La Estrategia de sostenibilidad para las sustancias químicas: ¿cómo puede la Unión Europea ser un ejemplo para el mundo?

The report evaluates the EU's Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, highlighting key internal proposals such as the 'generic risk management approach' and the definition of 'essential uses' to achieve a toxic-free environment. It critically examines the EU's international commitments, arguing that the EU must eliminate legal loopholes, such as exemptions for persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and the export of hazardous chemicals, to genuinely serve as a global model. The document emphasizes the need for mandatory corporate due diligence, sustainable financing for chemical management in third countries, and the alignment of EU standards with international conventions like Stockholm, Basel, Rotterdam, and Minamata.

• The EU's Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability aims for a "toxic-free environment" as part of the European Green Deal's "zero pollution ambition," though it currently exists as a communication with an indicative action plan rather than binding legislation.
• Key internal policy proposals include adopting a "generic risk management approach" by 2022 to prevent harmful chemicals in consumer products, defining "essential uses" for the most damaging chemicals by 2021-2022, and restricting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) for non-essential uses between 2022 and 2024.
• The EU has not yet met the 2020 global commitment for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12; Eurostat reported that the total consumption of toxic chemicals within the EU actually increased between 2013 and 2018.
• To lead internationally on the Stockholm Convention, the EU must remove all exemptions for persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including those for specific vehicle and appliance plastic parts, and avoid proposing high low-POP content values, such as the 10,000 mg/kg proposed for short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs).

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (n.d.). La Estrategia de sostenibilidad para las sustancias químicas: ¿cómo puede la Unión Europea ser un ejemplo para el mundo? https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/La-Estrategia-de-sostenibilidad-para-las-sustancias-químicas.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. La Estrategia de sostenibilidad para las sustancias químicas: ¿cómo puede la Unión Europea ser un ejemplo para el mundo? n.d. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/La-Estrategia-de-sostenibilidad-para-las-sustancias-químicas.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{centerforinternationalenvironmentallawndestrategia, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{La Estrategia de sostenibilidad para las sustancias químicas: ¿cómo puede la Unión Europea ser un ejemplo para el mundo?}}, institution = {Center for International Environmental Law}, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/La-Estrategia-de-sostenibilidad-para-las-sustancias-químicas.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }