CEFIC issues SSbD publication

CEFIC has published ‘Safe and Sustainable by-Design (SSbD): A Guidance to Unleash the Transformative Power of Innovation’. The guidance can be accessed on the association website

This is based on insights from the chemical industry and bodies such as European Commission and its Joint Research Centre, the OECD, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. It offers specific activities for different phases of industrial R&D to help the industry move towards “a sustainable, circular, and inclusive economy” by 2050.

CEFIC and its members define SSbD as “an iterative process guiding innovation and market placement of solutions that are safe, and offer environmental, societal, and/or economical value”. This includes new chemicals, materials, products, processes and services, plus the potential redesign of existing ones.