Life Cycle Assessments on your Footwear Range – Popular Questions and Answers.
Over the past 18 months, we have had lots of questions from Brands, Retailers and Manufacturers around life cycle assessments particularly on their footwear range.
Following a proposal prepared by the German authorities to restrict the use of Bisphenol A (BPA) and other bisphenols, on 6th April 2022, ECHA and member states assessed a group of 148 Bisphenols and recommended restrictions on over 30 bisphenols due to their potential hormonal and reprotoxic effects.
The European Union has passed a law to ban imports of leather and other commodities if they are shown to have links to deforestation. For organisations to comply with this legislation they will need to understand where their leather raw material comes from.
PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances) are synthetic substances that have been used worldwide since 1940 as repellent finishes in non-stick cookware, water-repellent clothing, stain resistant fabrics, cosmetics, and other consumer products that resist grease and oil due to their water and stain resistant properties.
The Eurofins | BLC Leather Sustainability Mapping Tool can help you understand illegal deforestation in your supply chain.
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