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Green Chemistry Initiatives

Green Chemistry is a broad term with many definitions. As defined by the USEPA, Green Chemistry, also known as sustainable chemistry, is the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances. Green Chemistry applies across the entire life cycle of a chemical product, including its design, manufacture, use and disposal. Furthermore, the Green Chemistry movement seeks to align science, the environment, and economics to create more innovative, efficient and safer product and business designs.

There is no consensus definition or singular set of standards regarding the term "Green." Further complicating the issue—Green Chemistry Initiatives typically require very diverse technical and business solutions and approaches. Green Chemistry, Green Marketing and other variants of these terms represent issues increasingly challenging to the chemical supply chains across all business sectors—particularly for organizations with sophisticated, global networks. Managing and responding to issues; coordinating processes, communications and decisions; gaining consensus among multiple parties throughout the supply chain can be very difficult and complex. Additionally, it involves scientific and unique policy issues by companies depending on the region of the world being considered.

ENTRIX has extensive experience and expertise in scientific and chemical management policy issues. Since our founding over 25 years ago, ENTRIX scientists have worked with, analyzed or studied virtually every class of chemical. Furthermore, our portfolio of multi-disciplinary experts spans human health toxicology, ecotoxicology, environmental chemistry, risk assessment, and industrial hygiene. In addition, our scientific strengths are complemented by teams of our in-house business solutions experts, economists, communication and litigation support experts who are experienced in working collaboratively and side-by-side to meet our clients’ unique needs.

Related Services:  
  • Developing Green Chemistry and Green Marketing strategies, policy and procedures
  • Evaluating existing products against the volume of Green criteria in private and government schemes such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Design for the Environment
  • Assisting clients with the development of Green ranking and evaluation systems for a variety of different products
  • Evaluating products for ingredients that are the focus of regulatory bans or severe restrictions, such as chemicals that are Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBTs) or Carcinogens, Mutagens and Reproductive toxicants (CMRs)
For More Information:

To learn more about ENTRIX Green Chemistry capabilities or to initiate a program at your organization, please contact Tom Grumbles, Senior Consultant at 713.662.1991 or by clicking here.