Chemicals Management Software Guide (Second Edition)

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Chemicals Management
Software Guide 2018
The guide to chemicals management and regulatory
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Foreword
Welcome to Chemical Watch’s second Chemicals the right balance between making the system user-friendly,
Management Software Guide. In publishing it, we are while still coping with the extreme complexity of regulation.
continuing to respond to the growing use of software to
improve chemical management programmes, while also Proving compliance to regulators and other stakeholders
presenting data on what it is currently being used for and in terms of transparency, product stewardship,
future plans for investment. sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR),
as well as the letter of regulations, is another increasingly
To this end, we carried out a survey (pages 4-7) about important function of chemical management software.
how chemical companies and downstream users are
doing that and there are also five articles about key In another article (pages 20-21), we look at how software
functions that software addresses, plus another on can be embedded in product safety and stewardship
the emerging technology of blockchain. processes, automatically generating the necessary
documentation. This can have further advantages in
The need for better supply chain software is driven, driving cross-functional efficiencies, monitoring the
ultimately, by regulations that oblige the supply chain to supply chain and responding proactively to both customer
communicate more with itself, both up- and downstream. demands and regulatory changes.
Downstream customers are now likely to ask questions of
their suppliers about a particular regulation, even if they We, also look at the highly specialised field of safety data
themselves are not directly affected by it. Suppliers have sheet (SDS) authoring systems and how to choose the
to be ready to respond. right one for a business’s specific needs to ensure its
documentation is fully compliant (pages 23-25).
As our first article (pages 9-11) shows, many software
companies and service suppliers are working to improve This has never been so complex and it is clear that a
the transparency and visibility of the supply chain by structured project, with clearly defined internal ownership,
collecting, verifying and managing supplier documentation. is essential to making it work. The focus here is on practical
This can take place collaboratively across a whole industry advice to identify current and future needs, understand the
or at a simpler one-to-one level. company’s internal capabilities, select the right vendor
and test the system out before buying.
As in other fields, the software has to tread a fine line
between being universally valid and customisable to Finally, we cover one of the exciting technologies that is
specific needs, but it also has uses beyond compliance, emerging to address some of the challenges that have
notably in R&D and product redesign. arisen from technology itself, as well as the growth in
regulation and consumer pressure (pages 27-28).
There is a wide array of software platforms for health,
safety and environment (HSE) tasks, from basic incident Blockchain is a digital record-keeping system that enables
management, to full risk assessment and compliance more records to be created and fast-tracked. It is also said
management and everything else in between. The second to improve data security, control and transparency.
article, on pages 13-15, looks in particular at management
of change (MOC) and hazard communication software, This technology is not the answer to everyone’s prayers,
while also considering the difficulties of implementing nor, as our survey shows, is it yet very high on service
globally integrated systems when regulations and providers’ radar screens. However, it is definitely going
measurement metrics vary so much across the world. to be one to watch in the coming years.
Reporting requirements are another major challenge. We hope you enjoy reading the articles and find the
Not the least of this is the variable way global standards listings useful.
are interpreted across the world, despite the Globally
Harmonised System (GHS) and sometimes because of it. Dr Andrew Warmington
Editor - Chemicals Management Software Guide
Software is being developed to address these problems
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Contents
Introduction .............................................................................. 4 Intelligent Compliance Solutions for Chemical and
46
More links in the chain............................................................ 9 Workplace Safety - Verisk 3E ...................................................
Safety from software .............................................................. 13 Intelligent Compliance Solutions for Product Safety &
47
Stewardship - Verisk 3E ............................................................
Reporting requirements made easier................................... 16
Label Enterprise - Hibiscus-PLC ............................................. 48
Showing compliance through software............................... 20
MSDSonline SDS/Chemical Management solution -
Getting it right on safety data sheets.................................... 23 49
VelocityEHS ................................................................................
New kid on the block................................................................. 27
Product Stewardship Services and Solutions - CGI .......... 50
Glossary........................................................................................ 29
Product Stewardship with Intelligent Authoring &
51
Profiles...................................................................... 31 Comply Plus - Sphera ...............................................................
ALMEGO® - Chymeia ................................................................. 31 Product Supply Chain Intelligence - UL ................................ 52
CHEMDOX® - Chemdox ........................................................... 32 Prometheus - Hibiscus-PLC .................................................... 53
ChemGes - DR-Software ......................................................... 33 PubliChem - Lisam Systems ................................................... 54
Chesar - Echa ............................................................................. 34 SAP EHS consultancy, support, maitenance

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and training - eSpheres ............................................................
Cority Chemical Management for EHSQ - Cority................ 35
SAP solutions for product compliance and environment,
efam (Environmental Fate Automated Modelling) - knoell 36 56
health and safety - SAP ...........................................................
element1 - H2 Compliance ..................................................... 37
SciveraLENS - Scivera .............................................................. 57
ExESS - Lisam Systems ........................................................... 38
SiteHawk Communicator - SiteHawk .................................... 58
Fasim 2.1 - Philips Innovation Services ................................ 39
Targeted Risk Assessment (TRA) Tool - Ecetoc ................ 59
gComply - Decernis ................................................................. 40
ToxFMD Screened Chemistry™ Library - ToxServices LLC 60
Gensuite SDS Systems - Gensuite ........................................ 41
Veeva RegulatoryOne - Veeva Systems Inc ......................... 61
GeSi³ - GeSi Software GmbH ................................................. 42
Yordas Hive - Yordas Group .................................................... 62
Global Data Brokerage Platform - REACH Centrum,
43 Directory ..................................................................................... 63
and ERM Group company .......................................................
Global MSDS Solutions & Hazmix® - GlobalMSDS ............. 44
Horizon Scanning - Decernis .................................................. 45
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Introduction
Why are chemicals companies and downstream users investing
in chemical management software?
This is the second Chemicals Management Software corresponded with the editorial articles in the guide. All of
Guide to be published by Chemical Watch, following the these concepts remain important, but we have redirected
success of the launch edition in 2017. We developed the our coverage slightly this year to focus on the needs the
product because we saw a clear customer need for it. software actually addresses. Thus, this edition of the guide
The compliance demands placed on chemicals companies has five main articles covering software for:
and downstream users are becoming more extensive and • supply chain management;
complex, and at the same time, the number of suppliers • regulatory compliance;
and the variety of products they offer are probably • chemical reporting requirements;
expanding even faster. • managing EHS obligations; and
• safety data sheet (SDS) authoring;
The chemicals industry does not need instruction from
anyone on the need for safety. This is – well, pick your cliché So, who is investing in the software and why? Chemical
– both part of the DNA of the industry and its licence to Watch carried out a survey of 328 firms active in and
operate. Traditional safety mechanisms have been built into around the chemicals industry, asking them about their
the industry for generations and the software revolution current investments and future plans relating to chemical
has impacted them as it has just about every other management software.
industrial function.
Figure 1 – Have you used a software system (including third party) to support
Chemical management software today, however, is your chemicals management programme in the past three years, by size and
type of organisation?
about much more than that. It also encompasses the
responsibilities imposed on the industry all the way up
All sizes Large (over 250 employees)
and down the value chain. Thus it is also of interest to
downstream customers, government agencies, service Medium (50-250 employees) Small (less than 50 employees)
providers, law firms and potentially everyone who interacts
with the chemicals industry. In other words, potentially All organisations
almost everyone, although these categories account for
67%
the vast majority of companies using it at present.
74%
67%
The advantages software systems bring are, broadly
50%
speaking, the same that come from any automated
function that replaces interactions between multiple human Downstream users
brains in different locations. They are, however, an aid to 64%

rather than a substitute for applied human intelligence – 73%
rather like a satellite navigation device is not meant to 57%
be a substitute for road sense and careful driving. 23%
Chemical companies
Compliance might not be a glamorous function, but
72%
it is essential and increasingly recognised as such.
79%
Making mistakes can have serious, even catastrophic,
consequences for a company, its reputation, its workers 73%
and the wider community, not to mention the industry as 30%
a whole. Users of chemicals who may, in the past, not have Others, including service providers
needed to be so aware of that fact now most certainly do. 66%
And software cannot just be ‘good enough’, any more than 66%
the traditional processes of the industry can be. 73%
64%
Last year, we examined the software available in four broad
categories of operational risk, environmental performance, 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
product stewardship and process safety, which broadly % of participants

These companies varied considerably in size, though most Conversely, where downstream users had more than
(60%) were defined as large, with over 250 employees and one system, they were more likely to have integrated
a further 22% were medium-sized, with 50-250 employees. them. While 26-27% of companies in each organisational
Small (<50 employees) companies accounted for the category had fully integrated their systems, 57% of
remaining 18%. chemical companies had not integrated any of them,
as opposed to only 44% of downstream users. This may
The broad make-up of those participating in the survey was indicate a longer-established but less systematic approach
similar to last year’s, in that most defined their company’s to the acquisition of software by chemical manufacturers
main area of activity as chemicals, oil and energy (29%) than their customers, who have come later to this and been
or downstream users (40%). The rest comprised: able to think more holistically about it.
• service providers including legal services (18%);
• government and agencies (4%); Companies have many different means of integrating
• trade associations, public relations firms and similar software too. While the commonest way was to use
(3%); and an in-house team (cited by 44% of all companies),
• others (6%). this method was not used by a clear majority in any
organisational category. Consulting services and third party
There were marked differences between these groups implementation were each used by 11% of the companies
when they were asked if they had used a software responding and 27% of them do not integrate their systems
system (including third party) to support their chemicals at all, with the ‘other’ category being least likely to do so (33%).
management programme in the past three years. Over two
thirds (67%) had done so. It is much clearer what kind of software users regard
as most critical to their business. Asked how important
Figure 1 shows the percentage of firms by size and types different IT systems are to their current chemicals
of organisation to have invested. Large companies, management programme, 79% described regulatory
regardless of their area of activity, remain the biggest
users of these systems. Overall, 74% of large companies Figure 2 – How many software applications do you currently use to support your
had used software in the past three years, rising to 79% chemicals management and control programme?
among the chemical companies. Of medium-sized

One Two Three
companies, 67% had invested, but the figure falls to
50% among small companies. Four More than four
This is not surprising in itself: larger companies have more

All organisations
complex systems to manage and higher reputational risks
to concern them. Even so, compliance is a concern for the
whole industry and becoming more so with every passing year. 39% 23% 19% 5% 14%
In the individual categories, 72% of those active in

Downstream users
chemicals, oil and energy have invested in software for
chemical management in the past three years. The figures
were 70% for service providers, 64% for downstream users 41% 24% 22% 4% 10%
and 66% for all ‘others’. Asked if they were considering
implementing this software in the next 12 months, 48%
Chemical companies
said that they were. This rose to 52% among service
providers and others, with 49% of chemical companies
and 45% of downstream users saying the same. 36% 18% 22% 4% 20%
Figure 2 shows the number of software programmes

Others, including service providers
respondents said that they are currently using for chemical
management. Naturally, the chemical companies have the
most diverse array of systems, with 20% of them using 40% 28% 13% 8% 13%
more than four. However, the commonest answer in all
categories and overall were one (39%), then two (23%).
0 20 40 60 80 100
The ‘others’ category was proportionately most likely to
have two or fewer systems. % of participants
compliance systems as ‘very important’ and 18% Figure 3 shows in full detail how respondents viewed
called them ‘somewhat important’. Next came hazard different sub-categories in terms of their importance in
communication (60% and 30% respectively), followed their current chemicals management programmes. The
some way behind by chemical safety assessment (52% most important, pretty much in line with the 2017 figures,
and 34%) and finally product stewardship (43% and 34%). were regulatory compliance systems, particularly for:
• data management (regulatory lists, substance data);
These trends were similar between chemical companies • product compliance;
and downstream users, with one major difference. The • regulatory management; and
former were far more likely than the latter to see hazard • compliance assurance.
communication software as ‘very important’ (71% v 47%),
reflecting the considerably greater obligations on chemical In other fields, labelling, hazard assessment and safety
suppliers to communicate with the authorities and wider data sheet management scored highly. Software for
stakeholders on the hazards of their products. product lifecycle management (PLM) and corporate
Figure 3 – How important are the following software functions to your current
chemicals management programme?
Very important Important Useful but not essential
Data management
75% 23% 2%
(regulatory lists, substance data)
Product compliance 68% 23% 8%
Regulatory management 64% 29% 6%
56% 30% 11%

Compliance assurance
Change management (chemicals) 48% 40% 9%
Regulatory 48% 39% 11%

Reporting
compliance
Hazardous material management 46% 38% 13%
Chemical inventory management 43% 33% 17%
Supply chain management 37% 30% 23%
Chemical safety prediction 34% 39% 23%
Substance volume tracking 33% 38% 23%
Hazard assessment 51% 32% 12%
Consumer safety 48% 24% 18%

Chemical
safety
Worker safety 46% 32% 17%
assessment
Risk assessment 44% 37% 14%
Labeling 56% 26% 11%
SDS management 52% 28% 13%
Environmental safety 45% 34% 17%
Hazard
Exposure assessment 44% 32% 19%
communication
SDS authoring 50% 22% 19%
Supply chain communication 43% 35% 17%
Full material declaration 37% 36% 24%
Product Supplier information 36% 45% 15%

stewardship
Incident management 26% 28% 32%
Corporate social responsibility 25% 34% 32%
Product lifecycle management 24% 33% 33%
0 20 40 60 80 100
% of participants
sustainability reporting (CSR) still seems to be a relatively • R&D – 120;

hard sell, but even for these, more than half regard them • HSE – 87;
as ‘very important’ or ‘important’. There is no category for • manufacturing and QA - 81; and
which more than 25% of respondents had no use at all. • toxicology – 77;
It seems clear enough, then, that just about every software Compliance software is there to help chemicals companies
function available on the market is broadly seen as useful, and their downstream users manage their risks and
at the very least. The chemicals industry and its customers obligations better, in a timely manner and in a more cost-
now see having the right software as essential, not just effective way than continuously expanding their regulatory
useful, to getting the regulatory compliance function. departments. And the systems are now better than ever
before. This guide can help you to find the right ones for you.
The single main factor in driving investment in software
solutions was time saving. This was cited as ‘very Figure 4 – How important are the following factors in driving your investment
important’ or ‘important’ by 57% and 37% respectively in software solutions?
of all companies surveyed (Figure 4). Close behind came

Very important Important Useful but not essential
cost (48% and 42%), being customisable (39% and 42%)
and ease of integration with existing health, safety and Not important
Time saving
environment (EHS) and enterprise resource planning (ERP)
systems (30% and 45%). CSR was again bottom of the list, 57% 37% 4% 1%
but even so, 59% saw it as ‘very important’ or ‘important’ Cost

and only 12% did not regard it as important at all.
48% 42% 8% 1%
Customisable
That these companies need software to manage their data
in the age of ‘Big Data’ and ever increasing requirements 39% 42% 18% 2%
is a given. Indeed, 56% of all companies surveyed, rising Ease of integration with existing EHS/ERP systems
to 64% among downstream users, said they had gaps in
30% 45% 15% 11%
their data. As yet, however, there was little perception of
blockchain as a possible aid to data management: barely Stakeholder expectations
5% of respondents thought it could help them and 28% 45% 22% 6%
that figure hardly varied across different kinds of
Product stewaredship initiatives
organisations. That this proportion will grow sharply
in time seems a safe prediction. 25% 46% 25% 5%
Integration with third party data

And which functions are using chemicals management
25% 38% 30% 7%
data that comes out of the other end? Not board members,
for a start! This category ranked last of the 15 mentioned, Corportate social responsibility
with only 12 of the participating companies saying that 20% 39% 29% 12%
people at board level used it. Marketing, advocacy and
governance functions were also relatively rare users. 0 20 40 60 80 100
The most common users in total numbers were:
% of participants
More links in the chain

Software is managing ever more complex tasks in supply chain communication
Ideally, companies all along the supply chain would be around a standardised questionnaire, can be used at
sharing data so that everyone would know and understand different levels down the chain.
what chemical substances were in their products. The
reality is very different, as supply chains are often very There is a clear move to standardise communication along
complex, with multiple layers, making information sharing the chain so that everyone understands what is required
a highly cumbersome and labour-intensive process. at each level. Decernis is also part of an initiative that
was launched in May 2018 between chemical suppliers,
Consequently, customers tend to rely on their tier one including BASF, and the paper industry to standardise the
suppliers to tell them about the substances they buy and collection of data. The initiative, called P&P VIS (Pulp and
what they need to do to comply with national, regional Paper – Value chain Information System), is hosted through
and global regulations. The need for information is also the Decernis Supplier Compliance Management System
hindered by the fact that many companies formulate or and is based around a harmonised questionnaire and
add substances to transform the initial raw material into information transfer.
the final end product. Data gathering can be especially
complex for items like household and personal care The questionnaire covers, for example, the regulatory
products, which are heavily formulated. status of a chemical and its food contact compliance,
and asks whether a chemical is on the paper industry
Software companies and service suppliers are working declarable substance list (PIDSL). It requires standardised
to improve the transparency and visibility of their supply answers, including comments, and provides links to
chains. Communication is key and several software detailed explanatory notes. The web-based system has
packages are available that can assist companies in been designed for easy up- and downloads to companies,
managing their supply chains and ensuring compliance. reducing the time and effort for collecting and handling data.
Ruud Overbeek, chief of business development and “Suppliers to pulp and paper manufactures needed
strategy at US-based compliance systems company an efficient and transparent way to share important
Decernis, says it is in everyone’s interest to have more compliance and safety information along the value chain,”
automation to support people up and down the chain. says Sabine Vogt, expert product stewardship dispersions
Communication, collaboration and compliance are the and resins at BASF.
three major areas that he believes companies should
focus on in their supply chain management. There is a huge difference between paper used in the
print industry and paper for packaging drugs, food and
Decernis itself offers supply chain management software consumer products, while regulations vary from country
that collects, manages and verifies a supplier’s compliance to country. In addition, the chemicals used for papermaking
documentation to ensure its products meet regulatory, are usually mixtures that include several substances,
market or customer requirements. The tool, which is based with each manufacturer having its own unique products.
For Donovan Hornsby, vice president and corporate Commission in July 2017 to support the FMD programme
strategy executive with Gensuite, a cloud-based software and compliance system roll-out in its European facilities.
provider, it is less about what a company can do and more
about taking a risk-based approach. Even if a company The project is exploring the link between Whirlpool’s
is not directly impacted by a certain regulation, he says, compliance system and a life-cycle analysis (LCA) tool
the fact that a customer is asking about it means it has to outputting environmental and health impact targets,
respond. “In an ideal world, companies and their customers thus demonstrating how chemical monitoring data can
would understand the components of their products,” he says. drive proactive compliance. It began in July 2017 and will
run through 2020, the company says.
To facilitate that flow of information, Gensuite provides a
base-case capability, where a company can take a product UL, a global safety science company, offers integrated
and break it down into its components to the level required software packages to manufacturers and retailers to
to answer customers’ questions. This is available via a web organise, analyse and share product information in order
portal and uses a standardised template. For example, the to comply with regulations and also to assist companies
company has one for the electronics industry based on in developing sustainable products.
the sector’s data exchange standard, IPC 1752.
Jill Oakman, director of business development and
In this way, Mr Hornsby says, companies can create marketing at UL Product Supply Chain Intelligence, says
their own questionnaires and build in their own flexibility. that many major retailers are working with it to manage
For example, they can ask for information on chemical regulatory compliance and their own chemical policies,
compositions and, at the same time, request information to reduce the hazardous substances in the products they
on slave labour or conflict minerals. The goal, he says, sell. Retailers use UL PurView, she says, to gain visibility
is to contact suppliers as few times as possible and reduce into the ingredients used in items they sell, such as
the administrative burden. personal care and cosmetic products. The software
also protects the brand owner’s IP.
The real challenge for software providers and their
customers, says Mr Hornsby, is identifying the commonality UL has also built a web-based survey tool called Supply
across regulations, all of which have their own regional Chain Network, so that companies can automate their
nuances. “You could go bankrupt creating a perfect responses to customers’ requests for information,
report for every jurisdiction around the globe. We help replacing more traditional ways of sharing product
our customers do their reports for the most common information in Word documents and Excel spreadsheets.
jurisdictions, then facilitate using them in others,” he says. This tool was developed to meet the needs of companies
that are asked to provide information to thousands of
One of Gensuite’s clients is home appliance manufacturer customers they supply throughout the chain. During UL’s
Whirlpool, which used the company’s software to develop
a fully automated system to collect, monitor and assess
the chemical components in its global product line.
The pilot phase of Whirlpool’s compliance system went
live in Q2 2017, followed by the first automated full material
disclosure (FMD) requests in Q3.
The company concedes that collecting FMD data from

its suppliers is a challenge. “Not all suppliers consistently
collect material composition data throughout the multiple
tiers of their own supply chain. Many claim proprietary data
they are unwilling to disclose. We expect that it will take
a few years to build a database of accurate and complete
disclosures, including a thorough change management
regime,” it states.
Whirlpool’s Critical Materials Management (CMM) team

is introducing additional projects into the system during
2018, as well as expanding its FMD requests. It is also using
funds from a Life Environment and Resource Efficiency
grant that it, the National Technical University of Athens and
A major home appliances maker uses Gensuite's system
Italian innovation agency T2i received from the European
research, Ms Oakman says, one company reported having allow for more proactive approaches using prediction
received 40,000 requests for information in Excel or Word and analysis to gain insight into product attributes such
in just eight months. as sustainability, performance and overall market risk,
Mr Sawyer says.
UL has designed the software so that, once a company has
answered a specific question, the next time somebody else Blockchain is an evolving technology that could potentially
asks the same question, it will automatically populate the transform supply chains. People can use blockchain to
form with the answer, saving time and maintaining data upload certificates for compliance and access a transaction
quality. In addition, the software allows companies to notify throughout the chain. It can also allow users to trace
supply chain constituents when changes have occurred in a products back to origin but, cautions Steven Banker, vice
formulation that may impact the regulatory or sustainability president of supply chain management at ARC Advisory
profile of the product. This is offered in multiple languages. Group, the origin will still need third-party checking and
certification to ensure that people are doing what they claim.
Adam Sawyer, who is responsible for product development
and innovation at UL, says the company’s programmes are Gensuite’s Mr Hornsby says blockchain is a promising
all built on the same platform, which can be marketed for technology and some customers are already looking at the
different audiences. This integrated platform, he explains, cryptographic system to simplify their processes. Gensuite
sits on a large and complex regulatory engine with more is a member of the Responsible Minerals Initiative, which
than 6,000 regulations from over 130 countries. Using this has set up a working group on blockchain with an initial
database, the platform can analyse product information focus on contracts. The initiative is also trying to address
and derive data, which is turned into product insights. the problem of transparency in terms of materials going
into making products and tracing them from the country
Mr Sawyer believes the chemical industry is behind of origin onward.
other sectors in the way it collects and manages data.
“This is understandable when you consider the high Mr Hornsby admits this is a challenge. “As products flow
degree of importance to these companies of protecting through the supply chain, people manipulate them and
confidential business information,” he adds. In his view, turn them into something else. It is a highly complicated
compliance across the supply chain has become high problem to address the value of blockchain and entirely
profile for companies operating in the chemical space depends on which groups and entities are involved at
and there will be a fast and hard push in the area of the start. It will take a critical mass of suppliers to make
product transparency over the next couple of years. it happen,” he says.
This push will not be restricted to just compliance. The trend towards automation will undoubtedly gather
Product supply chain transparency will allow companies pace as global regulations and demands from retailers
to stay ahead of competition and help to inform the and consumers continue to proliferate. All players in the
innovation process. This information can be useful in the supply chain can only benefit as standardised tools and
early stages of R&D or in re-design phases of products to communication become more readily available.
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Safety from software

The right software is essential to managing EHS obligations in the chemicals industry
Today’s safety and facility managers have a plethora are now looking for software that is mobile-friendly and
of software platforms to choose from for tackling combines the features they need in one system. They are
environment, health and safety (EHS) tasks. There is also looking for simplicity and ease of use.
software for everything from incident management
and corrective actions through to risk assessment and “We’re seeing a real shift in the marketplace, where people
compliance management, all of which can be mixed and want all of their software in one system that’s easy to
matched, depending on a company’s specific risk profile access and use – so that they can ensure user adoption,”
and mitigation plans. explains Ian Cohen, product marketing manager for
environmental, safety and sustainability solutions at EHS
For operations involving highly hazardous chemicals, software supplier Cority.
Matt Airhart, president of VelocityEHS Canada,
recommends management of change (MOC) software. “Regulatory oversight, especially for large multinationals,
“It’s particularly important and very useful for managing has also driven them to seek off-the-shelf solutions,
process safety,” he says. rather than continue managing these requirements
with spreadsheets, homegrown systems and emails.”
“Its benefit is the way it allows facility managers, reviewing
proposed changes to processes, to identify and mitigate What’s driving adoption?
risks before the changes are completed. MOC software
makes it easier to manage all requests and approvals within Understandably, providers consider regulations to be one
a workflow and provides a visibility that makes it less likely of the biggest drivers for the adoption of EHS software.
that either temporary or permanent changes can be made There are many such laws, notably the REACH, Restriction
without appropriate review and risk mitigation.” of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) and the Waste Electrical
and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations in the EU
Mr Airhart adds that facility managers cannot begin and TSCA and the Resource Conservation and Recovery
to address chemical risks unless they have the kind of Act (RCRA) in the US – but it is more a case of regulatory
visibility, control and understanding of their chemical complexity growing and information management software
inventory that comes from hazard communication helping companies navigate these challenges, in their view.
software. “This is especially important for large chemical
facilities, to help manage the vast number of safety data Interestingly, however, companies look at things
sheets (SDSs) they maintain and to keep their chemical differently. At a recent customer advisory board event,
inventories up to date,” he says. Kimberley Williams, chief sales and marketing officer at
SDS management firm SiteHawk, asked customers, from
When it comes to software designed to help maintain large Fortune 100 companies across the manufacturing,
safety and mitigate risk, providers have seen several trends automotive, textiles and pharmaceuticals sectors, whether
come to the forefront over recent years. Customers compliance was their primary driver. The answer was ‘no’.
“They said their aim is to provide the safest workplace

possible for their employees and ensure their products
are safe and made to the highest quality. They consider
regulatory compliance a by-product of that,” she says.
“I thought that was a fascinating answer from a group
of highly regulated organisations.”
Mr Cohen points out that various stakeholder groups

are pushing for improved management of chemicals and
ultimately, more green chemistry, which is viewed by many
as safer. “These include unions and worker councils,
environmental NGOs and shareholders who’ve realised
that there are large risks related to environmental and
occupational health events, which has a direct impact
on the value of their shares. They’re looking for more
transparency and an understanding of how the C-suite is
managing these risks in the short and long term,” he says.
Globally integrated approach
Safety managers have been early adopters of wearable technologies

When it comes to maintaining safety and mitigating
risk there are lots of benefits to implementing a globally
integrated approach. As data from various sources – the direct and indirect value associated with the work EHS
historically stored in siloed systems – is brought together teams do and can demonstrate the positive effect they
in one centralised software platform, real-time visibility is have on the bottom line and brand reputation.
improved, providing efficiency gains and allowing people
to make informed decisions as events unfold. Therefore, there is a more positive and proactive view
on ensuring engagement of EHS software across the
However, there are also many challenges in bringing business. If the software is chosen and implemented well,
together all the EHS processes of a multinational company. all staff will use it. If not, it can have the opposite effect,
There needs to be consideration of the different regions’ leading to a loss of buy-in.
regulations, how company culture differs from location
to location and also achieving buy-in from all levels of the “It’s really important to be selective about your choice
organisation. That is no easy task. of software and there are three characteristics to look out
for: out of the box, mobile and multi-tenant, also known
“One challenge to effective global software deployment as Software as a Service (Saas) or ‘true cloud solutions’,”
is the variability of EHS regulations from region to region says Mr Airhart.
and how quickly each of those laws can change,” says
Mr Airhart. “In a given year, there may be thousands of According to him, simple and flexible ‘out of the box’
regulatory changes over hundreds of jurisdictions. It platforms can be implemented faster and require less
takes real focus to build a compliance framework that training, meaning they are more likely to be used. Mobile
encompasses all of the jurisdictions relevant to your maturing, he adds, makes every employee a source of
business, and a sustainable, flexible software platform real-time information and a point of action for carrying
to maintain that framework as the regulations change.” out tasks.
Likewise, he adds, it requires an elegant software design Scott Gaddis, practice leader for EHS at Intelex
to capture the wide variety of EHS metrics used to track on Technologies, agrees. He believes mobile applications
energy and water use, waste generation and greenhouse on devices such as smartphones foster touchpoints much
gas emissions around the world, in the primary languages deeper in the organisation. Employees stay engaged on
of those workforces, and to then automatically perform the the go by getting needed information from the platform
unit calculations necessary to create a unified report. and at times are asked to give back information that
reduces risks, improves the EHS process and increases
Staff engagement regulatory compliance, he notes.
Thanks to technology and changing attitudes, companies “For example, today we can deliver informational bulletins
are now seeing EHS teams for their value rather than as the to workers regarding subjects important to the local or
cost of doing business. Companies are able to calculate enterprise EHS team,” Mr Gaddis says. “It’s common to get
back a ‘thumbs up’, letting the EHS practitioner know the temperature, air quality, humidity and noise, and to provide
information was understood. employees feedback when conditions become unsafe.”
“Then it’s validated when the practitioner sends information All the data collected needs to be analysed, which is why
back, along with a picture of a hazard found because he the role of big data analytics is paramount. “Data analytics
or she learned from the engagement bulletin. That’s a very are so important. Facilities that value data will use analysis
simple but real example of a game changer in increasing to make the workplace safer,” notes Mrs Williams.
worker engagement and fostering EHS partnership
and collaboration.” “It’s absolutely changing things, as they have more
capabilities thanks to bringing all the different data sources
As for SaaS, Mr Airhart believes such offerings are generally together and analysing everything. But it’s still a very new
more affordable and easier to implement, and can be concept and they’re not there yet. People in this industry
updated quickly. Done right, he says, cloud solutions can are just beginning to get their heads around what analytics
be more secure than what many customers can do for can do for them.”
themselves on their own servers. “Plus centralisation of
the platform makes it easily accessible by all employees, Get what you need
helps ensure data accuracy and drives buy-in of EHS
programmes across the organisation.” Mr Airhart points out that we should be careful about
focusing on “trends and buzzwords” too much, as many
Technological advancements facilities are still managing EHS systems using desktop
applications, legacy-based software systems and even
As EHS challenges evolve, so does the technology paper documents like spreadsheets and checklists.
developed to help manage them. The Internet of Things
(IoT), big data and analytics are now all piquing interest “Focusing on the latest solutions versus the most needed
within the EHS sector. Connected devices are helping creates inefficiency and gaps in awareness, which could in
to collect and exchange EHS data, providing real-time turn create risks. The most important questions for software
environmental monitoring. of any kind is not whether it represents the ‘latest and
greatest’ out there, but rather what kind of improvement it
Examples, Mr Gaddis says, include wearables that can can make to EHS management and culture,” he advises.
monitor workers in certain environments, drones that can
watch for tank leaks and security fencing that can inform What it really comes down to, he says, is that it is more
staff of an intruder. important to get the EHS software you need rather than
the EHS software you want. He recommends avoiding
“Safety managers are definitely early adopters of IoT, the temptation to get highly configured solutions that will
especially wearables, so they can collect as much data require extensive training, have longer implementation
on how employees work and really zero in on why timeframes and result in reduced participation.
incidents occur,” adds Mr Cohen.
“Look for software that meet your needs out of the box,
“They’re looking at smart glasses to measure eye built and based on best practices and insights from real
movement to determine if someone is fatigued or EHS professionals. You want solutions that function as an
unfocused, connected hard hats to measure impacts to integrated platform, and that offer mobile capability for
the head to ensure employees don’t have undiagnosed some of the really important tasks. You’ll have happier, safer
concussions, fatigue bands, monitors that measure employees and stronger EHS management,” he concludes.
Reporting requirements made easier

Software suppliers are working to make ever-increasing global demands for chemical
reporting more straightforward
Chemical reporting obligations are becoming ever more Automating the SDS
onerous, particularly for multinational businesses, with the
volume of requirements steadily growing and becoming Such systems use complex computer algorithms to encode
increasingly complex. a sequence of considerations that an expert would make
to develop say, a safety data sheet (SDS). Global MSDS’s
Francis Trudeau, solution manager at risk management HazMix SDS, for example, can determine whether the
software specialist Sphera, says the main regulatory product is a liquid or a solid, which regulations are relevant
challenge for companies producing or using chemicals for a specific part of the world and how these would apply.
is the significant variation in how global standards are It can also work out what advice should be given for a
interpreted across the world. “Country-specific differences particular hazard and apply it to a particular part of the SDS.
in the implementation of the Globally Harmonised System
(GHS) remain a big issue for companies,” he says “It takes what would be a lot of human experience and
automating it, making it simplistic,” says Dr Pemberton.
Mr Trudeau describes this as a widespread problem. “So when you press the button you’re actually getting me
Countries that do not make the hard choices required and our multilingual regulatory team.”
by the GHS leave grey areas that are difficult to navigate,
he says. But countries where implementation is more Sphera’s systems do not come with artificial intelligence
advanced have also complicated things because regulatory (AI), says Mr Trudeau, but they do support experts in
details are often being challenged. “For companies it can making informed decisions by determining mixture
be a do-your-own adventure in compliance.” hazards and compliance risks. As such, a company
can assess the marketability of its products to customers
Mark Pemberton, technical director of Global MSDS, in specific countries based on legal constraints and
says that software that takes some of the decision making customer requirements.
burden from companies, underpinned with reliable and
up-to-date data, is essential to help chemical producers Dr Pemberton says that the benefits of such systems can
and users navigate these complexities. be clearly demonstrated in both time and money. “When
we bought the company six years ago it took someone six
“Companies can’t afford to do it in-house or to outsource to eight hours and several hundred pounds to write a SDS
it,” he says. “The use of intelligence-based systems linked for a product with a complex mixture. That is now done in
with data threading – where you’re using freshly maintained 20 minutes and costs £5.”
data – is the only way to promote effective compliance and
proactive engagement with regulation, because the cost of Such complex systems are all very well but software
man hours is too high for many of these activities to occur providers agree that their products are only as good
in practice.” as the data underpinning them. “It’s not in the interest of
industry or regulators to have poor quality data,” says

Dr Pemberton. Global MSDS has a legal agreement to
get hazard classification information directly from the
German government and Echa’s chemical databases,
which he considers the most robust in the world.
To these classifications, the company adds Cas index

occupational exposure limits (OELs), but the system
also uses data from other regulatory systems which
Dr Pemberton does not consider to be as reliable.
To help users navigate this variability in information

quality, the software uses icons to distinguish between
21,000 classifications guaranteed by the lead competent
authorities and companies as correct and those that are
not. Any classification changes are updated instantly.
Complex algorithms can automate processes like filling out a safety data sheet
Both Global MSDS’s and Sphera’s systems give users the

ability to add their own hazard classifications. “There are ToxServices’s managing director and chief toxicologist
typically shades of grey in regulation,” says Mr Trudeau. Margaret Whittaker says the system helps companies
“So we provide users with settings, so they can enforce eliminate hazards on the front side by screening out
their preferences and interpretation where it matters.” dangerous substances, and therefore reduces the need
to carry out risk and exposure assessments in the
As well as having good quality datasets, Dr Pemberton final formulation.
says, the way they are used and interpreted is important.
He points to the use of read-across. For example, the US In instances where risk assessments are required,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed tools GreenScreens are useful to identify critical health effects
to enable users to look at the proximity of certain chemicals endpoints and identify points of departure, she adds.
to a target chemical. “These are the way forward in
management where you’re using information in a big For this reason, ToxServices is expanding the database
data way,” he says. to include two new modules. One has over 2,000 tolerable
intake values, which are useful for assessing risks from
Databases added extractables and leachables from medical devices or
container closure systems; the other contains more than
A similar service is provided by ToxServices’s ToxFMD 3,000 personal care product profiles, including points
Screened Chemistry Database, which has a library of departure.
of around 1,000 GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals
assessments that examine substances against 18 human “This is so that companies that have to live in a risk world
health and environmental endpoints, from cancer to as opposed to a hazard avoidance world will still benefit
persistence in the environment. from the database, because there’s a place for both in
decision-making,” Dr Whittaker says.
Bergen Hubert, sustainability scientist and project
manager at ToxServices, says: “We developed a simple Striking the right balance
platform to get a snapshot, a tox profile, for each one of
those endpoints for individual chemistries. You type in How do companies manage the balance between making
an individual Cas number and it populates individual tox their systems accurately reflect the complexity of regulation
profiles for each endpoint. Then you can click individually and remaining user-friendly? The visual interface is an
on that endpoint and see why we came up with that.” important start. The ToxFMD database uses bright colour
coding and provides indexing by function class to help
The GreenScreen assessment comes up with an overall users navigate the system and make better decisions about
benchmark score at the end, from 1 (the most toxic) to the chemicals in their products.
4 (the least), allowing users to identify chemicals of high
concern and to search for similar but safer substances Global MSDS’s system is explicitly designed so that
to replace them with. it can be used without detailed technical knowledge,
with accompanying YouTube videos and ‘follow-me’

guides to help navigate it. The SDS can be generated
in different ways, in multiple languages, to suit different
user requirements.
However, some level of complexity is inevitable.

