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Healthy Business Strategies - Clean Production Action

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T H R E E<br />

From Toxic to Green Chemistry — Taking <strong>Action</strong><br />

Companies that understand the<br />

need to assure product safety to<br />

customers, investors and other<br />

stakeholders see the issue not as<br />

how to be compliant with regulatory requirements,<br />

but instead as a catalyst for creating<br />

value. The six case studies in this report provide<br />

a road map for companies on the journey<br />

towards a <strong>Healthy</strong> <strong>Business</strong> Strategy (see<br />

Section Six — Recommendations for <strong>Healthy</strong><br />

<strong>Business</strong> <strong>Strategies</strong>). What are the practical<br />

steps these companies taking to be chemically<br />

healthy?<br />

First, they understand the importance of<br />

assessing chemical use throughout their<br />

supply chain — identifying chemicals their<br />

suppliers use and the hazards posed by those<br />

chemicals. Early in the process, they start by<br />

focusing on a chemical under regulatory<br />

scrutiny in the u.S., such as lead or mercury.<br />

But as they progress, they look beyond u.S.<br />

requirements to European, Japanese and<br />

other chemicals restrictions — understanding<br />

that to sell products globally they need<br />

to comply with the strictest standards<br />

globally.<br />

Cognizant of the flawed regulatory system,<br />

the most fully aware companies track the<br />

latest scientific developments around chemicals<br />

and act on the latest science to eliminate<br />

0 healthy business strategies for transforming the toxic chemical economy

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