ELIMINATE HAZARDS
AVOID REGRETTABLE SUBSTITUTIONS
DESIGN SAFER FROM THE START
EASY TO USE
Our cloud-based tool makes it easy to find information on safer chemical ingredients for your products, and understand how to substitute them for the chemicals of concern you are using now.
BEST SCIENCE AVAILABLE
Our peer-reviewed, science-based data is continuously updated and improved by qualified, third-party assessors and board certified toxicologists so you have at your fingertips the best science available 24/7.
TRUSTED AND INDEPENDENT
ChemFORWARD is the only leading chemical assessment organization that is a non-profit -- which means quality and accessibility are our primary mission so you can have confidence in the information you receive.
AVOID REGRETTABLE SUBSTITUTION
Understand the chemicals you are using now (or about to) so you can make smart, informed decisions and avoid expensive reformulation and rebranding down the road due to a regrettable substitution.
Our Initiatives
Curated information for you, your supply chain, and your industry. Each unique vertical includes industry specific hazard data, portfolios of safer alternatives, the ability to request new assessments as needed, and B2B reporting options.
Beauty & Personal Care
With co-design partners Target, Sephora, Credo, and EDF we have created an easy, cost-effective tool based on the best available science to unlock the most comprehensive dataset to support your brand’s transparency and safety efforts
Consumer Electronics
With co-design partners Google, Apple, and HP we are working to enable suppliers to scale proactive screening and assessment of chemicals by providing access to cost effective, comprehensive chemical hazard assessments and safer alternatives.
Packaging
In partnership with the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, Food Packaging Forum, and with support from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy, we have launched the Safe+Circular Materials Collaborative to support brands in their 2025 commitments
Emerging Sectors
From identifying safer alternatives to verifying supplier claims we have worked with Apparel & Footwear, the Built Environment and others to research potential alternatives, review performance data, and reach out to suppliers to identify a short list of functional options. Options are screened for known hazards and then prioritized for full assessment and inclusion in ChemFORWARD.
Custom Projects
Ingredient Intelligence
Our customizable portfolios can be tailored to your specific project, product or initiative.
We will partner with you to assemble a value chain collaboration centered on your chemicals of concern to create alternative assessment portfolios that will guide your value chain toward safer chemistry and avoid regrettable substitutions.
With the Ingredient Intelligence Report, you can gain insight into a product or your entire assortment. Annual reports help you measure progress toward your goals, identify and eliminate chemicals of high concern, target investments to fill data gaps, and prioritize initiatives with suppliers that will have the greatest impact toward safer chemistry.
YOUR PLAN TO BE A LEADER IN
SAFE AND CIRCULAR PRODUCTS
Ask your contract manufacturers and suppliers to get their ingredients assessed through ChemFORWARD
Send us your list of ingredients, we’ll do the work for you to produce a benchmark report
Subscribe to the platform to easily optimize your formulation and support clean ingredient claims based on the best science available
See how it works
This 5-minute video walks you through all of the unique features of the ChemFORWARD platform, showing how the tool helps formulators, designers and other decision-makers easily access the information they need to eliminate hazardous chemicals, avoid regrettable substitutions and design safer from the beginning. After you have watched it, get in touch at info@chemforward.com to schedule your own demo.