Sphera’s software reflects the fact that it is built for experts.
“Our domain is highly specialised and so are our users.
We would like to have state-of-the-art user-friendliness
but our focus is on being conversant on regulatory details
with our customers,” Mr Trudeau says.
He adds: “What matters most in the end is that our users

find the solution to be aligned with what they need for
compliance.” Sphera’s approach is to develop training
material and recorded training sessions so users can teach
themselves about their legal obligations and how to use The move to cloud computing will help in the storage of cross-company information
the software in order to meet them.

Up in the clouds
As well as dealing with the current complexities of
regulation, software producers have to keep abreast of Looking to the future, Mr Trudeau says the shift toward
new developments. One important way of doing this, says cloud computing may help companies store a single source
Mr Trudeau is to have a close relationship with customers of information across all of a company’s business units.
and to listen to them. For instance, the forthcoming central “For multinational companies there’s a lot of value in
notification requirements for national poison centres, only having one version of the data characterising their
which arises from a REACH annex, was brought to Sphera’s products, otherwise there are islands and pockets of
attention eight years ago by a concerned customer. knowledge and they’re not harmonised. It makes it much
easier for companies to manage,” he says.
“It’s nine-headed hydra, it’s super-complex. You need to
submit data in a specific format and this is meant to help Security issues are a potential barrier, Mr Trudeau adds,
but the deadlines are very ambitious for companies, he but he believes these can be overcome and that software
says.” Sphera is therefore planning to add new functionality can help a company raise its game by instituting a higher
to its software to be ready when the Echa portal becomes level of compliance than required in one country to keep
active. This will allow users to submit information about pace with tougher regulations in another. Although the
products electronically at the push of a button. sheer volume of data to handle can be problematic, he
says, it can also highlight the differences in regulation
Global MSDS, meanwhile, is currently testing software and implementation across the world. “It is exposing the
for fingerprinting and interest profiling. “Based upon the variability as to how we regard the hazards of a chemical
chemicals, regions and topics you’re interested in, we substance. It can force a conversation between people,
can do a pay-as-you-go positive information system,” such as ‘how did you get to that conclusion?’”
says Dr Pemberton. “The automated system will proactively
tell you whether there’s a new regulation that touches ToxServices agrees there is scope to improve chemical
your chemistry or topic, or whether there’s a classification management in the industry, which is why it gives free
change in any of your chemicals you’re interested in. access to its entire library of GreenScreen Benchmark 1
That, we believe, is the way things will go in the future.” chemicals. “Hopefully, this will encourage a decrease in
the use of these chemicals and, in cases where substitution
Individual software products can also have uses beyond isn’t possible, then at least exposure controls will be
their primary purpose. The main goal of the ToxFMD implemented,” says Dr Whittaker.
Screened Chemistry Database, for example, is to help
companies make informed chemical management Dr Pemberton believes even more passionately
decisions. However, the underlying data can be used that the industry’s compliance level can be raised by
for other purposes, such as developing product SDSs providing as much information as possible for free or
and labels into a formulation review as part of the larger at low cost. “The only way confidence in it will rise is by
ToxFMD programme. enabling companies to demonstrate understanding about regulations and complying with them.
compliance with specific brand requirements, or to obtain And the only way they’ll do that is cutting cost and raising
risk values needed to comply with international standards awareness. That will slowly bring back confidence among
and regulations. regulators, NGOs and the general public”, he says.
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Showing compliance through software

Software is becoming available to address both customer scrutiny and the varying
regulatory landscape
Due to the trends towards increasing customer scrutiny supply chain specialists make with suppliers, vendors
of the safety of chemicals in products and tighter and others to obtain material and compliance data.
regulatory requirements, there is a growing need The data acquired can be embedded into product safety
to manage risks, ensure compliance, demonstrate and stewardship processes, automatically generating
transparency to customers and maintain a good reputation, (extended) safety data sheets ((e)SDSs), labels and
both for producers and users of chemicals. The circular exposure scenarios.
economy is another driver for better understanding of the
raw materials used. This is needed to ensure responsible Similarly, Gensuite says that its software enables
use and safe reuse or recycling. users to stay up to date with global regulatory changes
relating to product stewardship and product compliance.
Furthermore, chemical regulations vary across regions, This is accessed through a cloud-based, cross-functional
making the global regulatory landscape difficult to platform, with a supplier portal and automatic notifications
navigate. The digitalisation of industry as a whole is driving of changes in regulations by country or jurisdiction.
companies to look for ways to store data and intelligence The firm’s packages cover product stewardship, regulation
centrally to share across the organisation rather than trackers, product compliance, and supply chain continuity
in separate siloes. And all of this comes at a time when and conflict minerals programme management.
companies have shrinking resources to tackle these issues.
Toxnot software, in comparison, sets out to enable
Software packages are being made available to address companies to speed up and achieve transparency, by
these needs and help cut costs. “We see that mounting managing chemical hazards, improving product design
pressure to safely and efficiently develop, manufacture, and automating reporting. It “offers a secure chemical
market, utilise and distribute chemical-containing products hazard dashboard connecting supply chain to streamline
is driving investment in product safety and compliance materials health management”, the company says.
solutions,” explains Alan Johnson, director of strategic
alliances at one of the companies offering such software, Product hazard data can be collected, compared against
Verisk 3E. regulatory lists, safer alternatives sought, and complex
supply chains managed in one dashboard system.
Mr Johnson adds: “With public pressure for transparency, This also generates automated reports, including health
sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) product declarations (HPDs), LEEDv4 manufacturer
increasing, the ability to efficiently collect, validate and inventories and Declare labels.
share product compliance information across the global
supply chain has never been more critical.” Annie Bevan, sustainability manager at Superior Essex,
a Toxnot customer, comments: “It is invaluable to be able
Verisk 3E says that it offers a range of software for supply to collect and organise chemical ingredient information,
chain compliance, regulatory consulting, monitoring and direct development of material ingredient reports,
reference, among other products. The information tools and collect key CSR supplier information all in one
contained in the software are based on the contacts its software tool.”
Since chemical regulations are usually based on product formulations or recall products due to non-compliance with
contents, software tools like these, which systematically changing regulations or shifting customer requirements.”
track this, can help companies create a forward-looking
chemical management system. Time and resource savings However, the results of software analyses are only as good
can be made by using software which includes regulatory as the data put in, so how do data quality issues come into
content, because there is less need for manual and time- this? Generally, data quality has improved with better and
consuming processes like research, data entry and tracking more consistent reporting standards. In addition, there
down supplier and customer information. is increased awareness of reporting requirements in the
supply chain.
“With the click of a button, you can send your supplier an
official questionnaire, as well as collecting, organising and Toxnot provides a free suite of tools to help upstream
reporting various material ingredient information,” adds suppliers understand the needs of downstream users.
Ms Bevan. “As both collection of data and reporting is However, there may still be quality issues with information
automated, we have found that we save hours of time and from upstream suppliers and manufacturers and in a
money which would have been spent on manually inputting company’s internal business system.
data collected from emails and spreadsheets.”
Product stewardship software can even enable

companies to gain other advantages beyond tracking
"The digitalisation of industry
and demonstrating compliance, according to Donavan as a whole is driving companies
Hornsby, Gensuite’s VP and corporate strategy executive. to look for ways to store data
“Although compliance is the starting point, our customers
soon realise that they can use the same software to drive
and intelligence centrally to share
cross-functional efficiencies, supply chain continuity and across the organisation rather
even competitive advantage in the marketplace. They can than in separate siloes"
move beyond compliance and begin creating broader value
for their organisations,” he says.
“The implementation of compliance-focused software
Mr Johnson of Verisk 3E echoes this, saying: “Users can usually helps organisations understand the gaps they
proactively anticipate and manage regulatory changes, may have in internal systems and the need to educate their
respond quickly to shifting customer requirements, avoid supply base and their internal stakeholders, for that matter,”
supply chain disruption and accelerate time to market.” explains Mr Hornby.
Assigning responsibility for product compliance may Once the gaps and issues are better understood,
seem like an insurmountable task, but accountability and companies can use software platforms to ensure data
transparency are vital in the commercial world. Software integrity through real-time validation against business rules
platforms can be used to digitise and visualise workflows and regulatory reporting requirements. For example, Toxnot
across the organisation and share information. provides automatic updates of regulatory and hazard lists
to ensure the data platform is current and quality-assured,
Connections can be mapped between compliance leads as well as customer service.
to regulatory monitoring and impact assessments; from
procurement teams to suppliers for data collection and “By providing free access to our data, we get the widest
validation; from engineers to compliance status of materials possible review from the global community to help
used in products; and from sales teams to products update methods or catch mistakes more rapidly explains
approved for shipment to different countries. Pete Girard, CEO and co-founder of the company.
“At the customer level we provide support, help with
“Unfortunately, sometimes it takes a crisis to focus the documentation and training alongside our free platform
mind and objectives of a company and to motivate cross- access to help people to start to use the software and
functional working – for example, shipments stopped at gain confidence.”
the border, the loss of sole suppliers and lost customers
are wake-up calls to action,” says Mr Hornsby. So if, as a producer or user of chemicals, a company wishes
not only to track the chemical ingredients it uses but
Mr Johnson agrees, saying: “An intelligent product also to demonstrate compliance with regulations, show
compliance solution can enable teams to base critical transparency to its customers and make efficiency savings,
product decisions on more reliable, accurate and up-to- it could be worthwhile looking at obtaining a software
date data, reducing the risk of having to rework package that suits its specific needs.
Getting it right on safety data sheets

Choosing the correct SDS authoring software is a lengthy but vital task
Safety data sheet (SDS) authoring systems are great tools Identifying requirements
for increasing efficiency and consistency, but choosing
the right one for a specific company is no easy task. Once a project team is in place the next, and potentially
most important step, is to identify the key requirements,
Tracking international chemical regulatory guidelines and or the scope of authoring needs. The questions that could
providing accurate, compliant documentation has never be asked are endless, but to get started, Mr McCloskey puts
been more complex. It is important to find a system that forward some key points to consider (see box on page 24).
make it possible to manage the complexities of gathering
accurate data, applying regulatory directives and guides It is important to look to the future too. When such a large
and issuing reliable hazard communication documentation. investment is being made, the system should last and be
On top of this, a system must be found that meets a capable of growing with the business. With this in mind,
business’s specific needs. users should consider their organisation’s outlook for the
next five to ten years and the areas it might expand into.
When deciding on an SDS authoring system, consultants,
vendors and systems integrators all recommend setting up It is also crucial to understand the company’s internal
a structured project. Chemdox, a subsidiary of Germany’s capabilities. Does it have staff that can manage
Unique Computing Solutions that markets its eponymous implementation and system support or will they need
software for SDSs and other documents, outlines a ten-step external services? If so, what type and level of services
process for customers to use. These include: is required and how much of the work can be or should
• research; be automated?
• identification of needs;
• demos; “We have a variety of customers. Some like to be hands-on
• testing; and do all the authoring, while others like to simply push
• looking at custom development needs; and a button and let the system do it all,” says Karen Lanka,
• implementation planning. senior director of product management at Verisk 3E, a
global provider of chemical, regulatory and compliance
One of the first things that should always be put in place, of information services.
course, is internal ownership, according to Sean McCloskey,
a principal consultant at the international chemical service Defining the ‘must-have’ requirements makes it easier to
provider ERM. understand exactly what the business needs from an SDS
authoring system and set project expectations. This is
“Is this an IT project with the product stewardship (PS) important, Mrs Lanka explains, because “if expectations
organisation as a customer, or does the PS organisation are not made clear at the beginning this can lead to the
manage their software systems? Establishing a cadence scope being expanded mid-project, which can result in
between the PS and IT teams is a critical step in the additional effort and cost, as well as affecting your timeline”.
software selection process. A project may be IT-driven, with
the business function as a customer, or business-driven, Connie Prostko-Bell, associate vice president of
with IT providing support as directed,” he says. information-driven performance at Arcadis US,
gives an example of a large chemical company, which sold ensure quality translation, the correct legal wording?
a handful of simple products that did not change over time, For example the legal wording may differ between
were only sold in North America and were transported by Spanish-speaking countries, such as Spain, Mexico
rail. It bought a very complex, expensive package of business and Argentina.”
rules and content.
Taking the time to drill down into potential systems is
very helpful, he adds. “It gets a potential buyer to sit
"Once a project team is in place the next, down and think ‘Right, I’ve been working with my current
software for 20 years – why am I checking out new
and potentially most important step,
systems? What are the things I want handled in a better
is to identify the key requirements, way?’ It encourages people to look a bit deeper.”
or the scope of authoring needs"
Mr McCloskey advises reaching out to contacts within
the same industry for benchmarking and to get their
“As the implementation progressed, it became clear that real-world experience. Furthermore, for those with
the complexity of the system was a hindrance and the team little implementation experience, it might also be worth
ended up just mocking up their SDS in the system without discussing the selection process with a system-agnostic
using any of the complex features,” says Ms Prostko-Bell. third party consultancy.
“Those could have been well worth the investment of
time and money for a company with a different product Scope of authoring needs
portfolio, but in the case of this organisation, they only
led to frustration and waste.” ERM’s advice on the things to consider when looking
at the scope of authoring needs comprises the
Streamline the shortlist following:
• what are the R&D formulation and new product
With defined requirements set out, a shortlist of vendors can introduction business process integration
be created. “Each company will have different requirements opportunities?;
that might eliminate certain providers. It’s important to put • how many unique products require an SDS or other
together a list of what’s important to your company and hazard communication that will be generated by the
ensure each of the providers you’re looking at can offer authoring system?;
that,” says Frans Lemaire, product manager at Lisam. • what is the rate of major changes and introduction
of new products which drive SDS (re)authoring
Anton Zrzavy, Chemdox’s CEO, recommends requesting events?;
software demos at this point as “a good way to get a feel • how complex is the product line chemistry, and
for the software – and the provider. You’ll be able to see if the are the products blends of raw materials or do
system seems easy to use, if it’s efficient and if you like the they involve reaction and transformation?;
look and feel of it. Employees will use this system every day. • how diverse are the product lines in a
If they hate the user interface, that’s going to be a bad thing, chemistry sense?;
so it’s important to check these kinds of ‘soft’ facts.” • how many unique formats and languages
are required based on regulatory needs and
Doing this should shorten the list of potential systems further customer countries?;
still, so next it is time to really drill down into the software and • how many different scenarios are supported
vendor, take a very detailed look at the systems, compare for sales and distribution?;
all their features and then put together a list of questions to • how many users/authors will need access to the
send to vendors. These help to ensure the systems being system, how spread-out are they and is this a factor
considered meet specific requirements. in system performance?;
• are metrics to hand for authoring time, measuring
For example, users might want to ask how you can integrate backlog, tracking the number of authoring events
the new SDS authoring system with the business’s existing and changes done within the organisation and will
enterprise resource planning (ERP) or product lifecycle the platform support capturing those and other
management (PLM) systems, or check how often the metrics?; and
provider supplies regulatory updates and if they provide the • what other product stewardship requirements
legal data or if it comes from a third party. should the system address leveraging the common
centralised SDS data (such as global chemical
“Perhaps you want to get an understanding on the phrase product compliance, hazardous material transport
library and language capabilities,” says Mr Zrzavy. “Do they compliance, label authoring, etc.)?
Structured testing
What to look for when selecting
Next, companies are recommended to undertake SDS software
structured testing of the shortlisted systems. A lack of
structured testing is something vendors see all too often, There is no ‘perfect’ checklist for selecting
where companies are given access, then the time passes an SDS authoring system, but a rough guide
without trialling the system. can be envisaged. First and foremost, the
chosen system must meet both business
It is imperative to block time for structured testing and regulatory requirements.
and have a list of the processes to try out. Suppliers
advise users to start by creating an SDS, adding a new Other key steps to ensure due diligence are to:
substance to the system, then designing and generating • develop a structured project for selecting SDS
a label, thus checking each of the tasks the system is software and defining the project owners and
supposed to carry out. leaders;
• decide on the scope of PS needs;
Mr Zrzavy recommends setting challenges, for example • understand in-house capabilities and whether
seeing how long it takes to set up a new mixture, classify external implementation and/or run-and-
it and set up an SDS for each of the regions the product maintain services are needed;
is sold in. Comparing software this way will show which • consider the organisation’s outlook for the next
are most user-friendly and efficient. five to ten years – for instance, consolidation
through divestiture, expansion through
It may also help customers raise specific questions. acquisition or diversification of product lines;
For example, if a task is not available’ out of the box’, they • ask what level of system automation is wanted;
can ask if it is achievable by altering the configuration or • create a shortlist of potential vendors that can
if there is a need to customise the system – and, indeed, the defined requirements;
if that is possible. Once all of these questions have been • request software demos;
answered, it is time to request a quotation. • drill down into initial research and return
to vendors with any specific questions;
“It’s important to get it down to a good selection of • undertake structured software testing;
software systems, to really understand your needs and • develop a final shortlist of systems to choose
the support available from the provider. Because, only from; and
when you have all this information can you judge whether • request quotations and make an informed
the price is good value,” Mr Zrzavy concludes. decision on the value they offer.
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New kid on the block

Can blockchain solve supply chain communication issues and enhance transparency?
The rise of globalisation has allowed businesses to tap into a growing number of records, allowing fast tracking
multiple markets and expand to every corner of the earth. of information. It was originally created to manage
Much of this can be attributed to rapid development in IT transactions through the crypto-currency Bitcoin,
over the past few decades. These technological advances but has since shown potential for sharing and retrieving
have allowed products to be shipped around the world many other forms of data.
quickly and at relatively low cost.
Through a database, the information can be validated
However, while industry has benefited from open access to by a larger network, instead of just a central authority.
the global market, incredibly complex supply chains have Advocates say the technology ensures data security,
emerged, bringing with them significant challenges. These control and transparency.
vast webs have made sharing and obtaining information
across multiple suppliers in multiple regions a particularly “Blockchain is composed of what’s called a distributed
difficult challenge, especially for those along the chemical ledger. It allows all the parties spread around a network
supply chain. to have access to or view the same data,” says Dominic
Regan, Oracle’s senior director of logistics applications in
From consumer pressure to the growing number of the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. This year, the
regulations around the world, businesses are being computer technology firm rolled out a blockchain service,
required to identify product ingredients and publicly share which allows companies to use the technology.
them on an unprecedented scale. Knowing what chemicals
are in the materials and products they buy and sell has Mr Regan says that blockchain moves industry on from
become one of industry’s most pressing challenges. its traditional approach, which involves each stakeholder
having its own database of information. “Over the
It is fitting that, just as technology has been a factor in years, we’ve seen all sorts of ways of integrating data.
creating this problem, an emerging one is being hailed But the reality is, if you want to get to it, you have to go
as the solution. In many people’s eyes, blockchain, the to a database somewhere; you have to have the right
distributed ledger technology, holds the key. But what credentials to get to it; and you have to retrieve the data,
is blockchain? And how can it help companies achieve probably map it into a format that you can use, then
effective, efficient information exchange on chemicals consume that data,” he says.
and in a more transparent way?
This process, adds Mr Regan, can take a significant amount
The basics of time. In addition, issues of trust and security have been
raised. Whether the data is the original set or has been
In simple terms, blockchain is a digital record-keeping changed before or subsequently are prominent worries
system that enables the creation and maintenance of for industry.
The underlying concept of a blockchain is that everybody Together, they have developed an “intelligent pallet” that
who is connected and within the defined network has informs them about its position, movement and loading
access to the same data at the same time and it can only status. BASF says that with this, missing or damaged
be changed if all parties agree. “That’s one of the real values parts could be automatically re-ordered. The blockchain
of blockchain. By its nature, everybody has access at a local technology it is using means security and trust in the data
level and this greatly increases transparency and speed integrity could increase. “This combination provides an
of access,” says Mr Regan. outlook for a secure and transparent material and data
flow in the future,” the company says.
With increased transparency come issues around
confidential business information (CBI). According to The blockchain buzzword is also a discussion point of the
Mr Regan, this is addressed through blockchain’s ability Proactive Alliance industry group. The cross-sector alliance
to allocate data access. Companies can integrate certain of industry representatives is working to develop a global
access rules through a ‘permission-based blockchain standard for material data, which would be interoperable
system’. This means only authorised parties can access, with the IT systems used by different sectors. The group
view or use the data. recently held its second technical meeting and discussed
whether blockchain could help collect and share material
The test phase data for articles – including their chemical composition –
across sectors. Its outcomes are soon to be released.
Pilot projects that leverage blockchain as a fundamentally
different approach to solving these problems are emerging. ‘Overwhelming hype’
One of the most notable is the collaboration between major
US retailer Walmart and IT giant IBM, which has been in Although more and more companies are getting
the blockchain space for some years. Walmart is assessing involved in blockchain, there are calls for caution. In April,
whether blockchain can be used to trace chemicals across the World Economic Forum released a report which said
some of its products and packaging. that companies must consider the “overwhelming amount
of hype surrounding blockchain”.
A spokesperson for the retailer told Chemical Watch that
“the beauty of blockchain is that it lets us shine a light “It has started to seem that the most intractable of the
on a range of data attributes”. Blockchain, she said, lets world’s problems have merely been waiting for blockchain
companies confidently and precisely pinpoint ingredients to arrive. This is not only misleading and untrue, but also
and suppliers, with dates, times, locations, temperatures, becomes a barrier to decision makers in taking a balanced
certificates and more. “It can provide an extraordinary perspective on the technology,” the report says.
level of detail that we would definitely like to see include
chemical ingredients, direct and indirect additives and Truly innovative deployments of blockchain, it continues,
colours,” she added. require a “match between blockchain’s specific benefits
and use cases that enable realisation of these benefits”.
Walmart has collaborated with Chinese online retailer This must be followed by “dedicated hard work to get
JD.com, IBM and the Tsinghua University National it right and embed it in organisations and industries”.
Engineering Laboratory for E-Commerce Technologies
to create a ‘Blockchain food safety alliance’. This aims Moreover, the report adds, blockchain is “not a workaround
to enhance food tracking and traceability, and achieve for business processes, nor is its use a guarantee of
greater transparency through the food supply chain. stakeholder alignment … It is only once the hard work of
engagement and deployment has been done that we will
In a trial of the technology, the company first asked a team truly start to reap the benefits of the innovation provided
to trace a package of sliced mangoes back to their source by consensus and pseudonymous value transfer.”
using current methods. Because of paper-based record
keeping commonly used in the industry and multiple layers The technology clearly offers significant opportunities
in produce supply chains, it took six days, 18 hours and for chemical supply chains and some of these are already
26 minutes. Using blockchain it was able to trace a mango being realised. However, it is still in its infancy, certainly
in a US store back to a farm in Mexico in 2.2 seconds. for product supply chains. This means that its true
“Such capability would help enable rapid processing potential is not yet understood and only when more,
of recalls and help limit potential exposure to affected carefully implemented examples emerge on how
products,” Walmart said in its latest sustainability report. blockchain works in this environment will we truly
understand its potential and power to transform how
Global chemicals giant BASF is also working on a pilot chemicals are identified and tracked, leading to their
project with start-up companies Quantoz and Ahrma. better control.
Glossary
Use the glossary to look up key terms and how we define the categories presented
in the guide.
Service areas
Regulatory compliance
Chemical safety assessment
Hazard communication
Stewardship
Software functions/capabilities
Change management (chemicals) manage chemical regulatory compliance during operational or regulatory change
Data management (regulatory

source chemical and regulatory information
lists, substance data)
present data as reports for regulatory bodies, shareholders,

Reporting
government agencies, etc.
Substance volume tracking capture and track substance volumes to ensure compliance
Hazardous material management manage SVHCs throughout the supply chain
Chemical inventory management track inventory information required for regulatory reporting
Chemical safety prediction help fill data gaps on hazardous materials
Product compliance ensure products meet compliance requirements before going to market
Regulatory management track regulatory updates and changes
Compliance assurance conduct auditing in order to maintain compliance
centralising supplier and customer information to maintain regulatory compliance

Supply chain management
troughout the supply chain
Hazard assessment assess hazard endpoints, toxicology and screening
Exposure assessment assess and manage safe exposure levels for workers
Risk assessment assess risk of chemicals in materials/products

determine hazards in the workplace, comply with hazard communications

Worker safety
and ‘right-to-know’
Environmental safety assess the environmental impact of chemicals
Consumer safety assess the impact on consumers of chemicals in consumer products
Supply chain communication communicate vital information, providing a unified access point for all users
SDS authoring support creation of SDS
SDS management support distribution and maintenance of SDS records
improve EHS performance and mitigate risk by capturing data on incidents

Incident management
and identifying root causes
Labelling create labels for substances that meet regulatory compliance requirements
Stewardship
minimise environmental impact of chemicals in products through management

Product lifecycle management
and scrutiny of design/manufacturing process
identify and track all substances in products to help minimise environmental

Full material declaration
impact
Supplier information find and track supplier information to ensure end-to-end compliance
manage CSR metrics and data collection, assess and report on long-term
Corporate social responsibility
CSR sustainability goals
Acronyms
SaaS - software as a service
ERP - enterprise resource planning
PLM - product lifecycle management
CSR - corporate social responsibility
EMIS - environmental management information systems
EHS - environmental health and safety
FMD - full material disclosure
BOM - bill of materials
LIMS - laboratory information management system
Software functions/capabilities are indicated in the profiles using the following terms:
Core - standard function/service of the product
Enabled (Enb) - function/service is enabled by a partner
Customisable (Cst) - customisable module before purchase

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ALMEGO®
CHYMEIA ApS
About www.almego.com
ALMEGO® is the new generation of SDS authoring software. It is provided by info@almego.com

CHYMEIA ApS and based on more than a decade of development and dedicated
focus on improving SDS authoring process. 0045 7240 1622
ALMEGO® offers a very high degree of automation in a SaaS solution. The

automated processes are supplemented by a unique built-in guidance, a flexible Service areas
structure and an intuitive user interface. ALMEGO® is a completely new type of SDS Regulatory compliance
authoring software. Offered in a variety of affordable price-models, including Chemical safety assessment
unit-pricing. Hazard communications

Stewardship
(ALMEGO® is targeted SDS authors in both small and large companies, and it
is developed with a platform also making it an efficient, attractive and low-cost
software for SDS authoring consultants.)
Functions/Capabilities
Change management (chemicals) Core
Features
Data management (regulatory lists, Core
• A user-friendly and intuitive • an advanced CLP calculator; substance data)
Reporting Cst
interface; • easy data migration from the
Substance volume tracking -
• built-in guidance and help existing software; Hazardous material management Cst
functionalities; • easy data migration from the Chemical inventory management -
• high degree of automation with existing software; and Chemical safety prediction Core
smart-rule authoring; Product compliance -
• a price model that is tailored with
Regulatory management Core
• easy updating and translations flexible terms.
Compliance assurance Cst
to many languages; Supply chain management -
Hazard assessment Core
That is exactly what we have developed with ALMEGO®. This new SDS
Exposure assessment Cst
authoring software has been designed with the needs of the users in focus. Risk assessment Core
Cst - Customisable | Core - Core service | Enb - Enabled

All in an up-to-date SaaS platform. You can see and try it all online. Worker safety Cst
Environmental safety Cst
Consumer safety -
Product details Hazard communication
Supply chain communication Core
Software type Integration capabilities
SDS authoring Core
SaaS, Cloud based ERP, PLM, EMIS, EHS,
SDS management Cst
Formula Management, LIMS -
User experience Incident management
Customisable, Off-the-shelf, Content type Labelling Core

Stewardship
Configurable Database, Regulatory updates
Product lifecycle management -
Pricing structure Expertise Full material declaration Core
Licensed, Pay-per-use, Subscription, Purchasing, Planning & management, Supplier information -
Free trial Implementation, Integration Corporate social responsibility -

CHEMDOX®
By CHEMDOX®
About www.chemdox.com
The CHEMDOX® company provides an outstanding software solution for the chemical office@chemdox.com
industry: Assure regulatory compliance; Classify chemicals according to numerous
regulations; Generate high-quality safety-related documents in the most efficient way. +1 888 8369462
+43 1 5321489 0
What our clients like about us
The CHEMDOX® software has been developed by experts for experts. It’s efficient, Service areas
open, flexible and really supports compliance. It is easy to use, easy to integrate and Regulatory compliance
easy to automate. All this, based on state-of-the-art technology and an outstanding Chemical safety assessment
customer support. Hazard communications
Stewardship
The CHEMDOX® company is a 100% subsidiary of UCS - unique computing solutions
gmbh - developing high-quality software since 1999.
Features Regulatory compliance
• Chemical management: manage • SDS authoring: generate SDS Data management (regulatory lists, Core
chemicals easily and efficiently efficiently and ‘translate’ your SDS substance data)
with the CHEMDOX® software and into 40+ countries taking into Reporting Core
its legal content, and substance account official languages, national Substance volume tracking Enb
database; legal terminology as well as national Hazardous material management Core

Chemical inventory management Enb
• Classification calculators: improve regulations;
Chemical safety prediction -
regulatory compliance when • Hazard labelling: create multilingual Product compliance Core
classifying chemicals according hazard labels with our flexible label Regulatory management Core
to several regulations (e.g. GHS, editor; Compliance assurance Core
transport, national regulations). The • SDS distribution: distribute SDS Supply chain management -
CHEMDOX® regulatory calculators automatically with no manual effort; Chemical safety assessment
provide automatically computed Hazard assessment Core
and
Exposure assessment Core
classification suggestions;
• System integration & data Risk assessment Enb

• Regulatory coverage: cover global exchange: the CHEMDOX® software Worker safety Core
regulatory requirements on a best provides easy and state-of-the-art Environmental safety Core
practice level and up-to-date for all integration with other IT systems. Consumer safety -
major markets in e.g. Europe, Asia, Electronic exchange of data Hazard communication
Americas; Supply chain communication Core
furthermore improves productivity
SDS authoring Core
and quality. SDS management Core
Incident management Cst
Product details Labelling Core

Stewardship
Software type Integration capabilities Product lifecycle management Core
SaaS, Cloud based, Locally installed ERP, PLM, EMIS, EHS, Full material declaration Core
Formula Management, LIMS Supplier information Core
User experience Corporate social responsibility -
Customisable, Off-the-shelf, Content type
Other support services
Pricing structure Expertise
Licensed, Subscription, Free trial Purchasing, Planning & management, • Free software demo
Implementation, Integration • Extensive customer support
• CHEMDOX® days
Partners
• Several regional consulting and sales • Several software partners
partners worldwide (ERP, labelling, etc).
ChemGes
By DR-Software
About www.dr-software.com
With more than 1800 customers in 53 countries, DR-Software is a leader in creating info@dr-software.com
and managing SDSs, Internal Plant Instructions and labels. Solutions range from single
workstations to worldwide corporate networks, equally meeting the requirements of North America: +1 902 832 3425
global enterprises and SMEs. Europe: +43 2628 61900
ChemGes combines transport, environmental and safety data and calculates risks
Service areas
and hazards, from which SDSs according to various international standards and in 37
languages, are easily and quickly authored. Thus, leading to significant cost and time
savings for complying with legislation globally.
Hazard communications
A maintenance contract guarantees unlimited hotline support and access to all Stewardship
software and legislative updates. Legal and data changes are implemented quickly.
• Offices in Canada, USA, Austria, • entering a formulation and
Germany, France, Italy; outputting an SDS, takes only a few substance data)
• available in 4 screen languages minutes; Reporting Core
(English, French, German, Italian); • extremely high scalability/flexibility, Substance volume tracking Cst
for all industries and needs; Hazardous material management Core
• raw material database of 22,000
Chemical inventory management Cst
substances; • experienced in-house software
Chemical safety prediction Core
• automatic country-specific engineers quickly implement user-
Product compliance Core
classification according to the specific program adjustments and Regulatory management Core
UN-GHS and its worldwide customized applications; Compliance assurance Core
implementation (including OSHA • rule-based form generator allows Supply chain management Core
HCS, CLP, WHMIS 2015); for fully-automatic SDS creation Chemical safety assessment
• transport classification; and update;
• estimation of physical/chemical data; • network capability for standardized Risk assessment Core

data management; and Worker safety Core
• automatic creation of SDSs in 37
• expert team provides professional, Environmental safety Core
languages;
Consumer safety Core
fast hotline support for all questions
• label module; Hazard communication
on the software, legislation, and
• IPIs; Supply chain communication Core
technical matters. SDS authoring Core
• TLVs, Substance Listings, Tox Data; SDS management Core
Incident management Cst
Labelling Core
Product details Stewardship
Full material declaration Core
Locally installed; Local installation ERP, PLM, EMIS, EHS, Supplier information -
ensures utmost security Formula Management, LIMS, Corporate social responsibility -
Custom programme for integration
User experience
Configurable, Vast level of functionality Database, Regulatory updates,
Extensive database and formulae • Unlimited hotline support
Pricing structure
• Comprehensive manual
Licensed, Subscription, Expertise
Maintenance contract subscription Implementation, Integration • Customised training
• Update description
• Guidance PowerPoints and documents
Chesar
By the European Chemicals Agency (Echa)
About www.enablon.com
Chesar is an application developed by the European Chemicals Agency (Echa) to info@enablon.com

help companies carry out their chemical safety assessments (CSAs) and prepare their
chemical safety reports (CSRs) and exposure scenarios (ESs) for communication. 020 3603 2118
Chesar enables registrants to conduct their safety assessments in a structured,
harmonised, transparent and efficient way. Its workflow starts with the import of Service areas
substance-related data from Iuclid, followed by the use description and performing the Regulatory compliance
exposure assessment and risk characterisation. Based on this, Chesar automatically Chemical safety assessment
generates the CSR and ESs for communication. Hazard communications
Stewardship
Features
• Chesar helps you maintain • facilitates re-use/update of Functions/Capabilities
full consistency between your assessment elements, including
IUCLID dossier, CSR and ESs for use maps developed by sector Change management (chemicals) Core
communication; associations; Data management (regulatory lists, -
substance data)
• fully compatible with IUCLID - import • allows import of the ESCom phrase
Reporting Core
substance data and export use and catalogue and generation of ESs in
exposure information ESCom XML format;
Hazardous material management -
• contains built-in exposure estimation • allows import of translations of Chemical inventory management -
tools (ECETOC TRA and EUSES); phrase catalogues and generation Chemical safety prediction -
• automatic generation and easy and of translated ESs for communication; Product compliance Core
efficient update of CSR and ESs for and Regulatory management -

