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GC3 Minimum Chemical Data Set (MCDS) Project: Fill Out Survey By March 5
GC3 Minimum Chemical Data Set (MCDS) Project needs GC3 participants to collect data on chemical information currently gathered by members from their supply chain, as well as chemical information that member companies would like to obtain if it were possible. The survey was beta tested by three GC3 Tools Workgroup members and we have made modifications to the instrument based on the results of the beta test.
Dowload and Fill Out the Survey By Clicking HERE
Please return the completed survey to Monica at the GC3 monica@monicabecker.com
Dear GC3 Participants,
We are writing to ask for your participation in a new GC3 project. As you may know from our email updates, we have embarked upon a project called the minimum chemical data set (MCDS) (see overview attached and below). The project is moving forward through the use of an informal email survey of GC3 participants to collect data on chemical information currently gathered by members from their supply chain, as well as chemical information that member companies would like to obtain if it were possible. The survey was beta tested by three GC3 Tools Workgroup members and we have made modifications to the instrument based on the results of the beta test.
We have attached the survey, in Microsoft Word, and we are writing to ask that you please complete the survey and return it to us (with relevant and shareable attachments) by February 26.
As described in the project summary, the results of the survey will be analyzed and summarized in a white paper, with the help of Monica Becker, a Lowell Center Fellow and consultant to the GC3. If you are providing sensitive information, please indicate that in your survey response or transmittal letter and we will make sure that it is not included in the report.
Please send completed surveys or questions to Monica Becker at monica@monicabecker.com .
Thank you for your participation in this project and we look forward to getting your response.
Best regards,
Joel Tickner
Overview of the GC3 Minimum Chemical Data Set (MCDS) Project
Many companies are trying to get more information on the chemicals contained in the materials, components and products that they source from their supply chain. This information may be needed for regulatory compliance purposes, product certification programs or other voluntary efforts to create safer products.
The GC3 MCDS project aims to create a dialogue within the GC3 on the possible creation of a minimum set of chemical data that suppliers would be expected to provide to their customers on the chemicals, materials and components that they supply.
For some companies, in particular electronics and automotive firms, the use of existing systems such as the Joint Industry Guide, IPC-1752, and the International Material Data System may satisfy most or all of their needs for chemical information. However, GC3 companies in sectors without established systems, and companies that are trying to reach beyond these systems toward full material disclosure, have expressed a desire for increased dialogue on chemical information.
The responses to the survey, along with lessons learned from the GC3 supply chain case studies (available at http://greenchemistryandcommerce.org/projects.php) will form the basis of a data needs discussion at the 2010 GC3 Roundtable in April and a first draft of a white paper that will be circulated among the GC3 Tools Working Group for review and comment. The GC3 will use the white paper to build consensus and momentum around the need for greater chemical data along supply chains. The white paper could also serve as a tool for GC3 companies to communicate with suppliers, and for suppliers to communicate with their suppliers.
We are also considering the possibility of hosting a "Chemical Data Summit" to present the results of the white paper, to allow companies and other organizations to present their related work, and to facilitate additional discussions to further this effort.
We are writing to ask for your participation in a new GC3 project. As you may know from our email updates, we have embarked upon a project called the minimum chemical data set (MCDS) (see overview attached and below). The project is moving forward through the use of an informal email survey of GC3 participants to collect data on chemical information currently gathered by members from their supply chain, as well as chemical information that member companies would like to obtain if it were possible. The survey was beta tested by three GC3 Tools Workgroup members and we have made modifications to the instrument based on the results of the beta test.
We have attached the survey, in Microsoft Word, and we are writing to ask that you please complete the survey and return it to us (with relevant and shareable attachments) by February 26.
As described in the project summary, the results of the survey will be analyzed and summarized in a white paper, with the help of Monica Becker, a Lowell Center Fellow and consultant to the GC3. If you are providing sensitive information, please indicate that in your survey response or transmittal letter and we will make sure that it is not included in the report.
Please send completed surveys or questions to Monica Becker at monica@monicabecker.com .
Thank you for your participation in this project and we look forward to getting your response.
Best regards,
Joel Tickner
Overview of the GC3 Minimum Chemical Data Set (MCDS) Project
Many companies are trying to get more information on the chemicals contained in the materials, components and products that they source from their supply chain. This information may be needed for regulatory compliance purposes, product certification programs or other voluntary efforts to create safer products.
The GC3 MCDS project aims to create a dialogue within the GC3 on the possible creation of a minimum set of chemical data that suppliers would be expected to provide to their customers on the chemicals, materials and components that they supply.
For some companies, in particular electronics and automotive firms, the use of existing systems such as the Joint Industry Guide, IPC-1752, and the International Material Data System may satisfy most or all of their needs for chemical information. However, GC3 companies in sectors without established systems, and companies that are trying to reach beyond these systems toward full material disclosure, have expressed a desire for increased dialogue on chemical information.
The responses to the survey, along with lessons learned from the GC3 supply chain case studies (available at http://greenchemistryandcommerce.org/projects.php) will form the basis of a data needs discussion at the 2010 GC3 Roundtable in April and a first draft of a white paper that will be circulated among the GC3 Tools Working Group for review and comment. The GC3 will use the white paper to build consensus and momentum around the need for greater chemical data along supply chains. The white paper could also serve as a tool for GC3 companies to communicate with suppliers, and for suppliers to communicate with their suppliers.
We are also considering the possibility of hosting a "Chemical Data Summit" to present the results of the white paper, to allow companies and other organizations to present their related work, and to facilitate additional discussions to further this effort.