MARCH 12, 2025 | Sustainable Wednesday
08:00-10:00
Session 5: EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability
Chair
20’
Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability – the aims and key priorities
20’
The green deal and the industrial deal - an industry view
20’
Impact of the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability on companies in The Americas
20’
Essential use concept – an analysis
20’
Corporate Sustainability Reporting and Corporate Sustainability Due Dilligence Directives – what needs to be done
20’
EU Taxonomy regulation and delegated acts, , including the green claim regulation - what companies need to prepare for
10:00-10:15
Q&A
10:15-10:45
Coffee break
10:45-12:45
Session 6: Product sustainability assessment - the substitution to safer alternatives
Chair
20’
Product Sustainability Assessment - a global approach
20’
EPA's Safer choice program
20’
EU policy to support substitution
20’
TURI's substitution planners approach
20’
Safer Materials Strategy
20’
Substitution plans are a good start
12:45-13:00
Q&A
13:00-14:00
Lunch break
14:00–15:40
Session 7: Sustainability ambitions and consequences in the value chain
Chair
20’
Global Framework on Chemicals – For a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals and Waste
20’
Transition pathway European chemicals industry as the sustainable motor for the green and digital transformation
20’
Global plastic treaty and advanced Recycling – Supporting a Circular Economy for Plastics Global plastic treaty
20’
How do investors think about chemicals management
20’
Considerations for sustainable product portfolio and sustainable supply chain optimisation
15:40-16:00
Q&A
16:00-16:30
Coffee break
16:30-18:30
Session 8: Technological developments supporting sustainability implementation
Chair
20’
How can QR codes, blockchain technology and Artificial Intelligence enhance transparency and sustainability in the value chain
20’
Self-Driving Laboratories for Chemistry and Materials Science
20’
The Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) EU framework, opportunities for innovation
20’
Safe and sustainable by design – implementation by industry
20’
Ecodesign for sustainable products (ESPR), including a digital product passport
20’
Digital Product Passports – a multi tool for companies
18:30-18:45
Q&A
18:45
End of Sessions - Day 2