Business Environmental Performance Initiative (BEPI), an initiative supporting companies to enhance the environmental performance of their global supply chains, and Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Programme, for delivering sustainable chemistry management, are partnering to scale chemical management in the textile and footwear industry.
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“Our vision is to have ZDHC guidelines in responsible chemicals management become the accepted industry standard, and we’re excited to be collaborating with BEPI and its network, to further our work, and reach even more actors within the value-chain,” elaborated Frank Michel, ZDHC Executive Director.
Under the initiative, BEPI will support the delivery of the ZDHC mission and roadmap in association with other ZDHC members. This will also involve addressing aspects such as the Manufacturing Restricted Substances List (MRSL), Audit Protocol, Wastewater Quality Standard, and other important cross cutting areas of data and training. Through this, BEPI will able to facilitate common messaging across global textile supply chains. “The textiles and footwear supply chains require specific chemical management implementation support. Our collaboration with ZDHC is an important step in achieving this and scaling up the industry-leading work of the ZDHC”, mentioned Stuart Harker, Managing Director, BEPI.
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Additionally, both the associations will take advantage of the FTA Academy (an online platform providing capacity building activities to Foreign Trade Association members and producers) to share training on chemicals and chemical management across the supply chains of both organisations’ membership, mentioned the press release.
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