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Mark S. Rossi, PhD, Executive Director

Clean Production Action

October 15, 2024

Charging Forward –

Reducing Chemical Footprint of

the Battery Sector

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Overview

Introduce Clean Production Action (CPA)
Global human health and ecological crisis caused by toxic chemicals
Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) Survey
Chemical Footprint Index of manufacturers of batteries used in the renewable energy economy
Benefits of the Chemical Footprint Index

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Solutions for a safer & healthier tomorrow

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Chemical Footprint Project (CFP) Survey is a chemicals management assessment framework that assesses & benchmarks corporate progress away from chemicals of concern to safer alternatives

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Investor Signatories represent $3 trillion in assets under management

Health Care and Retail Signatories represent over $800 billion in purchasing power

https://chemicalfootprint.org/value

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Chemical footprint value proposition

Align on key performance indicators
Prioritize chemicals for action
Demonstrate leadership
Address stakeholder requests

HP Materials and Chemical Management Policy

includes “Determine the hazard characteristics of chemical constituents and formulations in products, packaging, and manufacturing processes and, using a precautionary approach, reduce hazard by replacing a chemical of concern with a less hazardous alternative”

https://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/getpdf.aspx/c05354207.pdf

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Priority Chemicals by weight

17% reduction^*

in weight (volume) of in-scope Priority Chemicals in products sold in 2020

Lbs. of reduction goal Priority Chemicals

*Compared to baseline year

216M

206M

219M

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In the 6^th CFP Survey companies reported net chemical footprint reductions of 83.4 million pounds/37.8 million kilograms – equivalent weight of 957 Airbus A320 planes

CFP Chemicals of High Concern (CoHCs) Reference List v.3.0

Added chemicals classes including PFAS (https://chemicalfootprint.org/assess/survey-resources)

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Steps to Best Practices in Chemicals Safety

Implement restricted substances list (RSL) / manufacturing RSL (MRSL)
[Chemical Inventory Pillar]

Know chemicals in products and engage suppliers
[Chemical Inventory Pillar]

Develop corporate chemicals management policy (beyond regulatory compliance) [Management Strategy Pillar]

Demonstrate action and change with chemical footprint goals, measurement, and reductions, & safer solutions [Footprint Measurement Pillar]

Be transparent – share progress on the journey to safer chemicals [Disclosure & Verification Pillar]

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Chemical Footprint Index of manufacturers of batteries used in the renewable energy economy

Publicly-traded companies
Evaluated based on publicly available data
Benchmarked and results disclosed publicly
Opportunities for improvement identified, for example:

Create and implement RSL and MRSL

For example, eliminate toxic solvents in manufacturing

Establish corporate chemical policy
Select safer solutions

To be released in Q2 2025
What questions would you want companies evaluated on?

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Benefits of the Chemical Footprint Index

Move battery manufacturers beyond regulatory compliance
Give NGOs, investors, and community groups a 3^rd party framework to engage corporations in
Provide manufacturers with an external model of best practices
Accelerate development and implementation of RSL / MRSL beyond regulatory compliance

For example, eliminating toxic solvents in manufacturing and PFAS

Generate commitments and actions to replace toxic chemicals with safer solutions

For example, commitments to clean production in manufacturing

Create a race to the top in chemical safety

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Thank you!

Mark S. Rossi, Ph.D., Executive Director

Clean Production Action

mark@cleanproduction.org