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Safer Product-design to E liminate Water Pollution at Source Anne-Sofie Andersson, Director

Safer Product-design to E liminate Water Pollution at Source Anne-Sofie Andersson, Director International Chemical Secretariat ( ChemSec ). World Water Week , 3rd September 2013. How to tackle polluted water? . Wastewater treatment Product design and choice of chemicals. Overview.

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Safer Product-design to E liminate Water Pollution at Source Anne-Sofie Andersson, Director

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  1. Safer Product-design toEliminate Water Pollution at Source Anne-Sofie Andersson, Director International ChemicalSecretariat (ChemSec) World WaterWeek, 3rd September 2013

  2. How to tackle polluted water? • Wastewater treatment • Product design and • choice of chemicals

  3. Overview • Why: Upcoming Business Environment • How: Chemicals management • Who: Business Collaborations • Concluding remarks

  4. Why: Upcoming Business Environment

  5. Business environment - legal perspective • EUs chemical regulation, REACH: • Today: 144 substances listed as very hazardous chemicals • EU Commission´s aim: 440 substances by 2020 • Consumers right to know: are these substances present in any product • Basis for selection for restrictions or authorisations • Covers all chemicals produced within or exported to EU • Chemicals regulations under development: China, South Korea and California

  6. Business environment - further perspectives • Consumers are afraid of health impacts from chemicals in everyday products • Unfaithful consumers; rapid changes in behavior • Investors, in first hand social-responsible investors, start looking at financial risks linked with production or use of hazardous chemicals

  7. Howtoreact on the business environment

  8. How does this effect companies? • A company wants to reduce risk and thus cost from: • bad reputation • rapid market changes • disruptive production cycles due to new regulations

  9. Chemicals is now a high level issue • Introduce chemicals management, with clear phase out plans • Existing support: • Guidance for chemicals management • Deploy ChemSec tools: SIN list and SUBSPORT (alternatives) • Co-operate within sector / supply chain

  10. Concrete tools for chemicals management Predicts very hazardous chemicals Identifying safer alternatives www.sinlist.orgwww.subsport.eu

  11. Who: ChemSec Business Collaborations

  12. ChemSec Business Group Market leading companies in different sectorscoming together todiscusschemicals management strategies

  13. Concluding remarks Produce and use products without hazardous chemicals Instead of wasting effort on water treatment

  14. Thankyou for your attention!

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