ChemFORWARD Co-Founder and CEO Stacy Glass will serve as a delegate and invited participant in the High Level Dialogues at the first International Conference of the Global Framework on Chemicals (GFC), taking place November 16–20 in Geneva, Switzerland.
The international gathering comes as governments, companies and investors face growing pressure to move beyond commitments on safer chemistry and demonstrate measurable progress.
Glass will bring ChemFORWARD’s perspective on what that transition looks like in practice: actionable chemical hazard data, a common framework to track, report, and measure progress, and sector-specific collaborations to identify and replace chemicals of concern before they become larger business, regulatory, or supply-chain risks.
“The conversation is shifting from whether we need safer chemistry to how we actually make it happen at scale,” Glass said. “We now have companies, investors and policymakers asking many of the same questions about data, measurement and accountability. Geneva gives us an opportunity to connect those conversations and show what implementation can look like.”
ChemFORWARD’s participation follows several years of work building the infrastructure to help companies put safer chemistry into practice. Through its Chemical Hazard Data Trust, Safer Chemistry Profile Reporting and Industry Collaboratives, the organization works with companies across beauty and personal care, apparel and footwear, consumer electronics, and more to increase hazard transparency through shared data and measure progress.
While in Geneva, ChemFORWARD will also join the Safer Chemistry Impact Fund, Investor Environmental Health Network, and Chronos Sustainability in hosting Moving from GFC Targets to Market Action: Operationalizing Safer Chemistry on November 17. The invitation-only event will convene investors, corporate leaders and policy experts to explore how data, measurement and private capital can accelerate progress.
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About ChemFORWARD
ChemFORWARD is a science-based, nonprofit organization working to create broad access to chemical hazard data to end the uncertainty about chemical hazards by ensuring that all chemicals entering commerce are well characterized and support safe and sustainable design. Utilizing a data-sharing model, the Chemical Hazard Data Trust managed by ChemFORWARD offers users trusted information on comprehensive chemical hazard assessments with a focus on safer alternatives.
About The Safer Chemistry Impact Fund
The Safer Chemistry Impact Fund (SCI Fund) is a collaborative initiative advancing the infrastructure needed to make safer chemistry measurable, actionable, and scalable. Working with companies, investors, technical experts, nonprofits, and government partners, SCI Fund is embedding tools and metrics to accelerate supply chain transformation and investment in verified safer alternatives. By creating a common foundation for measuring safer chemistry, SCI Fund is helping to make it a standard operating practice across global supply chains.
