Publications

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Best Practices in Product Chemicals Management in the Retail Industry

December 2009
Faced with growing demands to identify, disclose and substitute potentially harmful chemical ingredients in the products they sell, innovative retailers are incorporating product chemicals management systems into their sustainability strategies. This report examines the influences on retailers to encourage the adoption of chemicals management systems; the systems that Apple, Boots, Green Depot, Patagonia, REI, Staples, and Walmart have adopted; and the challenges, benefits, and best practices identified in the development and implementation of these systems.
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Gathering Chemical Information and Advancing Safer Chemistry in Complex Supply Chains: Case Studies of Nike, S.C. Johnson, and Hewlett-Packard

September 2009
As part of the Tools for Safer Chemical Assessment
working group, three case studies of leading firms with
complex supply chains were conducted to explore and
share experiences on how these companies gather
chemical information from their supply chains and how
they use this information to develop safer products.  A
summary report synthesizes the lessons learned and
best practices that were distilled from each of the
case studies.

Download the summary report and case studies:

Summary report (pdf)
Nike (pdf)
S. C. Johnson (pdf)
Hewlett-Packard (pdf)

Growing the Green Economy: A State's Guide to Creating Opportunities for Green Chemistry and Design for Environment

September 2009
For more than fifteen years, green chemistry and design for environment have been used successfully to benefit both the environment and the economy. In an effort to further entrench these approaches as the fundamental bedrock of industry practices and government policies, the GC3 and the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable have teamed up to provide this guide outlining options for states to successfully promote research, development and application of these approaches to eliminate or reduce the use of hazardous chemicals in manufacturing and to promote a green economy.
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EPA'S DfE Criteria for Safer Cleaning Products (CSCP) in the Form of a Standard

June 2009
A criteria document was developed with the purpose of making Design for Environment criteria for recognition under the EPA Formulator Program more transparent and accessible. A group convened under the Green Chemistry and Commerce Council provided guidance to DfE for the development of the document to ensure that it would communicate well to its intended audience. See EPA for more information...
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An Analysis of Corporate Restricted Substance Lists (RSLs) and Their Implications for Green Chemistry and Design for Environment

November 2008
Given the general lack of information on many chemicals in commerce, some companies have developed screening programs and criteria to guide hazardous materials restrictions. Despite the development of these lists and publication by certain sectors or companies, there has been no effort to date to pool restricted substances lists across sectors and companies to better understand the types of chemicals restricted and rationale for their restriction.  GC3 companies contributed their restricted substances lists for this analysis of key differences, trends, and the importance of RSLs within various industrial sectors.

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Download restricted substances spreadsheet (xls)