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Global Business Summit 2018

13-14 March 2018, Amsterdam

The Netherlands


About the event

The 2018 Chemical Watch Global Business Summit is taking a fresh approach to tackling the challenges of managing hazardous chemicals in products.

Over two days, we are focusing on four key challenges:

• Tracking substances of concern in articles

• The circular economy

• Endocrine disruptors; and,

• Nanomaterials.

For each challenge, we have recognised experts explaining the current state of play, from a regulatory and voluntary perspective in Europe, and where relevant further afield. The 2018 Summit features leading organisations revealing how they are dealing with, and creating opportunities from, these challenges. Panel discussion sessions throughout the Summit will provide a view of best practice and what the future might bring.

Heads of Regulatory Affairs/Regulatory Managers

REACH Compliance Officers

EHS Directors/Managers

Product Stewardship Professionals

Government Regulators

Product Registration Managers

Lawyers in Private Practice

In-House Counsel

Who should attend?

Why attend?

Engaging and productiveWith a hand-picked panel, an excellent schedule of forward-looking presentations and discussions, not to mention over 100 participants from all over the world, this event promisesto be an engaging and productive experience for all attending.

Expert panelListen to senior representatives from government, industry and other stakeholders.

Current thinkingGain valuable insight into the global management of safer chemicals

Time efficiencyBring yourself up-to-date with the complex and changeable global chemical supply chain landscape and ask questions to which your organisation needs answers.

Q&A panel sessionsHave your specific questions answered by making use of the multiple Q&A sessions. Remember – we encourage attendees to send in any questions in writing in advance of the Summit.

NetworkingMeet your peers, including our expert panel of speakers, in the informal, relaxed setting of the Amsterdam Marriott Hotel in the heart of Amsterdam.

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Day one, 13 March 2018

Moderator: Erwin Annys, Director REACH/Chemicals Policy, Cefic, Belgium

08:30 Coffee and registration

Session 1: Tracking SVHCs in products

09:00 Welcome and introduction

Erwin Annys, Director REACH/Chemicals Policy, Cefic, Belgium

Focus: Current initiatives

09:05 The Danish consumer APP tracking SVHC chemicals in consumer products – a case from the Danish retail market

• Danish market experience using the APP tracking SVHCs

• When do consumers get benefits using the tracking APP?

• Responsibilities when informing consumers about SVHCs

• The way forward for solid consumer information about

SVHCs

Jakob Lamm Zeuthen, Head of Environment Policy,

The Danish Chamber of Commerce, Denmark

09:25 The AskREACH project - which will raise awareness on Substances of Very High Concern in articles among the European population, retailers and industry.

• Duty for article suppliers to communicate information on

SVHCs in their articles

• LIFE AskREACH aims to facilitate SVHC communication

between consumers and companies and between

companies along the supply chain

• Database for article suppliers and smartphone app for

consumers

• A supply chain communication tool for companies

• Invitation to volunteer as pilot companies

Arno Biwer, Senior R&T Associate, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg

09:45 Tools identified to ensure transparency and traceability of substances of concern in articles

• Examples of where regulatory challenges are not

yet understood

• Additional circular economy challenges

• Solutions

Martin Fuehr, Professor for Public Law, Comparative Law and Legal Theory, Darmstadt University, Germany

10:05 It’s time for a more comprehensive Candidate List, SIN List shows the way

• Why the Candidate List is so important

• Population of the Candidate List is has become more and

more complex and slow

• How the SIN List has played and will continue to

play a role

• How, and when, can we reach the ”2020 target”

Anne-Sofie Andersson, Executive Director, ChemSec, Sweden

10:25 Q&A

10:40 Refreshments

Focus: How companies are approaching tracking SVHCs in their products

11:05 Experiences from the healthcare sector

• What is material declaration in the context of the

healthcare industry and why is it becoming critical?

• Roche’s philosophy and approach to material declaration

• Challenges of implementation: Complexity and extent of

the task

• The Golden Rule or where does this road go?

Jan Backmann, Head Chemical Legislation, F.Hoffmann-La

Roche Ltd, Switzerland

11:25 Paramo, experiences from the textiles sector

• Our key chemicals of concern,

• Process of exclusion/replacement

• Verification testing

• Challenges on the way

• Getting fabric mills on board

Gareth Mottram, Commercial Director, Paramo Directional

Clothing, UK

11:45 How the US retail sector manages new initiatives for tracking SVHCs in products

• Mind the Store’s criteria for retailer safer chemicals

policies and programs

• RetailerReportCard.com - who are retailer leaders and

laggards on safer chemicals?