Compliance assurance -
communication; • available free of charge and easy
Supply chain management -
to install.
Hazard assessment -
Product details Risk assessment Core

Software type Pricing structure Worker safety Core
Environmental safety Core
Locally installed, Both desktop and Free of charge
server installation available
Integration capabilities Hazard communication
User experience Iuclid, ESCom XML Supply chain communication Core
Customisable, Off-the-shelf SDS authoring -
SDS management -
Incident management -
Labelling -
Stewardship
Full material declaration -
Supplier information -
Corporate social responsibility -
• Chesar support
• CSR illustrative example
• Use maps library
• Echa helpdesk
Cority Chemical Management for EHSQ
By Cority Software
About www.cority.com
Cority’s Chemical Management Solutions are designed to ensure industrial hygienists, info@cority.com
safety professionals and environmental professionals have a single source of
information to identify and manage risks, manage employee safety, health and 1-800-276-9120
well-being programs, and drive EHS regulatory compliance.
Service areas
Features
• Complete industrial hygiene • inventory management; Chemical safety assessment
sampling and testing; • out-of-the-box 3rd party content Hazard communications
• job hazard analyses; integrations; Stewardship
• risk management; • MOC – new chemical approval; and

• medical surveillance management; • waste management Functions/Capabilities
• SEG management; Regulatory compliance

• product management, including:
Data management (regulatory lists, Enb
SDS management, labeling, hazard substance data)
communication, multi-language Reporting Core
support; Substance volume tracking Core
Hazardous material management Enb
Chemical inventory management Core
Product details
Software type Integration capabilities Product compliance -
SaaS, Cloud based, Locally installed ERP, PLM, EMIS, EHS, Regulatory management Enb
Formula Management, LIMS Compliance assurance Core
User experience
Supply chain management Enb
Customisable, Off-the-shelf, Content type Chemical safety assessment
Configurable Database, Regulatory updates Hazard assessment Core
Risk assessment Core
Licensed Purchasing, Planning & management,

Worker safety Core
Implementation, Integration Environmental safety Core
Consumer safety -
Partners
Supply chain communication Enb
• Arcadis • ERM • SiteHawk • Verisk 3E SDS authoring -
Integration Integration partner Content provider Content provider SDS management Enb
provider Incident management Core
Labelling Core
Stewardship
Full material declaration Enb
Supplier information Enb
Corporate social responsibility Core

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efam (Environmental Fate Automated

Modelling)
By knoell Germany GmbH
About www.knoell.com
With efam (Environmental Fate Automated Modelling) we offer a software for efam@knoell.com
automating environmental exposure assessments prescribed for approval procedures
for plant protection products (PPP). Such exposure assessments are performed 0621-718858-0
using established computer models. The software automates and optimizes the
workflow for individuals or groups of people dealing with environmental fate and
exposure assessment. It is developed to automate model parameterization and model Service areas
simulations, extract the results and transfer the output to formatted tables suitable Regulatory compliance
for dossier/report incorporation. The development is of interest, not only in terms of Chemical safety assessment
speeding up modeling and report generation, but also it optimizes the organization Hazard communications
of data, reduce the occurrence of manual input errors and reduce the effort required Stewardship
for quality control.

Change management (chemicals) -
Properties: • basis for higher-tier modelling; and
• reduction in run times through • IEEE industry standard. substance data)
automated parallelisation of Reporting Core
efam helps to:
modelling calculations; Substance volume tracking -
• centralise input data for several
• flexible and modular structure; Hazardous material management -
models in one database;
Chemical inventory management -
• customised integration and updating • reduce errors in implementation that Chemical safety prediction Core
of new model versions; are often caused by manual work; Product compliance Core
• tailored-made reporting and results • optimise quality assurance Regulatory management -
tables; and processes;
• calculations on remote high- • speed up exposure modelling and Chemical safety assessment
performance servers. automate the creation of results Hazard assessment Core
Advantages: tables; Exposure assessment Core
• fast processing of modelling tasks; Risk assessment Core
• reduce time involved in parametrising

Worker safety -
• improved quality control thanks to models and documentation; and
fewer manual work processes; • easy adjustment of formatted Consumer safety -
• use within secured and externally output tables. Hazard communication
audited IT infrastructure; Supply chain communication -
SDS authoring -
• integration of future model versions;
SDS management -
Product details Labelling -

Stewardship
Software type Free hands-on training Product lifecycle management -
SaaS, Locally installed Full material declaration Enb
Content type
User experience Database, Regulatory updates
Configurable, Reports can be
Expertise
customised
Purchasing, Planning & management,
Pricing structure Implementation, Integration, Training
Licensed, Subscription,
element1
H2
C O M P L I A N C E
By H2 Compliance (part of Landbell Group)
About www.h2compliance.com
Element1 was developed 10 years ago to support the delivery of Chemical Regulatory kevin.hoban@h2compliance.com
Services by H2 Compliance. It has progressively developed into an online application
valued by our broad client base for support of their activities. 353-21-4868120
Provided as SaaS, its stability, functionality and security are core attributes.
Service areas
• Tracking of substances • substance tracking vs Lists
and tonnages; of Concern;
Stewardship
• authoring and archiving of joint and • biocides inventory tracking; and
lead dossiers; • notifications (C&L and PCN) Functions/Capabilities
Product details Change management (chemicals) Core
Software type Integration capabilities Data management (regulatory lists, Core

substance data)
SaaS, Cloud based ERP, EMIS, EHS,
Reporting Core
Formula Management Substance volume tracking Core
User experience
Customisable, Configurable Content type Hazardous material management Cst
Database, Regulatory updates
Pricing structure Chemical safety prediction Cst
Licensed Product compliance Cst
Compliance assurance Core
Supply chain management Core

Worker safety Cst
Consumer safety Cst
SDS authoring -
SDS management Cst
Labelling -
Stewardship
Supplier information Core
ExESS
By Lisam Systems
About www.lisam.com
ExESS is a powerful, integrated software solution (.NET) based for global marketing@lisam.com
environmental health, safety and transportation management.
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ExESS rules calculators, analyse, adhere to and maintain compliance with local and
international EHS and transport regulations. Utilising over 2000 algorithms and
supported by major product and regulatory databases worldwide, ExESS is able
Service areas
to generate accurate and consistent regulatory documents including SDS, (e)SDS,
various transport documents, regulatory compliant labels, etc.
ExESS supports over 50 languages which can be linked to any product or regulatory Hazard communications
database and allows the creation of custom templates to ensure local regulatory Stewardship
compliance.
Features
• SDS, labels & other documents Apart from the classification Change management (chemicals) Core
management; functionalities provided as standard Data management (regulatory lists, Core
substance data)
• provides multi-lingual document in the system such as: CLP, GHS US,
Reporting Core
creation ((e)SDS, labels, Workplace GHS CN, ADR etc. ExESS also provides
Substance volume tracking Core
Instruction Cards), validation and customers with the ability to add own
Hazardous material management Core
distribution; rules:
• rule (blocks); Chemical safety prediction Core
• SDS Authoring;
• parents – child relations; Product compliance Core
• allows for the creation and
maintenance of the customer • versioning;
Product database. It allows the • phrase libraries; Supply chain management Cst
manual addition (or importation) of • content updates; Chemical safety assessment
new products to the database; and Hazard assessment Core
• history/track changes;
• classification & rules creation
• data exchange; and Risk assessment Core

• administration and security. Worker safety Core
SDS authoring Core
Locally installed ERP, PLM, EMIS, EHS,
SDS management Core
Formula Management, LIMS
User experience Incident management Core
Customisable, Off-the-shelf, Content type Labelling Core
Stewardship
Product lifecycle management Cst
Pricing structure Expertise Full material declaration Core
Licensed, Subscription, Free trial Purchasing, Planning & management, Supplier information Core
Implementation, Integration Corporate social responsibility Cst
Partners Other support services

• WikiChemia • EIGA • JCDB • Emori • Lisam Systems events
Content provider Content provider Content provider Systems integrator
• Lisam Systems news
• Lisam Systems free demo
Fasim 2.1
By Philips Innovation Services
About www.innovationservices.philips.
com
The HazCom team of Philips Innovation Services offers 25 years’ experience in
authoring SDS and advising on global transport of hazardous materials. With its hazcom@philips.com
SDS authoring tool Fasim 2.1 customers can manage their inbound and outbound
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chemicals via a dedicated environment including product registers, various reporting
functionalities and compliancy checks. Next to SDS and Workplace Instruction Cards
the tool offers the authoring of iSDs (internal Safety Documents). They are based on Service areas
Philips expert validation of supplier SDS and summarize the most crucial information Regulatory compliance
on a chemical product for your workers on the shop floor. Chemical safety assessment
Stewardship
Features
• Quick access to your safety • data export in MS Excel to facilitate
documents via your own dedicated reporting obligations;
customer environment; • pro-active maintenance of vendor Regulatory compliance
• fast and friendly user interface with SDS; Change management (chemicals) Core
advanced search functions; • creation of iSDs, Workplace substance data)
• an SDS database with more than Instruction Cards, GHS labels; Reporting Cst
14.000 validated SDS and almost • all safety documents are instantly Substance volume tracking Cst
10.000 components; available in 38 languages at no Hazardous material management -
• validated internal Safety Documents additional cost;
based on the most recent supplier • creation of multiple user groups/sites Product compliance Core
SDS; with different access rights; and Regulatory management Core
• storage of supplier SDS by language • compatible with smartphones Compliance assurance -
and region; and tablets. Supply chain management Core
Product details Exposure assessment Enb
Risk assessment Enb
Software type Content type

Worker safety Enb
SaaS, Cloud based Database, Regulatory updates, Validated Environmental safety -
component and product database Consumer safety -
User experience
Customisable, Off-the-shelf, Expertise
Configurable Purchasing, Planning & management, SDS authoring Core
Implementation, Integration, Advising on SDS management Core
Pricing structure
the transport of hazardous materials Incident management -
Pay-per-use, Subscription,
Labelling Core
Pay-per-product
Stewardship
Integration capabilities Product lifecycle management -
XML interface with Stoffenmanager
and Credit360
Partners
• Stoffenmanager
Software provider • User feedback group
• Yearly seminar on regulatory
changes
gComply
By Decernis
About www.decernis.com
gComply provides the current necessary global knowledge and regulatory library to sblackie@decernis.com
determine the compliance status of your products, components, materials, ingredients
and substances. +1 248 505 8516
gComply is a powerful web-based regulatory reference database providing access

to over 95,000 regulations across 212 countries, allowing you to scan applicable Service areas
requirements relevant to your business or products. Regulatory compliance
Using over 5 million terms across 40+ languages, gComply is providing you a user Hazard communications
friendly and efficient searching and cross-referencing tool at your fingertips. Stewardship
Features Functions/Capabilities
• Search and find applicable • quickly review a variety of regulations Regulatory compliance
regulations and amendments in applicable to an individual ingredient Change management (chemicals) -
identified countries or regions or substance; Data management (regulatory lists, Core
relevant to your products; substance data)
• English translations of important
Reporting Core
• search for specific criteria in regulations available;
particular regulations; • updated monthly; and Hazardous material management -
• find regulatory updates or changes • customizable with your own private Chemical inventory management Core
with ease; library of data, documents, and Chemical safety prediction -
customer standards.
Regulatory management Enb
Product details Supply chain management -
Software type Pricing structure
Hazard assessment -
SaaS, Cloud based Licensed
Exposure assessment -
User experience Content type Risk assessment -

Off-the-shelf, Configurable Database, Regulatory updates Worker safety -
Environmental safety -
Consumer safety -
Partners
Supply chain communication -
• Intertek • SpecPage • Siemens • Deloitte SDS authoring -
Consultancy Systems integrator Systems integrator Consultancy SDS management -
Labelling -
Stewardship

• Plastics Industry Association
Gensuite SDS Systems
By Gensuite LLC
About www.gensuite.com
Gensuite® enables companies to implement robust cross-functional compliance nikhilkumar.mantripragada@

& management systems – locally, globally and across diverse operating profiles. gensuitellc.com
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and continuous innovation. Join over 600,000 users that trust Gensuite with their
compliance and EHS&S software system needs! Service areas
Gensuite Chemical Management software simplifies chemical hazard communication
and risk management. Utilize a suite of applications for chemical labeling processes,
regulatory analysis and reporting, Safety Data Sheet (SDS) maintenance, and
Stewardship
environmental and product compliance.
Features
• Enhanced compliance, productivity to use desktop and Mobile-friendly Change management (chemicals) Enb
and accountability; search capability; Data management (regulatory lists, Core
substance data)
• robust, sustainable processes • maintain up-to-date SDS software
Reporting Core
for enterprise engagement and for all chemical products;
operational excellence; • generate Globally Harmonized System Hazardous material management Core
• flexible configuration features, (GHS), National Fire Protection Chemical inventory management Core
powerful extensions, and integration Association (NFPA), and Health Chemical safety prediction Enb
options; Information Management System Product compliance Core
(HIMS) compliant labels for container Regulatory management Enb
• global solution available in
marking and shipping needs; Compliance assurance Enb
16+ languages with integrated
regulatory content; • setup a customized workflow
• integrated data analytics and business for review and approval of all Hazard assessment Core
intelligence tool; new chemical products Exposure assessment Core
• Screen country-level regulatory Risk assessment Core
• deep-domain expertise and service

Worker safety Core
and support excellence spanning applicability for chemical products
two decades; and ensure compliance with reporting
Consumer safety Cst
requirements
• Gensuite READY™ option: Hazard communication
pre-configured, economical, • Leverage SDS constituent data for Supply chain communication Core
regulatory-required reporting (e.g., SDS authoring Core
and launch in <2 weeks!
U.S. Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) SDS management Core
• meet hazard communication Incident management Core
reports, country-specific REACH
(HazCom) obligations through easy Labelling Core
requirements, etc.)
Stewardship
Product lifecycle management Core
Product details Supplier information Core
Software type Integration capabilities Corporate social responsibility Cst
User experience Other support services
Customisable, Off-the-shelf, Content type • Gensuite events

Subscription, Free trial Purchasing, Planning & management,
Implementation, Integration
Partners
• enhesa • AECOM • HUCO • Bloomberg
Content provider Consultancy Consulting BNA
Consultancy Content provider
GeSi³
By GeSi Software GmbH
www.gesi-international.com
About
info@gesi.de
GeSi³ SDB-Profi is an innovative software-solution. It supports you with the creation
and administration of REACH- and GHS-compliant safety data sheets. The software 049 931 465 33 00
convinces with many time-saving functions and a well-conceived database design.
The result is a legally compliant safety data sheet for your customers in the European
Service areas
Union and beyond.
The software can be expanded for occupational safety (create and organize risk Chemical safety assessment
assessment and operating instructions, action tracking and hazardous substances Hazard communications
management (risk assessment, REACH and GHS compliant hazardous substances Stewardship
register, multilingual operating instructions for hazardous substances).
As a new service especially for creators and receivers of safety data sheets, GeSi³ Functions/Capabilities
Software provides a free quality check of your safety data sheets on sds-check.com.
Features Data management (regulatory lists, Core

substance data)
• Formula management; • country-specific limits; Reporting Core
• GHS Classification Assistant incl. • substance database (legal
the German determination of water classifications according to CLP
Chemical inventory management Enb
pollution class (WGK); Regulation);
• dangerous goods classification ADR/ • REACH candidate list check of Product compliance -
RID, ADN, IMDG and ICAO for ingredients; Regulatory management Core
section 14; • multilingual legally compliant labels Compliance assurance -
• European Phrase Catalogue for hazardous substances (individual
(EuPhraC), 34 languages; formats);
• European waste catalogue (EWC), • BfR (German Federal Institute Exposure assessment Enb
UN designations; for Risk Assessment ) product Risk assessment Enb

notification / European product Worker safety Enb
• individual phrases (import/export
notification (PCN); and Environmental safety Core
option via Excel lists to be easily
Consumer safety -
translated by your translation • SDBtransfer import/export Hazard communication
agency); interface – SDScomXML Supply chain communication -
SDS authoring Core
SDS management Core
Product details Incident management -
Software type Pricing structure Labelling Enb

Stewardship
Locally installed, Web-based modules Licensed, Subscription
User experience Integration capabilities Full material declaration -
Customisable, Off-the-shelf, EHS, Formula Management Supplier information -
Configurable
Partners Other support services

• Qualisys GmbH • ecomed-Storck • Qualisys GmbH • Qualisys GmbH • sds-check.com
Content provider GmbH Content provider Content provider
Content provider
Global Data Brokerage Platform
By ReachCentrum, an ERM Group company
About www.reachcentrumdata
brokerage.com
Global Data Brokerage Platform is a comprehensive online tool enabling owners of
data (companies or consortia) to sell the right to refer to the data to parties registering info@reachcentrumdata
substances under non-European Legislations. Shared data can take form of Study brokerage.com
Reports, Robust Studies Summaries and Chemical Safety Reports. Sellers of data
access identify the data sets per substance they wish to make available under a Data 0032 2676 7400
License Agreement. Buyers acquire rights to specific data for direct or read-across use.
Addressed jurisdictions are South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey and USA. Service areas
Features Chemical safety assessment

• Common system to share study • Contract negotiations
Stewardship
data for regulatory purposes • data sharing with individual data
• all jurisdictions owners
• read across, package, individual • data sharing with consortia
• data sharing with data requestor
• Transparent financial management Data management (regulatory lists, Core
substance data)
Reporting -
Product details
Software type Integration capabilities Hazardous material management -

Chemical inventory management -
Cloud based EHS
User experience Content type Product compliance Core
Customisable All hazard endpoint studies Regulatory management -
Pay-per-use Letter-of-access shop for study reports Chemical safety assessment

Worker safety Core
SDS authoring -
SDS management -
Labelling -
Stewardship
Global MSDS Solutions & Hazmix®
By Global MSDS Ltd
About https://hazmix.com
GMSDS is a market leading supplier of low cost authoring Services and Software of solutions@globalmsds.co.uk
SDS and labels in global formats and languages from £5. Software includes Hazmix®,
on-line intelligence-based software with free databases (ECHA and GESTIS, CLP, GHS + 44 (0) 845 680 1180
and OHA GHS classifications, OELs and regulations, etc.) and Writer®, for multilingual
“freestyle” authoring via Microsoft Word®. Our Solutions service Service areas
Features
• Pay-as-you-go so no software • optional editing with 10,000 Stewardship
purchase or annual fees; translated phrases in 40 languages;
• saves time and cost – author a full • free databases of chemical Functions/Capabilities
SDS from just £5; properties data (ECHA and GESTIS),
• ensures compliance with classifications ( CLP, GHS and
Regulations; OHA GHS) and Exposure limits
(all countries); substance data)
• all Global SDS formats;
• flexible outputs (pdf, Microsoft Reporting -
• intelligence-based software that
Word®. and Writer® (language Substance volume tracking -
ensures correct Classification for
enabled Word® document); and Hazardous material management -
Supply and Transportation; Chemical inventory management -
• outsource SDS authoring to our
trained multilingual staff. Product compliance -
Product details Compliance assurance -
Software type Content type Chemical safety assessment
SaaS, Cloud based Database, Regulatory updates, Hazard assessment -
Free databases; ECHA, GESTIS, C&L, Exposure assessment -
User experience
OELs and Regs Risk assessment -

Off-the-shelf, Configurable, Intuitive Worker safety -
and easy to use but fully adaptable Expertise Environmental safety -
Purchasing, Planning & management, Consumer safety -
Pricing structure
Implementation, Integration, SDS and Hazard communication
Pay-per-us, Free trial Supply chain communication -
label authoring service
Integration capabilities SDS authoring Core
SDS management -
EHS, Formula Management
Labelling Core
Stewardship
Horizon Scanning
By Decernis
About www.decernis.com
Horizon Scanning is an intelligence-gathering solution using big data analytics which sblackie@decernis.com
automatically monitors and tracks global events and regulations, providing insights
and trend analysis that impact compliance requirements, enable market access, +1 248 505 8516
and increase speed to market for your products.
What challenges must I face tomorrow with new draft requirements or developments
Service areas
in the marketplace? How do I manage change? How can I take advantage of
opportunities and avoid delays? These are fundamental challenges for manufacturers
and processors. Using Decernis’ patented “Horizon Scanning” technology, your
business can proactively monitor regulatory changes that affect your products.
Stewardship
Features
• Screens over 1,200 pages per minute • monitor significant developments
and cross-references developments and hot topics; Regulatory compliance
Change management (chemicals) Cst
against a 5-million term lexicon • proposed and final regulatory
Data management (regulatory lists, Cst
across 40+ languages and over 200 notifications; substance data)
countries; Reporting Cst
• scientific opinions;
• summarizes over 2,500 regulatory Substance volume tracking Cst
• market developments and consumer
and scientific events per day; Hazardous material management Cst
trends; Chemical inventory management -
• sources include the Decernis
• product recalls; Chemical safety prediction Cst
expert editorial team, direct feeds
Product compliance Cst
from governmental partners, and • warning announcements;
automation; • issue management; and Compliance assurance -
• fully customizable to your business, • translations of content summaries. Supply chain management -
product and ingredient portfolio; Chemical safety assessment
Hazard assessment -
Product details Risk assessment -

Worker safety -
Software type Pricing structure
SaaS, Cloud based Licensed Consumer safety -
User experience Content type Hazard communication

Customisable, Off-the-shelf, Regulatory updates
SDS authoring Cst
Configurable
SDS management -
Partners Labelling -
Stewardship
• Intertek • SpecPage • Siemens • Deloitte Product lifecycle management -
Consultancy Systems integrator Systems integrator Consultancy

• Plastics Industry Association
Intelligent Compliance Solutions for Chemical

and Workplace Safety
By Verisk 3E
About www.Verisk3E.com
Verisk 3E™ provides award winning SDS and chemical management tools that are info@Verisk3E.com
flexible, scalable, and modular, offering a variety of options and enhancements based
on your organization’s needs. Verisk 3E employs a full service approach to SDS USA +1 800 360 3220
management, assuming the burden of obtaining and maintaining the currency of all EMEA +45 6991 8473
SDSs in your chemical inventory across all of your global locations. Beyond managing
and maintaining SDSs, our solution can enhance your overall hazard communication Service areas
program, supported with many options, including sophisticated safer chemical Regulatory compliance
analytics which enable your team to perform intelligent risk assessments, evaluating Chemical safety assessment
product hazards based on SDS data and exposure considerations. Hazard communications
Stewardship
Features
• Take control of chemical inventory requirements related to emergency Functions/Capabilities
management and approval, planning, community right-to-know, Regulatory compliance
managing which chemicals enter hazardous materials storage and Change management (chemicals) Core
a given facility; handling and waste generation; Data management (regulatory lists, Core
substance data)
• enable every handler to access • access live, global 24-7-365
Reporting Core
updated SDSs, labels and Extended emergency and incident response
Substance volume tracking Enb
Safety Data Sheets (eSDSs) in the for spills, ingestions and exposures;
language and jurisdiction required • quickly and expertly evaluate the Chemical inventory management Core
anytime, anywhere 24-7-365; relative hazards of your chemicals, Chemical safety prediction Enb
• eliminate time wasted chasing mixtures and products to assess Product compliance Core
suppliers for SDSs and let Verisk 3E health and environmental risk and Regulatory management Enb
obtain and manage revisions to all determine mitigation measures; Compliance assurance Enb
SDSs across all of your locations; • stay abreast of continually changing Chemical safety assessment
• comply with local, national, regulatory obligations in multiple Hazard assessment Core
regional and global EHS and right- markets and jurisdictions and Exposure assessment Core
to-know regulations including quickly determine their impact Risk assessment Core

GHS, Registration, Evaluation, on operations; and Worker safety Core
Authorization and Restriction of Environmental safety Core

• integrate current, comprehensive
Chemicals (REACH), California regulatory content and documents Hazard communication
Proposition 65, Toxic Substances including SDSs, eSDSs, technical Supply chain communication Core
Control Act (TSCA) and others; data sheets, compliance declarations SDS authoring Core
• research, identify, analyze, track, and material declarations into your SDS management Core
complete and submit required EHS, procurement, EMIS or ERP Incident management Enb
Labelling Core
US-required disclosures, permits system.
Stewardship
and reports on your behalf for
Product lifecycle management Enb
Product details Supplier information Core
Formula Management
User experience Other support services
Customisable, Off-the-shelf, Content type • Verisk 3E events and user groups
Configurable Database, Regulatory updates,
• Verisk 3E EHS webinar series
SDS and other documents
Pricing structure • Verisk 3E expressions blog
Subscription, Free trial Expertise
• Verisk 3E resource center
Planning & management,
Partners
• SAP • Enablon • Intelex • SAI Gobal
Content provider Content provider Content provider Content provider
Intelligent Compliance Solutions for Product

Safety & Stewardship
By Verisk 3E
About www.Verisk3E.com
Verisk 3E™ provides intelligent product safety and stewardship solutions that leverage info@Verisk3E.com
reliable, global regulatory content to accelerate the development and launch of safer
products. Our core competence lies in researching, obtaining, aggregating, validating, USA +1 800 360 3220
and enriching compliance related data and making it actionable and available to our EMEA +45 6991 8473
customers.
Only Verisk 3E can empower you with comprehensive regulatory insights that can be Service areas
directly embedded throughout your product safety and stewardship processes Regulatory compliance
to drive informed, proactive decisions. Chemical safety assessment

With Verisk 3E as your single trusted source for global regulatory expertise and Stewardship
compliance solutions you will be able to proactively anticipate and manage regulatory
changes, respond quickly to changing customer requirements, avoid supply chain
disruption and accelerate time to market.
Features
• Proactively manage the health, • create, analyze and manage globally substance data)
safety and environmental aspects compliant, multilingual hazard Reporting Core

Substance volume tracking Enb
of raw materials and intermediate communication documentation
and consumer products to reduce including Safety Data Sheets (SDSs),
potential risks to people and the exposure scenarios and labels;
environment; • address requirements for voluntary Product compliance Core
• conform with regulations and compliance initiatives including Regulatory management Core
international treaties regarding the sustainable product design and Compliance assurance Enb
manufacture, import and use of development, Corporate Social Supply chain management -
banned or restricted substances to Responsibility (CSR) and Non- Chemical safety assessment
ensure products can be sold in their government Organization (NGO)
intended markets; obligations; and

• seamlessly exchange safety and • streamline processes in order to Worker safety Core
product data across the organization reduce costs, mitigate risk, deliver to Environmental safety Core
to increase accuracy, compliance and market on time and meet customer Consumer safety Core
productivity; demands for customization. Hazard communication
SDS authoring Core
Product details SDS management Core
Software type Integration capabilities Labelling Core
SaaS, Cloud based, Locally installed ERP, PLM, EMIS, EHS, Stewardship
Formula Management Product lifecycle management Enb
User experience
Configurable Database, Regulatory updates, Corporate social responsibility Enb
Full text of regulations
Pricing structure
Licensed, Subscription, Free trial Expertise
Planning & management,
Implementation, Integration • Verisk 3E events and user groups
• Verisk 3E EHS webinar series
• Verisk 3E expressions blog
Partners
• Verisk 3E resource center
• SAP • Enablon • Intelex • SAI Gobal
Content provider Content provider Content provider Content provider
Label Enterprise
By Hibiscus-PLC
About www.hibiscus-plc.co.uk
Label Enterprise is the perfect solution for creating and printing GHS/CLP compliant enquiries@hibiscus-plc.com
labels for all major commercial markets. It offers chemical manufacturers and
distributors a convenient, automated and accurate tool for meeting global chemical 0113 242 4272
labelling compliance.
Enterprise is purposely developed for designing and printing multi-language labels Service areas
for hazardous goods. It enables you to place the required mandatory phrases, Regulatory compliance
pictograms, text, branding and barcodes onto your labels in compliance with Chemical safety assessment
the latest industry requirements, and helps your company to keep abreast of any Hazard communications
regulatory changes. Stewardship
Features
• uick and easy to use WYSIWYG
Q • industry-standard labelling elements
interface for creating, designing and at your fingertips; Data management (regulatory lists, -
editing labels with the minimum • includes a comprehensive list of all substance data)
of training; Hazard & Precautionary phrases; Reporting -
• a simple and flexible template- • additional languages can be added Hazardous material management -
based user interface reduces the individually or as a multi-language Chemical inventory management -
complexity for end-users; pack; Chemical safety prediction -
• complete control over the • optionally pre-loaded with the latest Product compliance -
appearance of your labels with an full ADR and/or CLP lists of ready Regulatory management -
unlimited number of templates; classified substances – at no extra Compliance assurance -
• a customisable database stores cost; and
substance data and allows • designed to work with any standard Hazard assessment -
additional fields; Windows compatible printer. Exposure assessment -
Risk assessment -

Worker safety -
Product details Environmental safety -
Software type Pricing structure Consumer safety -
Locally installed Licensed, Pay-per-use, Free trial
User experience Integration capabilities SDS authoring -
Customisable, Off-the-shelf, ERP, EHS, Links in with Hibsoft SDS management -
Configurable Prometheus Incident management -

Labelling Core
Stewardship
MSDSonline SDS/Chemical Management

solution
By VelocityEHS
About www.MSDSonline.com
MSDSonline solutions by VelocityEHS provide award-winning cloud-based and mobile- velocity@ehs.com

enabled SDS/Chemical Management tools that make it easy and cost effective to
keep workers safe and maintain regulatory compliance. With the popular MSDSonline 001 888 362 2007
HQ and HQ RegXR Accounts – newly updated to feature hundreds of additional and
improved features – built from more than 20 years of existing software innovation
and feedback from EHS professionals – users can streamline compliance with global Service areas
regulatory requirements and easily access and manage safety data sheets. Plus, Regulatory compliance
robust capabilities for workplace/secondary container labeling, product and container Chemical safety assessment
level inventory management, and regulatory cross-referencing offer a centralized way Hazard communications
to manage chemical hazards across an entire organization. Stewardship
• 24/7 access to millions of SDSs, with • easy workplace container labeling
auto-updates available to help ensure functionality, including integration
documents in your library are up-to- with key label partners, and the ability substance data)
date and GHS-aligned; to meet the challenges of labeling Reporting Core
• mobile-enabled functionality, making small secondary containers such as Substance volume tracking Core
it possible to provide employees with test tubes and vials; Hazardous material management -
right-to-know access to SDSs and • enterprise-wide visibility of chemical Chemical inventory management Core
chemical inventory information inventories, and the ability to track
Product compliance -
even while offline, via a convenient and manage chemicals by location;
mobile app; • environmental and regulatory Compliance assurance -
• expanded language capabilities to reporting tools, including quick Supply chain management -
ensure employees have immediate and easy generation of a properly Chemical safety assessment
access to vital safety information – formatted Tier 2 report; and Hazard assessment -
including company-specific SDSs – Exposure assessment -

• access to the Plan1 First Responder
in the languages they understand;

Share Service for easy sharing of Worker safety Core
critical chemical information with Environmental safety Core
local emergency responders. Consumer safety -
Product details SDS authoring Core
SDS management Core
SaaS, Cloud based, Multi-tenant EHS, Supports emergency planning
Labelling Core
(meeting SOC2 standards) and EPCRA reporting Stewardship
User experience Content type
Off-the-shelf, Configurable, Database, Regulatory updates
Simple and felxible out-of-the-box
Expertise Corporate social responsibility -
Pricing structure Purchasing, Planning & management,
Licensed, Subscription, Free trial, Implementation, Integration, SDS
Scalable subscription costs authoring, Regulatory consulting service
• Regulatory information, webinars
whitepapers & guide
• VelocityEHS website including
all EHS software solutions
Product Stewardship Services and Solutions
By CGI
About www.cgi.com/ehs
Founded in 1976, CGI is one of the world’s largest IT and business consulting services ehs@cgi.com
firms, helping clients achieve their goals, including becoming customer-centric digital
organizations. 001 605-592-0551
CGI’s Regulatory Solutions Group provides regulatory consulting, SDS authoring

Service areas
services and information technology solutions for environmental health and safety
business needs in the public and private sectors. CGI has over 20 years of experience
partnering with leading organizations to implement effective regulatory solutions that
improve our clients’ compliance postures and bottom lines.
Stewardship
CGI’s ProSteward360 is a global end-to-end hazard communication and regulatory
compliance solution enabling streamlined product stewardship and product lifecycle
management processes.
Features Data management (regulatory lists, Core
substance data)
• SDS/eSDS Authoring: manage • Chemical Inventory and Workplace
Reporting Core
regulatory information with rules- Safety: get one-stop access to critical
Substance volume tracking Cst
based chemical data management information regarding right-to-know,
facilitating SDS authoring in site-level material use authorization, Chemical inventory management Core
accordance with regulations in 100+ and chemical inventory management Chemical safety prediction -
countries and 40+ languages. and reporting. Product compliance Core
• Exposure Scenario Management: • Reporting & ERP Integration: Regulatory management Core
store and manage use, exposure flexible data interfacing and Compliance assurance Core
Supply chain management Cst
scenario and risk management reporting engine enabling enterprise
measure information for REACH integration.
and CLP compliance. Exposure assessment Core
• Vendor SDS Management: store Risk assessment Core

and maintain a central repository of Worker safety Core
vendor and company-authored SDSs Environmental safety Core

Consumer safety Cst
for employee access aligned with
local requirements.
SDS authoring Core
Product details SDS management Core
Software type Content type Labelling Enb
SaaS, Cloud based, Locally installed, Database, Regulatory updates, Stewardship
Mobile enabled Rules & templates with substance Product lifecycle management Core
level data capture Full material declaration Core
User experience Supplier information Core
Customisable, Off-the-shelf, Expertise Corporate social responsibility Enb
Configurable Planning & management,
Implementation, Integration,
Pricing structure Other support services
Regulatory & authoring services
Licensed, Pay-per-use, Subscription
• Product Stewardship
Integration capabilities • Regulatory business process
ERP, PLM, EMIS, Environmental health services: meeting compliance
and safety, Formula Management, LIMS challenges head on
Product Stewardship with Intelligent

Authoring & Comply Plus
By Sphera
About www.sphera.com
Sphera’s solution combines software, content and expertise to enable companies insights@sphera.com
to more effectively manage product compliance and hazard communication
requirements. The solutions enables you to efficiently create and automate compliant 312-796-7160
safety data sheets and labels by providing an extensive set of integrated global
regulatory content with supporting rules & logic that is monitored and updated.
Service areas
Functionality is available to allow easy tailoring of rules so that authors can effortlessly
modify and enforce decisions about regulatory variables and grey areas affecting
the content of SDSs. Furthermore the solution allows for GHS by Design, a unique
functionality that allows authors to create a single set of documents targeted to several
Stewardship
countries or apply an harmonized GHS logic for countries lacking an implementation.
Features
• Efficiently create and automate • integrate effectively with other
REACH and GHS compliant Satety business systems, such as ERP,
Data Sheets, labels, SUMI and other PLM and formulation management substance data)
compliance documents; applications; Reporting Core
• benefit from extensive global • fulfill REACH substance volume Substance volume tracking Core
regulatory data and content that tracking requirements; Hazardous material management Core
is monitored and updated. This • proactively manage chemicals
includes rules, logic, templates, entering your facilities by ensuring Product compliance Core
phrases, languages and industry proper reviews and approval of new Regulatory management Core
specific guidelines; materials; Compliance assurance -
• leverage a product compliance • simplify SDS tracking and Supply chain management -
analysis platform to assess regulatory management; and Chemical safety assessment
impacts on your product portfolio; Hazard assessment -
• consolidate chemical inventory Exposure assessment -
data for regulatory reporting. Risk assessment -

Worker safety Core
Product details Consumer safety -
Software type Integration capabilities Hazard communication

Supply chain communication Eng
SaaS, Locally installed, Hosting & ERP, PLM, EMIS, EHS,
SDS authoring Core
sustainment Formula Management, LIMS
SDS management Core
User experience Content type Incident management -
Customisable, Off-the-shelf, Database, Regulatory updates, Rules, Labelling Core

Stewardship
Configurable Templates, Regulatory, Phrases,
Product lifecycle management Enb
languages
Pricing structure Full material declaration -
Licensed, Pay-per-use, Subscription, Expertise Supplier information -
Free trial. Automated SDS Purchasing, Planning & management,
publishing & distribution Implementation, Integration, Regulatory
& authoring services
Partners
• ERM • LinxAS
Consultancy Systems integrator
Product Supply Chain Intelligence
By UL
About www.psi.ul.com
Today’s global market is complex and businesses are inundated with rapidly changing ul.psiinfo@ul.com
demands. Varying legislation, corporate policies and buyer preferences present
significant challenges to product development and profitability.
Service areas
Companies around the world partner with UL to strengthen their supply chains, Regulatory compliance
mitigate risk and develop safe, innovative products. Our solutions for R&D, Chemical safety assessment
Chemical Data Management, EHS, Supply Chain Management and Product Promotion Hazard communications
are backed by world-class expertise. Stewardship
Engage UL to help you innovate, comply and promote with intelligence.


• Supply chain product stewardship; • sustainability management;
• supply chain risk management; • global regulations content substance data)
• chemical hazard communication; database; and Reporting Core

• chemical data management; • international team of regulatory
experts (70+).
• chemical materials selection; Chemical inventory management Core
Product details Regulatory management Core
Software type Content type Compliance assurance Core
SaaS, Cloud based, Locally installed Database, Regulatory updates, List of list Supply chain management Core
regulatory database, navigator Chemical safety assessment
User experience Hazard assessment Core
Customisable, Off-the-shelf, Expertise Exposure assessment Core
Configurable Purchasing, Planning & management, Risk assessment Core

Implementation, Integration Worker safety Core
Pricing structure Environmental safety Core
Licensed, Pay-per-use, Subscription, Consumer safety Core
Free trial Hazard communication
Integration capabilities
SDS authoring Core
ERP, PLM, EMIS, EHS, SDS management Core
Formula Management Incident management Enb
Labelling Core
Stewardship

• Free webinars
• Training
• White Papers
Prometheus
By Hibiscus-PLC
About www.hibiscus-plc.co.uk
Prometheus is the perfect solution for creating, managing and distributing GHS- enquiries@hibiscus-plc.com
compliant Safety Data Sheets for all major commercial markets. It utilises fully
integrated regulatory phrases and classification content libraries, to deliver a global, 0113 242 4272
user-friendly, SDS authoring and distribution platform.
Prometheus is flexible to configure and customise and purposely developed to Service areas
automate the entire SDS process, reducing the time and cost of authoring and Regulatory compliance
distribution. Create and publish multi-language SDSs in a matter of minutes, instead of Chemical safety assessment
days, without in-depth regulatory expertise and when the requirements change, Hazard communications
you can revise and update your SDSs with ease. Stewardship
Features
• Use templates to customise the • can cover all major global compliance Regulatory compliance
appearance of SDSs to suit different regulations and also accommodate
Data management (regulatory lists, -
customer/territory requirements; for specific local legislation; and substance data)
• user definable libraries allow rapid • use independently, or integrate with Reporting Enb
creation and translation; Enterprise to solve all your hazardous Substance volume tracking -
chemical documentation and Hazardous material management -
• supplied with SDS phrases in a
labelling needs - without dual entry Chemical inventory management -
comprehensive set of languages;
of data.
• achieve SDS revision control and Product compliance -
track any changes. Set different Regulatory management -
access levels for different users; Compliance assurance Enb
• new poison centre XML export
feature allows documents to be
Hazard assessment -
prepared and written to XML files, Exposure assessment -
conforming to the format specified Risk assessment -

for delivery in EU countries; Worker safety -
Consumer safety -
Software type Pricing structure Supply chain communication Core

SDS authoring Core
Locally installed Licensed, Free trial
SDS management Core
User experience Incident management -
Off-the-shelf, Configurable Labelling Cst
Stewardship
Partners Full material declaration Enb
• Judson Consulting Service Corporate social responsibility -
Software provider
PubliChem
By Lisam Systems
About www.lisam.com
The PubliChem application was created in an effort to help companies comply marketing@lisam.com
with the REACH Standards for SDS archiving and distribution.
00 32 67 49 00 03
Its document management functionalities will help suppliers to safely store any
document used for chemical safety purposes. In addition, PubliChem boasts advanced
tracking functionalities to ensure the safe receipt of the sent documents. Service areas
Because it easily integrates with your existing systems, PubliChem will help you to
bring SDS authoring and ERP information all together for a fully automated distribution
job in multiple formats, multiple languages and for multiple regions.
Stewardship
Supplier functionalities: • distribution tracking: possibility to
• Document management: storage of track the receipt and the reading of Change management (chemicals) -
any kind of document related to a distributed documents; Data management (regulatory lists, Core
chemical (safety data sheets, labels, • interfaces with external systems; and substance data)
technical data sheets, specifications Reporting -
• data import: Formats: XLS, XLSX,
etc. and management of documents Substance volume tracking -
TXT, CVS, XML; and Hazardous material management -
metadata: region, language, version,
archived status; • permissions management. Chemical inventory management Core
• active and passive distribution: Downstream user functionalities:
Product compliance -
automatic distribution of safety data • Document repository; and
Regulatory management -
sheets based on orders information • document request. Compliance assurance Core
and documents updates. Distributed Supply chain management -
documents are also shared on the Chemical safety assessment
platform to downstream users via Hazard assessment -
free restricted accounts;
Risk assessment -

Worker safety -
Product details Environmental safety -
Consumer safety -
SaaS, Cloud based ERP, PLM, EMIS, EHS, Supply chain communication Core
Formula Management SDS authoring -
User experience
SDS management Core
Configurable Regulatory updates
Labelling -
Pricing structure Expertise Stewardship
Licensed, Pay-per-use, Subscription, Planning & management, Product lifecycle management -

Free trial Implementation, Integration

• Lisam Systems events
• Lisam Systems news
• Lisam Systems free demo
SAP EHS consultancy, support, maitenance

and training
By eSpheres
About www.espheres.com
eSpheres, HSE Information management consultants, a Solvay spin-out and global philip.capel@espheres.com
leader in SAP®EHS consultancy delivering health, safety, environment (HSE) software
and service solutions to organizations worldwide. Our in-depth IT solutions, SAP®EHS 0032 473 581 473
consultancy and out-tasking services help companies and institutions in improving
their management of safety, industrial hygiene and occupational health processes. Service areas
Features
SAP®EHS Consulting: eSpheres supports projects and strengthens corporate Stewardship
EHS and IT departments by efficiently providing them with adequate resources to

lead and implement SAP®EHS into any organization. We have a wide experience in Functions/Capabilities
implementations, project management and maintenance services. We are experts
in SAP®EHS and HSE data management and have developed IT-tools to facilitate
our customers’ use of their EHS system. eSpheres implement, deploy and integrate
the SAP® EHS(M) modules and deliver quick and sustainable results. Expertise in substance data)
product safety, SVT, Incident & accident, risk assessment, Vendor SDS management, Reporting Core
waste management, IDMP and recipe management, global label management; Substance volume tracking Core
dangerous goods, conflict minerals. Outsourced EHS regulatory content update Hazardous material management Core
(SERC, Sphera) for SAP product safety and SDS authoring. SAP®EHS Training: expert Chemical inventory management Core
Rules creation, SDS release generation but also customer tailored SAP®EHS training Chemical safety prediction Core
programs. Software tools to file, extract and manage EHS data from SDS.pdf into Product compliance Core
XML, CSV files, to facilitate your HSE data management for SAP®EHS.
Supply chain management Cst
Product details Chemical safety assessment
Software type Content type Exposure assessment Core
SaaS, Cloud based, Locally installed Database, Regulatory updates; Support; Risk assessment Core

SAP; EHS content Worker safety Core
User experience
Consumer safety -
Configurable, Out-tasking services Purchasing, Planning & management, Hazard communication
Implementation, Integration, Regulatory Supply chain communication Core
Pricing structure
content maintenance service, SAP EHS SDS authoring Core
Licensed, Pay-per-use, Subscription
training SDS management Core
Integration capabilities Incident management Core
ERP, PLM, EMIS, EHS, Labelling Core
Stewardship
Partners
• REACHLaw • ARCADIS
Consultancy Consultancy
• IT: EHS Project management

• Vendor SDS management
• Chemical management
SAP solutions for product compliance and

environment, health and safety
By SAP SE
About www.sap.com
For more than 45 years, SAP has driven innovation on behalf of our customers to help www.sap.com/corporate/en/
the world run better and improve people’s lives. Telling our purpose-driven story to company/office-locations.html
the market shows how we grew to become one of the largest technology companies,
dedicated to our customers, products, solutions, and people. By promising to help
Service areas
our customers innovate to run at their best coupled with our Intelligent Enterprise
Suite of applications and networks to connect the front office to the back office, they
can solve complex problems to address some of the world’s biggest challenges. This
story enables employees to tell a consistent message that connects our commitment
Stewardship
to helping every company become a best-run business by highlighting who we are,
where we’ve been, and where we’re going to produce lifelong customers. Because it’s
the best-run businesses that make the world run better. And the best run SAP. Functions/Capabilities
Features Change management (chemicals) Core

• Product marketability and chemical • management of change thorough substance data)
compliance to secure the right to review of operational changes, risk Reporting Cst
market, sell, and ship products; mitigation, and documentation
• health and safety management by approval;
taking a proactive approach ; • incident management to resolve Chemical safety prediction Core
• safety data sheet and label safety issues and learn from Product compliance Core
management to ensure compliance incidents; and Regulatory management Core
and accelerate product introduction; • maintenance safety and permit Compliance assurance Core
• environment management to reduce to work through clear safety
environmental impact; instructions and permits.
• dangerous goods management to Exposure assessment Core
avoid delivery delays and protect

Worker safety Core
brand value;
Supply chain communication Cst
Software type Content type
SDS authoring Core
SaaS, Cloud based, Locally installed Database, Regulatory updates Rule sets SDS management Core
and SDS templates Incident management Core
User experience
Labelling Core
Stewardship
Configurable Purchasing, Planning & management,
Product lifecycle management Cst
Implementation, Integration, Regulatory Full material declaration Core
Pricing structure
documentation Supplier information Core
Licensed, Subscription, Free trial
Integration capabilities
ERP, PLM, EMIS, EHS,
Formula Management, LIMS, EAM, Other support services
PCS/DCS, Data historians
• SAP for Chemicals
• SAP Events
Partners • SAP Transformation Navigator
• Accenture • Opesus • LinxAS • SI PRO
Systems integrator Systems integrator Systems integrator Systems integrator
SciveraLENS
By Scivera
About www.scivera.com
Scivera is fundamentally changing the way brands and suppliers screen and select info@scivera.com
chemicals by providing fast and cost-effective access to better information. The
SciveraLENS® platform enables you to complete web-based chemical assessments +1 434 974 1301
to support both product integrity and sustainable chemistry. The SciveraLENS
platform allows everyone–from the smallest supplier to the largest brand–to create Service areas
better products. Identify problematic chemicals, screen for safer alternatives, meet Regulatory compliance
certification requirements, and share your chemical sustainability achievements while Chemical safety assessment
protecting your proprietary ingredient information. SciveraLENS enables an enhanced Hazard communications
chemicals management process and complements testing requirements. Stewardship
• Easily input your chemical, • receive real-time alerts if any changes Regulatory compliance
formulation, and product data; to lists or hazard assessments impact Change management (chemicals) Core
your chemicals of interest; Data management (regulatory lists, Core
• request chemical data from sub- substance data)
suppliers for assessment while • prescreen new formulations against Reporting Cst
protecting supplier proprietary regulatory and brand (e.g., Nike, Substance volume tracking Enb
ingredient information; LS&Co, H&M, etc) requirements; Hazardous material management Core
• screen chemicals and formulations • screen alternatives to regulated or Chemical inventory management Enb
against over 350 Regulatory, otherwise restricted chemicals;
Restricted, and Preferred Substances • share your assessment results Regulatory management Core
Lists and Sublists (including REACH, with full materials disclosure or in Compliance assurance Core
CA Prop 65, and more); redacted form; Supply chain management Core
• review the human and environmental • certify your products and market Chemical safety assessment
health (hazard assessment) your chemical sustainability Hazard assessment Core
attributes of your chemicals; Exposure assessment Core
achievements; and

• calculate estimated exposure and • leverage our team of board-certified Cst
Worker safety
risk to chemicals for CA Prop 65 toxicologists with options to request Environmental safety Core
efforts, etc; priority services. Consumer safety Core
SDS authoring Core
Product details
SDS management -
Software type Content type Incident management -
SaaS, Cloud based Database, Regulatory updates, Hazard, Labelling -

Stewardship
Exposure, Risk assessment
User experience Product lifecycle management Core
Customisable, Off-the-shelf, Expertise Full material declaration Core
Configurable Purchasing, Planning & management, Supplier information Core
Pricing structure
Licensed, Subscription, Free trial
Integration capabilities Other support services

ERP, PLM, EMIS, EHS, • Screened Chemistry Assessment
Formula Management, LIMS and Certification
• Nike Innovation Assessments
• LHAMA/TRA Assessments
SiteHawk Communicator
By SiteHawk
About www.sitehawk.com
SiteHawk is the global leader in SDS and chemical data management solutions. In an info@sitehawk.com
ever-changing EHS landscape, SiteHawk leverages innovative technology, robust data
and world class services to set a higher standard for EHS processes. Successful EHS 877-483-4295
leaders in virtually every industry worldwide utilize our software solutions to maintain
compliance, reduce risk, drive product development and make better business Service areas
decisions. Regulatory compliance
Since 1993, SiteHawk has delivered unparalleled expertise and solutions to create Chemical safety assessment
safer, smarter workplaces, products and communities. To put it simply, SiteHawk Hazard communications
knows chemical data. Stewardship
Features
• SDS and Chemical Data • SDS Authoring Services: Regulatory compliance
Management SaaS Solution: Our team of certified professionals
Quickly access and manage SDSs; simplifies the process from substance data)
Automatically keep SDSs current submission to document delivery. We Reporting Core
with SDS Verification and Update take pride in a consultative approach Substance volume tracking -
Services; Print GHS compliant with accuracy and safety being our Hazardous material management Core
labels; Create chemical approval top priorities. Chemical inventory management Core
workflows; Cross-reference against • Chemical Inventory Services:
225 global regulatory lists; Provide Product compliance Core
Improve compliance, reduce risk
global support with a UI in over Regulatory management Core
and minimize business disruption
26 languages and data in over 80 by letting our certified inventory Supply chain management -
languages. specialists conduct your physical Chemical safety assessment
chemical inventory. Hazard assessment Core

Product details Worker safety Core
Software type Integration capabilities Consumer safety -
SaaS, Cloud based PLM, EMIS, EHS, Hazard communication
Formula Management, LIMS Supply chain communication -
User experience
SDS authoring Core
SDS management Core
Configurable Database, Regulatory updates Incident management -
Labelling Core
Stewardship
Licensed, Subscription Purchasing, Planning & management,
Implementation, Integration Core
Full material declaration
Partners Corporate social responsibility -
• Cority • Intelex • Enablon

Systems integrator Systems integrator Consultancy
• Chemical inventory
• Authoring
Targeted Risk Assessment (TRA) Tool
By European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC)
About www.ecetoc.org
ECETOC’s Targeted Risk Assessment (TRA) tool calculates the risk of exposure from info@ecetoc.org
chemicals to workers, consumers and the environment. It has been identified by the
European Commission’s Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and +32 2 675 3600
Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as a preferred approach for evaluating consumer
and worker health risks (ECHA, 2010 a,b): Service areas
ECHA. 2010a. REACH Technical Guidance on information requirements and chemical
safety assessment, Chapter R14: Occupational Exposure Estimation. European
Chemicals Agency, Helsinki, Finland.
Stewardship
ECHA. 2010b. Guidance on information requirements and chemical safety
assessment, Chapter R15: Consumer Exposure Estimation (Version 2, April 2010).
European Chemicals Agency, Helsinki, Finland. Addendum to TR114 : Technical Basis
for the TRA v3.1 (June 2014). Regulatory compliance
These improvements now enable the information contained within developments
Data management (regulatory lists, -
such as the DUCC Specific Consumer Exposure Determinants to be suitably substance data)
processed. Reporting Core
Hazardous material management -
Features Chemical inventory management -
• Addresses exposures to workers, • ability to run the tool in batch mode; Chemical safety prediction -
consumers and the environment; Product compliance Cst

• MS Excel based: does not require
• optimised for the use descriptor access to skilled technical support to
requirements of REACH; operate tool; and Supply chain management -
• ready ability to iterate impact of • supported by extensive technical Chemical safety assessment
different RMMs and OCs on risk; reports and user guidance. Hazard assessment -
Product details

