product safety & stewardship
Global product strategy
The International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) has developed a Global Product Strategy (GPS) to improve product stewardship within the chemical industry and with customers throughout the chain of commerce.
The development and launch of GPS at the International Conference on Chemicals Management in Dubai, U.A.E., in February 2006, demonstrated a proactive approach to chemicals management and presented an integrated strategy for product stewardship throughout the chemical industry's value chain.
Key components of this program to improve product stewardship include:
- guidelines for product stewardship, to share best practices within the chemical industry and with customer industries.
- a tiered process for completing risk characterization and risk management actions for chemicals in commerce.
- product stewardship performance with a special focus on working directly with downstream customers of the chemical industry (the “value chain”).
- exploration of a potential partnership with an intergovernmental organization to enhance global product stewardship.
- greater transparency, including ways to make relevant product stewardship information available to the public.
Through this initiative and others, members of the chemical industry have committed to provide product information for stakeholders and the public. The ultimate goal of GPS is to increase public and stakeholder awareness and confidence that chemicals in commerce are safely managed throughout their lifecycle.
Product summaries - A component of GPS is to make relevant product stewardship information on chemicals in commerce publicly available. ExxonMobil is committed to completing our work on these summaries.
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