From Targets to Actions: Paving the Roadmap for the Implementation of the Global Framework for Chemicals

The Fifth International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5) in 2023 saw the adoption of the Targets of the Global Framework for Chemicals (GFC), a major step to setting a global path to sound chemicals and waste management beyond 2020. While this move was monumental, the real challenge is how to get there. To address this, the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt) has initiated the project GFC – Implementation Project I: Roadmap to 2030, bringing together sector actors to explore practical ways of implementation.

Together with an experienced consortium, the CSCP is leading the GFC – Implementation Project I: Roadmap to 2030 project, aiming to identify and prepare Germany’s potential contributions to the implementation of the GFC.

As part of the project, we are committed to building the broadest possible consensus by engaging in in-depth dialogue with a diverse range of stakeholders—including actors along the chemical value chain, recycling companies, AI and digital product passport (DPP) start-ups, as well as consumer and environmental organizations.

Three fields of action have been identified as key and will be addressed through dedicated sub-projects:

De-fossilisation of the Chemical Industry: Focusing on the opportunities and obstacles for the supply of the German chemical industry from fossil to renewable carbon sources

Alternative Substances Assessment: A methodological framework to put alternative assessments for substance substitution towards safer chemicals on a scientifically broadly accepted basis.

Ecodesign/Digital Product Passport (DPP): Using the DPPs as information mediums for additives in plastics with a special focus on additives for recyclates, such as plastics from the recycling of waste.

The project is funded by the German Environment Agency and runs until March 2027.

For further questions, please contact Dr. Esther Heidbüchel.