ACC Value Chain Outreach May 2015

Federal Regulation

Local Bans

Marketplace Deselection

Consumer Activism

State Regulation

Evolution of Chemical Management

Building & Construction

Design for the Environment

UL Environment

LEED

EPEAT

The Sustainability Consortium

Automotive

Health/Medical

Electronics

Retail/Household

Environmental Defense Fund

Natural Resources Defense Council

Safer Chemicals Healthy Families

Healthy Building Network

Sustainable Apparel Coalition

Juvenile Products

Clean Production Action

Health Production Declaration

Prop 65

Green Screen

Cradle to Cradle

Hazardous 100+ SIN List

Chloroanilline

Acrylamide

Acetone Ethylene Oxide

Chlorinated Paraffin

Perfluoro Compounds

Phthalates

Siloxanes

Polyurethane

Proplyene Oxide

Styrene

Trichlorobenzene

Triclosan

Vinyl Chloride

Flame Retardants

Formaldehyde

Methylene Chloride

Glycol Ethers

Isocyanates

n-hexane

Nonylphenol Ethoxylates

Parabens Acetaldehyde

Benzidenes

Acrylonitrile

Benzenamines

BPA

Epichlorohydrin

Methanol

Propylene

Toluene

Xylene

Ammonia

Benzene

Chlorine

Ethylene

Ketones Butadiene

Ethylbenzene

Science

Value Chain Decisions Based On…

Perception

Responsible

Care® Product

Safety Code

Value Chain

Outreach

ACC’s Commitment to Science & Chemical Safety

TSCA reform

TSCA advocacy

Safety messaging

RC Product Safety Code

Address Risk and Fear

Recruit experts & allies

Create new platforms for

discussion

Challenge opponents

Increase Volume and Voices

Engage with

downstream users

Advocate in the marketplace

Engage with the Value Chain

Highlight innovation

& economic

contributions

Promote Benefits

Strategic Direction

Industry seen as a constructive resource and solutions provider

to chemical management discussions

Strategic Objectives for Value Chain Initiative

Value chain chemical standards, policies, tools, and decisions based on science and safety, consistent

with ACC Principles

Value Chain Principles

Science: Hazard, use and exposure consideration;

inappropriateness of hazard only red lists

Life Cycle: Consideration of lifecycle impacts and trade-offs

Cooperation: Information sharing while protecting CBI

Tools & Standards: Inclusiveness, science-based, consensus, gov’t use of true consensus standards

Transparency: Public communication for informed decision-making

Innovation: Free value chain chemical selection based on

performance and safety

Responsibility: Unique responsibilities along value chain

2015 Market Priorities

Priority Tier 2 Research/ Monitor

Building &

Construction

Retail • Home & Personal

Care

Electronics

Retail • Apparel

• Toys & Juvenile

Products

HealthCare/

Medical Devices

Transportation

Food/Bev/Ag

Value Chain Outreach:

Strategic Plan

Product Deconstructions

Polyester fiber

Consumer-Oriented Whiteboard Video

B&C Slide Deck

Working Towards More Sophisticated

Product Safety Assessment Tools

What are the

ingredients?

Can they impact occupants?

Is the product safe to specify and use?

Provide cohesive

hazard & exposure tools

for informed decision-making.

Link the interface for existing

screening tools to create

understandable product

safety reports.

Working with Others: A Comprehensive

Chemical Evaluation Framework

Single attribute approaches only tell part of the story

Promote efficient flow of actionable information along

the supply chain

Bring to scale the evaluation of exposure, lifecycle

trade-offs, socioeconomic benefits

Promote holistic approaches and lifecycle thinking to

drive future business decisions

Tools evaluated and scored based

on weighted criteria; compared

to similar tools

No one tool fits all applications

Analysis of 32 “Tools”

Gauthier et al., 2014

Types of Tools Evaluated: • Hazard Screening Tools • Exposure Tools • Lists • Standards • Other

No One Tool Fits All Applications

• Wide variety of tools designed

for a range of purposes

• Tools vary in consideration of

exposure, lifecycle

considerations and

comparability capabilities

• Tools can be used

inappropriately or results misinterpreted

Evaluation of Chemical Screening Tools Project Objectives

Hypothesis: Hazard screening assessments, based on

similar science, should yield similar results.

Use protocol specified by each tool provider to conduct

screening level hazard assessment to:

• Understand underlying assumptions used in each tool

• Clarify source of data used

• Determine results when the same chemistries are run

through leading tools

Chemicals Selected for Evaluation

CAS # Chemical Name Chemical Description/Type

58-08-2 Caffeine Natural

77-92-9 Citric acid Naturally derived preservative on

DfE Safer Chemicals List

107-21-1 Ethylene glycol Degrades to glycolic acid (79-14-

1), a natural metabolite

79-14-1 Glycolic Acid Degradation product of ethylene

glycol

84-74-2 Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) Well characterized, on ban lists

2634-33-5 Benziosthiazolinone (BIT) Antimicrobial

3194-55-6 HBCD (1,2,5,6,9,10-

Hexabromocyclo-dodecane)

End of life issues (PBT)

Overview of Tools Assessed

Tool Creator Designed Objective Data Source

U.S. EPA

Clean

Production

Action

Chemical

Compliance

Systems

The Wercs Ltd /

Walmart

SciVera

LLC

Identify safer

alternatives

Chemical use

decision guide

Chemical use

decision guide

Customization

based on user

preferences

Assess hazards and

risks of chemicals

Toxicological data

Lists,

Toxicological

data

Toxicological data

Lists

Lists,

Toxicological

data

*

* Multiple models

*

Caffeine

Ethylene Glycol

Foundation on Science and Safety

Safety

Information (Ingredient

information)

Hazard

Analysis

Exposure

Assessment

Alternative

Assessment

Life Cycle

Information

Product Evaluation

Framework

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DRIVE TOWARD MORE ROBUST EVALUATIONS

Hazard + Exposure Demonstration Project

Hazard

Hazard Screening

Tool:

GreenSuite®

Exposure

Exposure

Tool:

ConsExpo/HEAT

Safety Assessment

x =

January 12-13

Trade Leadership

Meetings in DC

January 26

ACC-UL Meeting

in Chicago

April 14-15

Summit for risk-based

framework discussion

Partnering with UL

On February 9th, UL released concept for chemical management solutions –

April 14-15 meeting to begin development

USGBC

MRc4 WG up and running

Focus on vision for credits and “RC

option”

Leadership meetings continue with Scot Horst and Mahesh Ramanujam

Chemical “short course” for CEU confirmed with

leadership

Proposal for “chemical tools” session

submitted

Showcase partnership

August 2014: ACC-USGBC Partnership on Chemicals Issues in LEED

Fragrance-free

surprise

DfE is now “Safer Choice”

March 2015

Same program, new label!

“The head of each agency shall, where life-cycle cost-effective, beginning in fiscal year 2016 …promote sustainable acquisition and procurement by…purchasing sustainable products and services identified by EPA programs including…Safer Choice or labels recommended by EPA.” March 2015

DfE Improvement Objectives

Integrate life-cycle thinking to include water, energy, waste, other impacts

Improve label assessment

process transparency, consistency,

certainty

Seek constructive process to address

stakeholder concerns

Sustainability Reporting

Perspective Papers

NGOs Brand Owners

Trade Associations

Standard Setters

Retailers

Home & Personal Care Sector Map Stakeholder Engagement

www.senseaboutscience.org:

Communicating Risk

Volume and Voices

“Food Babe” vs. “Science Babe”

www.scibabe.com

War on Science