safer Choice label on products, a manufacturer must disclose all product ingredients. The Safer Choice program applies stringent criteria for health and environmental safety in labeling products with the safest possible chemical ingredients. A product is only allowed to carry the Safer Choice label if each ingredient is among the safest in its ingredient class.
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Safer Choice Standard: The Safer Choice Standard incorporates safer chemical criteria for individual component class ingredients, like surfactants, solvents, and chelants. In product evaluation, EPA can go beyond prohibiting ingredients based on lists of chemicals of concern and apply analytical methods to prevent the use of problematic chemicals that have not made it to a list. Safer Choice considers whole product characteristics, like possible negative synergies between ingredients and pH level, as well as lifecycle factors, like energy efficiency and water savings.
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Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern: The Candidate List of substances of very high concern for Authorisation is a list of substances that may have serious effects on human health or the environment. Companies may have immediate legal obligations following the inclusion of a substance in the Candidate List on this website.
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Sustainability of Chemicals Used in Products: Assessing the sustainability of chemicals used in products requires gathering sufficient information and robust data, followed by further work on gap-filling approaches and addressing uncertainties. One approach to determining which candidate products are safe and sustainable by design is to score the performance of the candidates against each dimension of safety and sustainability.
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Corporate Social Responsibility: A business might require that products, ingredients, materials, or components be sourced according to free trade standards. Reconceptualizing the manufacturing process so that a company consumes less energy and produces less waste allows it to become more environmentally friendly while reducing its energy and materials costs.
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Building Product Disclosure and Optimization: Materials defined as trade secret or intellectual property may withhold the name and/or CASRN/EC Number but must disclose role, amount, and hazard screen using a third-party assessor.
In summary, the search results provide information on the Safer Choice Label and Standard, the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern, assessing the sustainability of chemicals used in products, corporate social responsibility, and building product disclosure and optimization.
