To obtain information about candidate product details, positive and negative aspects, and ingredients or materials, we can look at the following search results:
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The Safer Choice program by the US EPA requires manufacturers to disclose all product ingredients to earn permission to place the Safer Choice label on products. The program evaluates every ingredient against a stringent set of health and environmental criteria, and a product is only allowed to carry the Safer Choice label if each ingredient is among the safest in its ingredient class. All ingredients must be disclosed either on the product or the manufacturers website.
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The Safer Choice program considers whole product characteristics, like possible negative synergies between ingredients and pH level, as well as lifecycle factors, like energy efficiency and water savings. The program uses the technical expertise of its workgroup of EPA scientists to compare ingredients in the same functional class and identify those ingredients with the lowest hazard profile. The program has developed Criteria for Safer Chemical Ingredients to share this expertise and make it easier to formulate safer products.
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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) maintains a Candidate List of substances of very high concern for Authorization. The list includes substances that may have negative impacts on human health or the environment. Companies may have legal obligations following the inclusion of a substance in the Candidate List, including in particular Articles 7, 31, and 33 of the REACH Regulation.
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) can involve requiring that products, ingredients, materials, or components be sourced according to free trade standards. CSR can also lead to innovative and groundbreaking solutions that help a company act in a more socially responsible way and increase profits.
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The US Green Building Councils Building product disclosure and optimization - material ingredients credit requires end-use products and materials to have fully inventoried chemical ingredients to 100 ppm and assess each substance against the Authorization list – Annex XIV, the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern for Authorization.
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The US EPAs 40 CFR Part 241 identifies the requirements and procedures for the identification of solid wastes used as fuels or ingredients in combustion units.
In summary, the Safer Choice program evaluates every ingredient against a stringent set of health and environmental criteria, and a product is only allowed to carry the Safer Choice label if each ingredient is among the safest in its ingredient class. The ECHA maintains a Candidate List of substances of very high concern for Authorization, and companies may have legal obligations following the inclusion of a substance in the list. CSR can involve requiring that products, ingredients, materials, or components be sourced according to free trade standards, and can lead to innovative and groundbreaking solutions that help a company act in a more socially responsible way and increase profits. The US Green Building Councils Building product disclosure and optimization - material ingredients credit requires end-use products and materials to have fully inventoried chemical ingredients to 100 ppm and assess each substance against the Authorization list – Annex XIV, the Candidate List of Substances ...
