Loop Creative 3/20/24 Loop Creative 3/20/24

Safer Chemistry Impact Fund Awards First Grant

ChemFORWARD, a science-based, non-profit organization, will manage the Chemical Hazard Data Trust to accelerate a science-based, data-driven transition to safe and sustainable product

Loop Creative 11/7/23 Loop Creative 11/7/23

Greg Hughes Joins ChemFORWARD as Software Developer

We proudly announce that Greg Hughes has joined ChemFORWARD as a Software Developer.

Hughes will play a pivotal part in the maintenance, enhancement, and development of our software applications. These applications are critical, facilitating access to and utilization of our comprehensive chemical hazard repository.

Loop Creative 10/12/23 Loop Creative 10/12/23

Samsung Joins ChemFORWARD’s Electronics Safer Chemistry Collaborative

ChemFORWARD is pleased to share that Samsung has joined our Electronics Safer Chemistry Collaborative. Samsung joins fellow collaborative members Apple, Google, HP, IBM, Intel, Sonos, Microsoft, Amazon, and Seagate.

Loop Creative 9/6/23 Loop Creative 9/6/23

Gabrielle Rigutto Joins ChemFORWARD as Research & Data Quality Specialist

Loop Creative 8/22/23 Loop Creative 8/22/23

Vishaal Gopal Joins ChemFORWARD as Program Manager for the Electronics Safer Chemistry Collaborative

Loop Creative 7/21/23 Loop Creative 7/21/23

Introducing CleanPackage: Supporting Safe + Circular Materials for Packaging

As packaging design advances to support recyclability and compostability, safe building blocks can be hard to pinpoint and hazardous chemicals can be difficult to avoid. To help companies tackle this challenge, The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) is excited to launch CleanPackage, a database of verified safer alternative packaging materials.

Loop Creative 4/11/23 Loop Creative 4/11/23

Heather McKenney Joins ChemFORWARD as Safer Chemistry Lead

Loop Creative 1/12/23 Loop Creative 1/12/23

Lauren Heine Appointed President of The Association for the Advancement of Alternatives Assessment (A4)

ChemFORWARD would like to congratulate our Founder and Director of Science & Data Integrity, Lauren Heine, on her recent appointment as President of The Association for the Advancement of Alternatives Assessment (A4).

ChemFORWARD 11/3/22 ChemFORWARD 11/3/22

ChemFORWARD Speaking Engagements

ChemFORWARD has been invited to speak at several conferences this Fall. You can find all the details below. If you are attending any of these events please reach out and connect with us or attend our session as we share specifics about what ChemFORWARD is doing to accelerate the elimination of toxic chemicals and transition to safer chemistry in multiple sectors.

Loop Creative 11/1/22 Loop Creative 11/1/22

The Honest Company Partners with ChemFORWARD to Co-Design the Future of Science-Based Home & Personal Care

Loop Creative 10/11/22 Loop Creative 10/11/22

Beautycounter Joins ChemFORWARD as Co-Design Partner to Collaboratively Advance Safer Chemistry for All

Beautycounter is bringing their commitment and experience in sourcing and formulating products that protect both people and the planet to the collaborative work of scaling greater transparency and safer chemistry throughout the industry as a ChemFORWARD co-design partner.

Loop Creative 9/15/22 Loop Creative 9/15/22

ChemFORWARD’s Plastic Additives Optimization Tool Expands to Include Trade Name Materials - still freely available!

Since its launch in April, ChemFORWARD’s free Plastic Additive Optimization Tool has helped hundreds of formulators and designers check the chemical hazard profile of over 1100 plastic additives and find safer alternatives.

Loop Creative 9/7/22 Loop Creative 9/7/22

Evonik’s HYACARE ® Achieves ChemFORWARD SAFER™

ChemFORWARD 4/6/22 ChemFORWARD 4/6/22

Apple, Google, and ChemFORWARD join forces to drive support for safer flame retardants in the Electronics Sector

ChemFORWARD, in collaboration with Apple and Google, is pleased to announce the availability of a comprehensive set of chemical hazard assessments for phosphorus-based and other non-halogenated flame retardants used in electronics. The goal of this work is to help companies move away from flame retardants with known health and environmental concerns towards those that are well characterized and verified to be safer.

ChemFORWARD 3/17/22 ChemFORWARD 3/17/22

ChemFORWARD’s Lauren Heine & Chris Bartlett to Present at the SOT 61st Annual Meeting and ToxExpo

Lauren Heine, Ph. D., ChemFORWARD Co-Founder and Director of Science and Data Integrity, and Chris Bartlett, Ph.D, ChemFORWARD Lead Toxicologist, will be presenting at the Society of Toxicology 61st Annual Meeting and ToxExpo on Sunday, March 27th in San Diego, California.

ChemFORWARD 8/15/21 ChemFORWARD 8/15/21

New, Free Tool Informs Better Food Packaging Purchasing

The Understanding Packaging (UP) Scorecard, led by the Single Use Materials Decelerator, provides a single measuring stick to food packaging buyers who must weigh claims such as compostable, recyclable, low-carbon and sustainable.

Guest User 5/25/21 Guest User 5/25/21

Nike Sponsored Portfolio Offers Alternatives to DMF, Facilitating Safer Textile Production

ChemFORWARD is pleased to announce the launch of a portfolio of safer alternatives to dimethylformamide. Clothing and shoe manufacturers including Nike have been eager for a less toxic replacement to the inexpensive, abundant and effective chemical, which has been used for decades to produce synthetic leather. ChemFORWARD has assembled complete chemical hazard assessments for 10 solvents that can be used instead of DMF.

ChemFORWARD 4/23/21 ChemFORWARD 4/23/21

ChemFORWARD and GreenScreen Offer Aligned Outputs for Hazard Data: ToxServices

ChemFORWARD’s method of assessing chemical hazards and safer alternatives and GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals’ framework offer highly aligned and equivalent outputs. That’s according to a detailed comparison of results from applying the two methods that ToxServices’ Jennifer Tanir presented at the 2021 Society of Toxicology’s Annual Meeting last month.

ChemFORWARD 3/22/21 ChemFORWARD 3/22/21

Apple Joins ChemFORWARD as Co-Design Partner, Boosting Sustainable Tech Innovation

The Cupertino, California-based technology giant is one of the world’s most innovative in sustainability, leading initiatives on clean energy and no carbon footprint and working to source 100 percent recycled materials. The company’s Smarter Chemistry efforts include regulated substances specifications, toxicological assessments of materials selected for Apple products, and a protocol for prioritizing chemicals of concern in the electronics industry.

ChemFORWARD 3/3/21 ChemFORWARD 3/3/21

ChemFORWARD and the Sustainable Packaging Coalition Launch the Safe + Circular Materials Collaborative

“This partnership with the Sustainable Packaging Coalition will not only help support companies seeking the material building blocks that will make packaging safe for humans and the environment across the product life cycle; it will seek to identify and activate the supply chain drivers to create lasting systems change,” said ChemFORWARD Executive Director Stacy Glass.