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About the Project

The Chemical Footprint Project develops and advances the concept and practice of chemical footprinting with the goal of reducing the use of chemicals of high concern.

The connections between hazardous chemicals, consumer products, and human and environmental health are increasingly apparent. The complexity of chemical hazard, which encompasses a wide range of health impacts by thousands of chemicals, has made it challenging to measure the use and reduction of chemicals of high concern. However, similiar to carbon footprinting in the field of climate change, chemical footprinting offers a unified metric that is at once scientifically robust, comprehensive, and straightforward to implement.

A chemical footprint is the total mass of chemicals of high concern (CoHCs) used by an event, organization, service, building, or product.

The Chemical Footprint Project Survey evaluates responders' chemicals management systems against best practice to measure and reduce chemical footprints.

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Investors, health care organizations, retailers and NGOs: Become a signatory to the Chemical Footprint Project

Brands, manufacturers and retailers: Prepare to Respond to the Chemical Footprint Project 2023 Survey

For more information contact moreinfo [at] chemicalfootprint.org

“The Chemical Footprint Project gives us the directions to follow to become WORLD CLASS in our chemicals policy and knowledge.” Eric Selner, Radio Flyer

The Chemical Footprint Project gives companies across all industries tools to evaluate their progress in reducing Chemicals of High Concern and proactively identify opportunities for further action,

- Joyce Taylor

CFP greatly simplifies the complex issue of chemicals management. We now have a tool that is available for plugging into purchasing decisions.

- Monica Nakielski

Hazardous chemicals “present reputational, regulatory, and reformulation risks across a broad range of industry sectors. Investors need to understand how companies are meaningfully managing these risks.

- Susan Baker

CFP is a market differentiator and provides a competitive advantage for business leaders. This new tool will add a level of transparency and help companies mitigate reputational and regulatory risks and exploit opportunities afforded by moving to safer chemicals.

- Roger McFadden

The Investor Environmental Health Network welcomes the launch of the Chemical Footprint Project. For too long chemicals and health have been missing pieces in Environmental Social Governance (ESG) assessments. Now we have a tool that investors can use to fill in this critical information.

- Richard Liroff

Participating in the Chemical Footprint Project pilot led us to develop a formal chemical policy that will be included on our website. Our chemicals policy and its successful implementation is the very heart of our company philosophy.