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Agenda
Welcome
Nhat Nguyen, Enhesa Product
Keynote: Rising to the challenge of developing sustainable products
- There are an increasing number of drivers for sustainable products from investors, regulators, and the marketplace
- The factors that weigh into determining sustainable products are also increasing including carbon neutrality, circularity, toxicity and other factors such as social justice
- It is critical for companies along the value chain, along with government authorities and other stakeholders, to develop clear criteria and metrics for defining sustainable products, in addition to driving innovations that enhance sustainability attributes over time.
Joel Tickner, Change Chemistry
Session 1: Supply Chain Transparency /Responsible Sourcing
Moderator
Ed Struzik, ERM
Key trends and drivers shaping corporate approaches to responsible sourcing programmes
- Drivers of stakeholder requests to assess the environmental performance of an organization's supply chain and to ensure that its partners are approaching sourcing in a responsible manner
- How organizations are responding
- How to take practical steps to assure sustainable performance
Jeff Morgheim, Huntsman
Benefits and challenges in ingredient disclosure trends in the US
Lori Bestervelt, Scivera/Enhesa
Supply Chain Transparency
Dan Reid, Responsible Business Alliance
Refreshments
Transparency in Consumer Goods
Molly Blessing, Household & Commercial Products Association
ESG Disclosure in Supply Chains: Overview of emerging regulation and approaches for collaboration
- Links between corporate ESG requirements and supply chain sustainability
- Different ways supply chains can collaborate
- Risk management measures that can be used to mitigate risks
Elisabeth Luther, Yordas
Q&A
Lunch
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Greg Harrop-Griffiths, Chemical Watch
Session 2: Design for sustainability
Moderator
Kate Sellers, ERM, US
Embedding product sustainability into research and development
- Incorporating product stewardship and regulatory into PhaseGate R&D projects
- Case study - New chemical TSCA PMN success
- Case study - Delays due to significant changes late in the PhaseGate process
Stephen Martin, BASF
The Future of Distribution: Delivering Transparency & Sustainable Growth
- How distribution enables transparency and sustainable growth throughout the supply chain
- Establishing a Sustainable & Natural Products Framework
- How distribution's sustainability goals can decarbonize and circularize the supply chain to meet new consumer demand for safer, cleaner, healthier and eco-friendlier products and services
Kelly Gilroy, Univar Solutions
Starting Your Journey in Sustainability
Tanya Melendez, Phoenix Closures, Inc; Rick Palandri, Phoenix
Q&A
Refreshments
Data Sharing: A strategy to accelerate sustainable design
- ChemForward's globally harmonized repository of chemical hazard assessments and safer alternatives provides necessary infrastructure to inform change;
- Shared data requires trust in the quality of the data, quality is a continuous improvement process;
- Multi-stakeholder approaches contribute to scale and create collective impact;
- Improved access and knowledge create economic and social benefit.
Stacy Glass, ChemFORWARD
Flame retardants regulatory challenges by class or sub-class: Paths to meet sustainability expectations in a complex industry
- Brief history of regulations affecting halogenated flame retardants
- Recent activity to regulate as a class or sub-class
- Chlorine, Bromine and perFluoro
- Alternatives, polymeric bromine and non-halogens
Mike Goode, FRX Polymers Inc