• Examples of retailer initiatives addressing SVHCs

in articles

• Recommendations for retailers to address SVHCs

in products

Mike Schade, Mind the Store Campaign Director, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, US







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12:05 Tracing substances across the supply chain: with specific reference to aerospace and defence industries

• Aerospace specific examples - review of how industry

standard was created

• Issues still faced with data

• Brexit - chaos and complexity - supply chain movement of

articles, expected impact

• Sustainability - moving towards recycling and reuse

• Blockchains - The basis for future state chemical

substance reporting

Raj Takhar, Subject Matter Expert - Materials Management and Chemical Reporting (Europe) Assent Compliance Inc, UK

12:25 Material Disclosure vs. Circular Economy – An Automotive Perspective

• Plastic usage in cars

• Substances in Articles - Challenge of data collection for

complex articles

• The way, the Automotive Industry has solved it

• Why is it so difficult for other sectors to follow the AI

example?

• The reason why industry as a whole has to have a solution

soon -> REACH, consumer expectations and the circular

economy (CE)

• Why is the current discussion on CE looking into the

wrong solutions => Dismantling

Timo Unger, Manager Environmental Affairs, Hyundai Motor Europe, Technical Centre GmbH, Germany

12:45 Q&A

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Panel session: SVHCs in products including discussion on initiatives

The panel will aim to assess what works – in terms of effective knowledge on SVHCs in products – what still needs to be addressed, and how different stakeholders can work together to improve information and management of SVHCs in articles

Session 2: The circular economy

Moderator: Linda-Jean Cockcroft, Technical Director (Business, Industry & Growth), Risk & Policy Analysts, UK

Focus: The EU Commission consultation on the interface between chemicals, products and waste legislation

14:30 Keynote address: The Commission’s Communication on the interface between chemicals, products and waste legislation

Jody Quirke, Legal and Policy Officer, DG ENVIRONMENT, Directorate B –Circular Economy & Green Growth, Unit B.2 –

Sustainable Chemicals, European Commission, Belgium

14:50 Response to the EU commission consultation on roadmap for chemicals, products and waste

• Circular economy and the furniture sector: challenges

and opportunities

• A smart chemical policy

• The need to close the cycle: why the interphase matters

and EFIC suggestions

Roberta Dessi, Secretary General, European Furniture

Industries Federation, Belgium

15:10 The recycling industry’s views on the interface between chemicals, products and waste legislation

• Why chemicals legislation needs to be adapted to the

specificities of the recycling industry

• Specific challenges faced by the recycling industry within

the current regulatory framework – concrete examples

• Position of the recycling industry and proposals for the

way forward concerning the 4 key issues identified by the

European Commission in its consultation document

Melissa Zill, Scientific Officer, European Recycling Industries’

Confederation (EuRIC) AISBL, Belgium

15:30 Q&A

15:45 Refreshments

Focus: How companies/product designers take account of circular economy

16:10 The textiles industry

• Why we are interested in circular economy

• Design restrictions to cope with recycling

• Initiatives to reduce waste

• The difficulty of getting a recycling partnership in place

• Where we are now, targets for input transition

Gareth Mottram, Commercial Director, Paramo Directional Clothing, UK

Yukari Ishizu, Senior Manager, JEPLAN Inc, Japan







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16:30 Towards a circular low-carbon economy

• HP circular economy strategy: products, practices,

and services

• Some circular economy examples in HP inspired by

○ decoupling growth from consumption,

○ disrupting industry business models

○ digitalizing supply chains and products

• Some fundamental challenges from the design phase

to the policy framework

Manuel Sosa-Skrainka, Sustainability Manager Benelux Region, HP, Nederland ICT, SAE, The Netherlands

16:50 Coatings and manufacturing

• Circular economy in the coatings industry in the UK

• PaintCare- the UK’s remanufactured paint initiative and

how similar schemes have worked in other countries

• Examples of circular economy in UK manufacturing

Ellen Daniels, Head of Public Affairs and Policy, British

Coatings Federation, UK

17:10 Q&A

17:25 Panel on Circular Economy focus: How will circular economy activities impact chemicals management activities at the business level; how should businesses prepare - will the EU circular economy package be a game changer?

17:50 Conclusion and close of Day one

Day two, 14 March 2018

Session 3: EDCs

Moderator: Emma Chynoweth, Chief Customer Officer,

Chemical Watch

08:30 Coffee

09:00 Keynote address: EU policy on EDCs

• EU strategy for EDCs

• EU legislative framework

• EDC criteria

• Test methods and guidelines for identification of EDCs

Peter Korytar, Policy Coordinator, DG Environment, EU Commission

09:20 Danish policy on EDCs

• Danish Parliament Agreement on Chemicals Initiatives

for 2018-2021 – main policy objectives and initiatives

relevant to EDs and EDCs

• Zooming in: Danish policy on EDCs

• Main challenges seen from an EU-MS Perspective

Sonja Canger, Head of Division, – Pesticides & Biocides,

Danish Environmental Protection Agency (DEPA), Denmark

09:45 Challenges for industry in dealing with the EDC criteria

• EDC criteria principle concern

• Potentially impacted regulations

• As example plant protection :

○ impact on industry and beyond,

○ concrete case with EU criteria

• The guidance document possible challenges

Ellen Dhein, Senior Manager Product Stewardship, Bayer AG Corporate Health Safety & Sustainability, Germany

10:10 Q&A

10:25 Refreshments

10:50 Concerns on how effective the EDC criteria will be in protecting the environment and human health

• Is the burden of proof too high?

• Will the mode of action analysis block the decisions?

• Is focus of the guidance document too narrow (focusing

on EATS)?

• Will non-mammalian species remain unprotected?

Angeliki Lyssimachou, Environmental Toxicologist, PAN Europe, Belgium

11:15 Supermarkets struggling to control EDCs - can this make a difference?

• Examples of how and why Coop works with identifying

and banning known EDCs in products

• Why not to wait for legislation

• Examples of how to involve consumers and

raise awareness

Malene Teller Blume, Quality Manager, Coop Danmark A/S, Denmark

11:40 Q&A

11:55 Panel discussion: As the EU progresses criteria to identify EDCs, how can companies prepare? Do the criteria give some clarity on future expectations of the regulators, when should businesses act and what are the first steps to take?

12:20 Lunch







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Session 4: Nanomaterials - what are the stakeholder views on the REACH annexes, the definition of nano, nano mandatory registers/observatory and impacts on business

Moderator: Frans Christensen, Chief Market Manager, Senior

Project Leader COWI A/S, Denmark

13:20 Setting the scene, the ECHA register, developing guidance

Jenny Holmqvist, Senior Scientific Officer, Deputy Executive

Director’s Office, ECHA, Finland

13:40 The four horsemen of regulation of nanomaterials and products from a scientific perspective

• Unclear definition(s) of nanomaterials

• REACH threshold values and information requirements

not (yet) tailored to the nanoscale

• Unclear how to overcome the technical and scientific

obstacles of chemical risk assessment when applied

to nanomaterials

• Lack of access to information hampers exposure

assessment and the good intentions of EU Observatory

for Nanomaterials does not change that

Steffen Foss Hansen, Associate Professor, DTU Environment, Technical University of Denmark

14:00 Suddenly nanomaterials: the case of organic pigments

• Why are organic pigments nanomaterials

• The practical approach of organic pigments

manufacturers

• Safety of organic pigments as nanomaterials

• Different notification requirements in the EU and their

relevance for organic pigments

Pierfrancesco Fois, Deputy Executive Director, Ecological and Toxicological Association of Dyes and Organic Pigments Manufacturers, Switzerland

14:20 Q&A

14:35 Refreshments

15:00 Small steps towards success –industries’ regulatory nano challenges

• European regulatory risk assessment challenges for

industries and global considerations

• International harmonisation benefits global and

local actors

• Recent nano success stories

David Carlander, NIA Director Regulatory Affairs, Nanotechnology Industries Association, Belgium

15:20 EU Observatory for Nanomaterials: A constructive view on future regulation

Aida Ponce Del Castillo, Senior Researcher - Foresight unit, European Trade Union Institute, Belgium

15:40 Q&A/panel discussion: - How can we find reasonable ways to generate traceabilty information on nanomateriales that many stakeholders ask for?

16:10 Conclusion/close of conference







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