Sustainable Products Initiative

Sustainable Products Initiative

An EU public consultation is open to 2nd November 2020 on “Sustainable Products” policy, in particular EcoDesign. The ‘Roadmap’ open to public comment suggests that the “scope of the Ecodesign Directive needs to be widened beyond energy related products and made...
Product environmental claims

Product environmental claims

An EU public consultation is open to 3rd December 2020 on “Substantiating claims of environmental performance”. This targets PEFs (Product Environmental Footprints) but also discusses ecolabels, environmental performance reporting, sustainability ratings,...
Intumescents screened on Grand Designs

Intumescents screened on Grand Designs

The UK Channel4 TV series has featured intumescent FR paint, shown as saving the character of a front-edge renovation. The Channel4 series, running since 1999, features outstanding house renovations, in this case a Victorian dairy building in London transformed by...
GreenScreen Certified fire fighting foam

GreenScreen Certified fire fighting foam

Criteria for fire fighting foams have been updated to cover Class A and B foams, excluding halogens. Clean Production Action’s (CPA) Greenscreen Certified Standard for fire fighting foams first addresses Class B foams in January this year, targeting PFAS (per- and...
pinfa member wins China GoldenBee

pinfa member wins China GoldenBee

Clariant has been recognised for sustainability and recycling by China’s GoldenBee CSR award for enterprises. GoldenBee is a corporate platform, developing Corporate Social Responsibility in China, supported by China Sustainability Tribune (previously WTO Tribune)....