Spring 2021 Webinar

Monday, April 12, 2021

 

View Slides (pdf), Watch on YouTube

 

On March 3, 2021 the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released: Guidance on Key Considerations for the Identification and Selection of Safer Chemical Alternatives.

The aim of the guidance is to advance broader agreement on a general approach and criteria for the selection of safer alternatives, with a focus on chemical substitution. It is intended to advance a consistent understanding of the minimum requirements needed to determine whether a chemical alternative is safer than the priority chemical, product, or technology for substitution, independent of the entity performing the assessment or the alternatives assessment framework being used.

This webinar of the Association for the Advancement of Alternatives Assessment (A4) discusses the OECD Guidance from contributors who worked on it through the OECD Ad Hoc Group on the Substitution of Harmful Chemicals, including representatives from the OECD, Abt Associates, and the European Chemicals Agency. A4 alternatives assessment practitioners reflected on the utility of the guidance document given increased attention on the need for criteria in policy and business contexts to assist with determining whether an alternative to a chemical of concern is in fact safer.

Webinar Speakers & Facilitators

 

EMILY CONNER Abt Associates	EEVA LEINALA Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development	DENIS MOTTET European Chemicals Agency; OECD Ad Hoc Group on the Substitution of Harmful Chemicals
KARL PALMER California Department of Toxic Substances Control	LIBBY SOMMER Bolt Threads