Sector-expert Consultation for the Chemicals in Products Project

Name: Sector-expert Consultation for the Chemicals in Products Project
Start: 2010-12-09
End: 2010-12-10
Location: Switzerland

9 - 10 December 2010

Geneva, Switzerland

Overview

Presentations

The Chemicals in Products (CiP) Programme is an ongoing activity at UN Environment on the policy and practical facets of access to information on the chemicals contained in everyday products. The activities focus on increasing the availability and access to the information actors need – throughout the life-cycle of products – so that they can properly manage those products and the chemicals in them.

An overview of systems for providing information regarding chemicals in products and of stakeholders’ needs for such information - Mr. Aake Thidell, International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University, Sweden: Note: refer also to project study report found here
CiP Electronics - Mr. Nardono Nimpuno, International Chemicals Secretariat (ChemSec), Sweden
Chemicals in Products Project: Toy Sector Case Study - Ms. Susanne Hartlieb, Dialogik and DEKRA Industrial
Textiles sector case study – findings to date - Mr. Kevin Munn, UNEP DTIE / Chemicals Branch
Introduction to ETAD - The Ecological and Toxicological Association of Dyes and Organic Pigments Manufacturers - Mr. Walther Hofherr, ETAD Executive Director
ICCA Activities to Improve the availability of information - Ms. Melanie Bausen, BASF SE, ICCA Chemical Policy and Health Leadership Group

Did you know?

1/5 of global black carbon emissions come from the transport sector.

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