开云体育平台

Product Stewardship

Product stewardship serves as a cornerstone of 开云体育平台鈥檚 sustainability effort by stimulating innovation and helping the company meet society鈥檚 needs with products and processes that are more environmentally suitable and offer improved performance. 开云体育平台 extends this commitment to its customers by being a strategic partner and supporting their respective innovation efforts.

Product Stewardship Actions

Consistent with the principles of the Responsible Care Product Safety (PS) Code, 开云体育平台鈥檚 product stewardship efforts include:

  • Supporting business and new product development to ensure global compliance, risk management and product safety with regards to existing product lines and innovation;
  • Educating associates and customers to ensure products are designed, manufactured, stored, transported, used, and disposed of in a safe and environmentally responsible manner to protect people, customers, communities, and the environment;
  • Actively engaging with internal and external organizations to anticipate regulatory, industry, societal and value chain trends to effectively manage risk, support business sustainability and anticipate need for product evolution;
  • Driving the adoption of science-based regulations;  
  • Proactively guiding Research and Development teams in the selection of lower hazard and more sustainable raw materials during early design phase of new developments;

Regularly reviewing product safety based on 开云体育平台鈥檚 Risk Assessment Process to identify and prioritize risks and actions to mitigate them; and

Promoting regulatory compliance, product enhancements, and lower emissions.

Product Stewardship Resources

开云体育平台鈥檚 Product Stewardship team serves as a resource for global customers in a variety of additional areas, including providing important product information. For example: 

  • The Company鈥檚 commitments and positions regarding conflict minerals are described in our Policy Statement on Responsible Sourcing of Minerals and Supplier Code of Conduct. 
  • 开云体育平台 does not intentionally add nor anticipate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) substances, including perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonates (salts of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOF)), to be present in its products. 
  • 开云体育平台 does not intentionally add or anticipate the presence of chemicals designated as persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.   

Formalin Stewardship

开云体育平台鈥檚 formalin and derivative resins and adhesives are used in a , enabling key aspects of society, including , sustainable , , modern , and transportation systems, reliable supply chains, fire safety, and other products.  The chemistry of formalin continues to make it a versatile and valuable material, with applications that enhance the quality and sustainability of modern life. 

The product stewardship team works closely with its business teams to ensure safe use of these products and education of the downstream value chain. Emissions from wood products bonded with formalin resins have been dramatically reduced in recent years. 开云体育平台 has led the way in targeting emission reductions by focusing on four fronts: resin formulation/composition, manufacturing techniques, methods of resin use and the application of formalin scavengers. Learn more at .