Worker safety Core
Software type Integration capabilities Environmental safety Core
Locally installed REACH registration CSA obligations
User experience Content type Supply chain communication -
Off-the-shelf, Configurable Exposure prediction via substance SDS authoring Cst
properties and use SDS management -
Pricing structure Incident management -
Free Excel-based tool Labelling -
Stewardship
ToxFMD Screened ChemistryTM Library
By ToxServices LLC
About www.toxservices.com
ToxServices is a global provider of scientific consulting services designed to resolve info@toxservices.com

complex human health, environmental health, and regulatory compliance issues.
ToxServices excels at providing toxicology, sustainability, alternatives assessment, (202) 429-8787
and risk assessment consulting services to private and public sector clients. We strive
to advance chemical optimization throughout the supply chain. The ToxFMD Screened
Chemistry™ Library is an online subscription-based platform comprising the world’s Service areas
largest collection of GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals Assessments, as well as Regulatory compliance
thousands of chemical profiles with points of departure. Consistent with ToxServices’s Chemical safety assessment
mission, the Library promotes sustainability and transparency through the selection of Hazard communications
safer chemicals. Stewardship
• User-friendly interface for rapid functional class searching, general Regulatory compliance
access to toxicity data from applications and uses, and toxicity Change management (chemicals) -
the world’s largest database of data for 18 human health and Data management (regulatory lists, -
substance data)
GreenScreen® assessments; environmental hazard endpoints;
Reporting -
• authoritative information to • functional class searching Substance volume tracking -
identify safer alternatives and make incorporated into searching interface, Hazardous material management -
scientifically informed decisions with more than 100 different Chemical inventory management -
when choosing chemicals for functional class categories indexed Chemical safety prediction Core
products and processes; in the library; and Product compliance Core
• versatile resource to prescreen • thousands of chemical profiles
formulations for various program with points of departure can be
acceptability e.g. ToxFMD®, ZDHC used for cosmetics and personal care
MRSL Conformance, LS&Co. products assessed for compliance Hazard assessment Core
Screened Chemistry, LPC Material with EU Cosmetics Regulation and Exposure assessment Core
Health; medical devices/container closures Risk assessment Core

• comprehensive chemical profiles being assessed against ISO 10993 Worker safety Core
and USP Standards. Environmental safety Core
with GreenScreen® hazard executive
summaries, benchmark scores,
SDS authoring -
Product details SDS management -
Software type Content type Labelling -
SaaS, Cloud based Database, Hazard, Risk, Stewardship
Points of departure Product lifecycle management -
User experience
Customisable, Off-the-shelf Expertise
Planning & management, Corporate social responsibility -
Pricing structure
Implementation, Toxicology
Subscription, Free trial
Integration capabilities Other support services

EHS, Formula Management
• ToxFMD Screened Chemistry
Program
• Levi Strauss & Co Screened
Chemistry
• ZDHC Certification Body
Veeva RegulatoryOne
By Veeva Systems Inc
About www.industries.veeva.com
RegulatoryOne unifies and coordinates all facets of the regulatory process, providing info@industries.veeva.com
you with visibility into what you’re selling, when you can sell it, and where it’s being
sold – all in one place. This pure cloud offering replaces bespoke, manual systems with +44 1865 398170
a single, authoritative solution for all your compliance and regulatory needs, providing
you with the agility to respond to changing regulations. These efficiency gains improve
Service areas
your time to market, while providing transparency across your entire organization with
each product release gate that a product passes through on its way to market.
Stewardship
Features
RegulatoryOne is your global Publishing Functions/Capabilities
authoritative source for regulatory • end-to-end process in a single
system; Regulatory compliance
compliance and product information.
Registrations • fewer steps; no file transfers; Data management (regulatory lists, Core
• streamlines registration;
• continuous publishing; and substance data)
• fast, accurate responses; Reporting Core
• real time data sccess via the Cloud.
• local accessibility with global visibility;
Archive Hazardous material management Cst
and
• full eCTD and NEES support; Chemical inventory management Core
• enables data driven decisions. Chemical safety prediction Cst
• powerful search & personal filters;
Submission Product compliance Core
• easy document link navigation; and Regulatory management Core
• efficient authoring;
• integrated submissions filter. Compliance assurance Core
• global alignment;
• greater visibility; and Chemical safety assessment
Hazard assessment Cst
• stronger compliance.

Core
Product details Worker safety
Software type Content type Consumer safety Cst
SaaS, Cloud based, Multi-tenant, Cloud- Manages dossier creation/submission
based SaaS
Expertise SDS authoring Core
User experience Planning & management, SDS management Core
Customisable, Off-the-shelf, Implementation, Integration Incident management Core
Labelling Core
Configurable
Stewardship
Pricing structure Product lifecycle management Enb
Pay-per-use, Subscription Full material declaration Cst
Integration capabilities Corporate social responsibility Cst
ERP, PLM, EMIS, EHS,
Formula Management, LIMS, Regulatory;
Quality managment Other support services
• Veeva Professional Services

Partners • Veeva Managed Services
• Accenture • PWC • Deloitte • Salesforce.com
Systems integrator Systems integrator Systems integrator Software provider
Yordas Hive
By Yordas Group
About www.yordasgroup.com/hive
Yordas Hive is a comprehensive chemicals management solution that works with hive@yordasgroup.com
your data to bring you exactly the information that you need to stay compliant.
The wealth of accurate regulatory information, actively maintained by the experts 44 01524 594155
at Yordas Group, works seamlessly with your own information to provide a powerful
compliance solution.
Service areas
As the solution of choice for product stewardship and regulatory compliance in a Regulatory compliance
wide variety of industries, Yordas Hive offers a unique package of in-depth expertise, Chemical safety assessment
high quality current data and intuitive software features to support our customers to Hazard communications
comply with chemical regulations and anticipate future business risks, providing a Stewardship
cost-effective and time-saving solution for manufacturers, formulators, distributors

and retailers. Functions/Capabilities
Features Change management (chemicals) Core
• Hive Notifier: customised compliance • materials: evaluate and manage Data management (regulatory lists, Core
substance data)
updates to suit your business needs; the risk of non-compliance for your
Reporting Enb
• Hive Integrator: highly adaptable API complex articles;
Substance volume tracking Cst
solution for customised data access; • Safety Data Sheets: protect Hazardous material management Enb
• regulations: determine what your workers by managing Chemical inventory management Core
regulatory barriers to market are and distributing reliable safety Chemical safety prediction Enb
information across multiple sites; and Product compliance Core
for your business;
• substances : access to global • Onboarding: we work with our
regulatory data on over 250,000 customers to identify their challenges
substances; and expectations and provide Chemical safety assessment
an implementation service that Hazard assessment -
• products : create your own
helps gather, manage, qualify and Exposure assessment -
in-house database of products to
implement their data into Yordas Risk assessment Core
help you manage and maintain your
Hive. Worker safety Core
compliance Environmental safety Core
Product details
Supply chain communication Enb
Software type Integration capabilities SDS authoring Enb
SaaS, Cloud based ERP, EMIS, EHS, Formula SDS management Core
Management, LIMS, Incident management -
User experience Labelling Core
API functionality
Customisable, Off-the-shelf, Stewardship
Configurable Content type Product lifecycle management -
Database, Regulatory updates Full material declaration Enb
Pricing structure
Licensed, Subscription, Free trial Expertise Corporate social responsibility -

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Chemical Management Software Enablon www.enablon.com/applications/chemical-
management-software
Chemical Safety Chemical Safety Software www.chemicalsafety.com/
Chemical Safety Communication Software UL www.ul-scs.com/
Chemical Watch Chemical Watch www.chemicalwatch.com/
Chemicals Manufacturing ERP Software BatchMaster www.batchmaster.com/
Chemius Bens Consulting www.bens-consulting.com/en/
ChemKnowledge System RightAnswer www.rightanswer.com/index.php
ChemKnowledge® System RightAnswer® www.rightanswer.com/
ChemLabel Pro DURA-ID www.dura-id.com/printers-and-software/labelling-
software/ghs-label-software/chemlabelpro_
software1/
ChemLinked REACH24H Consulting Group www.chemlinked.com/
ChemManager DHI www.dhigroup.com/
Chempax Datacor www.datacor.com/
chemSHERPA chemSHERPA www.chemsherpa.net/chemSHERPA/english/
ChemSoft EH&S ChemSoft www.chemsoft.co.uk/
ChemSpider Royal Society of Chemistry www.chemspider.com/
Chemwatch Chemwatch www.chemwatch.net/
Chesar ECHA www.chesar.echa.europa.eu/ p.34
CHESSOL PIF Solution Lisam Systems www.lisam.com/en-us/solutions/chessol-pif-
solution/
Cintellate SAI Global www.saiglobal.com/

Circular Economy Software H2 Compliance www.h2compliance.com//circular-economy-
software/
Cloud-Based Compliance Software Lorax Compliance www.loraxcompliance.com/
CloudSDS CloudSDS www.cloudsds.com/home
Cognos IBM www.ibm.com/uk-en/marketplace/business-
intelligence
Compliance Data Exchange (CDX) DXC Technology (DXC) www.dxc.technology
Compliance Map Enterprise The Compliance Map www.thecompliancemap.com
Compliance reporting Ithos Global www.ithosglobal.com/index.html
Compliance Software Nimonik www.nimonik.com/
Coptis Lab Coptis www.coptis.com/
Cority Chemical Management for EHSQ Cority https://www.cority.com/ p.35
COSHH Essentials HSE www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/essentials/index.htm
COSHH Management Software Alcumus Sypol www.alcumusgroup.com/
Dakota Dakota Software www.dakotasoft.com/
DATABASE MANAGER and Laboratory of Mathematical Chemistry www.oasis-lmc.org/
CENTRALIZED DATABASE
Decernis Decernis www.decernis.com/
DeDoks Trade Wind www.twnl.nl/en/dedoks/
Derek Nexus Lhasa Limited www.lhasalimited.org/products/derek-nexus.htm
Dynamic Case Management Appian www.appian.com/resources/wp-dynamic-case-
management/
Dynamics Software Microsoft www.dynamicssoftware.com/

E-SDB eska Engineering company mbH www.eska.eu/
easyTRA Jansen-Systems www.jansen-systems.com/
Eco@web EcoOnline www.ecoonline.com/produkter/eco-publisher/
EcoWebDesk EcoIntense GmbH www.ecointense.com/
efam (Environmental Fate Automated knoell www.knoell.com
p.36
Modelling)
egsidaX eska www.eska.eu/gefahrstoffmanagement/egsida-x/
EH&S Software Chemical Safety International www.chemicalsafety.com/
EH&S Software Enviance www.enviance.com/
EHS & Quality Management Software Intelex www.intelex.com/
(QMS)
EHS & Risk Management Software Enablon www.enablon.com/
EHS Compliance Software Quantum Compliance www.usequantum.com/
EHS Compliance Suite regAction www.regaction.com/en/
EHS Enterprise Software Suite ImageWave www.imagewave.com/
EHS Insight StarTex Software www.startexsoftware.com/
EHS Management Software Perillon www.perillon.com/
EHS Management Software SAP EHS www.sap.com/index.html
EHS Software EMEX www.emex.com/
EHS Software MIRS www.mirsinfo.com/soft.htm
EHS Software ProcessMAP www.processmap.com/
EHS Software Partner Platforms Enhesa www.enhesa.com/
element1 H2 Compliance www.h2compliance.com/ p.37
ENOVIA™ PLM Dassault Systèmes® www.3ds.com/en-uk/
Enterprise EHSQ Software Cority www.cority.com/ehsq-software/
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) EtQ www.etq.com/
Software
Epicor Epicor Software Corporation www.epicor.com/
EPOCH Environmental Compliance and Logical Data Solutions, Inc. www.logicalds.com/
Task Management Software
EpyPlus Telematic www.epy.it/
EPYplus - Regulatory Compliance Telematic www.epy.it/
Software
Euphor Euphor www.euphoreach.com/
ExESS Lisam Systems www.lisam.com/en-us/ p.38
FACET FERA www.ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/research-topic/food-
contact-materials
Fasim 2.1 Philips Innovation Services www.innovationservices.philips.com p.39
Formulator Chem Formulator Software www.formulatorus.com/
FOUNDATION SDS Management Cornerstone www.corner-enviro.com/
gComply Decernis www.decernis.com/ p.40
gComply Plus Decernis www.decernis.com/

Gensuite SDS Systems Gensuite www.gensuite.com/ p.41
GeSi³ GeSi Software GmbH www.gesi.de/ p.42
GHS Professional UL www.psi.ul.com/en/products/ghs-professional/
Global Data Brokerage Platform ReachCentrum, an ERM Group company www.reachcentrum.eu/ p.43
Global Environmental Management Foresite Compliance Cloud www.foresitesystems.com/
System (GEMS)
Global MSDS Solutions & Hazmix® GlobalMSDS www.globalmsds.co.uk/ p.44
GoChem GoChem www.gochem.co/
Granta MI Granta Design www.grantadesign.com/
Green Arrow Labs Green Arrow Labs www.greenarrowlabs.com/
GreenData Manager GreenSoft Technology www.greensofttech.com/site/
GreenScreen GreenScreen www.greenscreenchemicals.org
GUSAR Infor www.infor.com/
Hazex Selerant www.selerant.com/ehs-software/
hazMIN® Logical Technology, Inc. www.comply1.com/hazmin
HazMix GlobalMSDS www.globalmsds.co.uk/index.php
HELASOFT SERCure HELASOFT www.helasoft.com/?L=0
Heritage Environmental Information Heritage www.heritage-enviro.com/
System
Horizon Scanning Decernis www.decernis.com/ p.45
IBM Lotus Workflow IBM www.ibm.com/uk-en/marketplace/lotus-workflow
ICTools InfoChem www.infochem.de/index.shtml
IMDS DXC Technology www.public.cdxsystem.com/en/web/cdx
InfoDyne InfoDyne, Inc. www.infodyne.fr/
Infor M3 Infor www.infor.com/products/m3
Insight DEKRA Insight www.dekra-insight.com/en/
Intelligent Authoring On-Demand Sphera www.sphera.com/
Intelligent Compliance Solutions for Verisk 3E www.verisk3e.com/
p.46
Chemical and Workplace Safety
Intelligent Compliance Solutions for Verisk 3E www.verisk3e.com/
p.47
Product Safety & Stewardship
IPCA IPCA www.ipcasolutions.com/
iPoint Systems iPoint Systems www.ipoint-systems.com/
iSafeRat® Online KREATiS www.kreatis.eu/
iScienceSearch Digital Science www.isciencesearch.com/
IUCLID ECHA www.iuclid6.echa.europa.eu/
Keller Online J. J. Keller & Associates www.kelleronline.com/
Label Enterprise Hibiscus-PLC www.hibiscus-plc.co.uk/ p.48
Legislation Alert Scitegrity www.scitegrity.co.uk/
Lisam ExESS Lisam Systems www.lisam.com/en-us/
LOLI Database (Lists Of LIsts) UL www.psi.ul.com/en/products/loli-database/
Lycos Athena Lycos www.lycos.ltd.uk/
Macola 10 Macola Software www.macola.com/
Material Compliance Software iPoint-systems GmbH www.ipoint-systems.com/
MDL® ISIS/Base AKos www.akosgmbh.de/Archive/isis_base.htm
Mendix Mendix www.mendix.com/
Movex Movex www.movex.co.uk/
MSDGen Verisk 3E www.verisk3e.com/
MSDS Authoring ChemHaz Solutions www.chemhazsolutions.com/
MSDSonline SDS/Chemical Management Velocity EHS www.msdsonline.com/ p.49
solution
NCI Global - A CAS solution CAS www.cas.org/products/nci-global
NCI Global® CAS www.cas.org/
NCIS (National Chemicals Information NCIS www.ncis.nier.go.kr/en/mttrList.do
System) for Korea
Paradigm 3 Paradigm Software www.paradigm3.com.au/
Paros Infor www.infor.com/
Pharos Project Pharos www.pharosproject.net
PHAworks 5 Primatech www.primatech.com
PI System™ OSIsoft www.osisoft.com/
PLM and Compliance Cloud Selerant www.selerant.com/
PRISYM Chemica PRISYM ID www.prisymid.com/
ProcessMAP Enterprise ProcessMAP www.processmap.com/solutions/enterprise/

Product Compliance Management REACHECK Solutions GmbH www.reacheck.eu/
Product Compliance Software thinkstep www.thinkstep.com/
Product Stewardship Services and CGI www.cgi.com/environment
p.50
Solutions
Product Stewardship Software Solutions Enablon enablon.com/
Product Stewardship with Intelligent Sphera www.spherasolutions.com/
p.51
Authoring & Comply Plus
Product Supply Chain Intelligence UL www.psi.ul.com p.52
ProductTraq Baytouch www.baytouch.com
ProductVision® Advanced Software Design www.asdsoftware.com/
Prometheus Hibiscus PLC www.hibiscus-plc.co.uk/ p.53
ProSteward360 CGI www.cgi.com/environment
PTC Windchill PTC www.ptc.com/en/products/plm/plm-products/
windchill
PTC Windchill Product Analytics PTC www.ptc.com/en
PubliChem Lisam Systems www.lisam.com/en-us/ p.54
Q-Pulse Ideagen www.ideagen.com/products/q-pulse/

QSAR Toolbox OECD www.oecd.org/
QSARINS University of Insubria www.qsar.it/
Qualisys Qualisys GmbH www.qualisys.eu/index.php?id=102&L=2
QUMAS DocCompliance Qumas (part of Biovia) www.qumas.com/
REACH Compliance Software iPoint-systems Gmbh www.ipoint-systems.com/
REACH Delivery REACH Delivery International www.reachdelivery.com/reach.html
REACHAcross™ UL Environment www.ulreachacross.com/
REACHGallery ServiREACH www.servireach.com/
REACHLINKED Chemical Regulatory Services Ltd www.reachlinked.com/
REACHSuite Baytouch www.reachsuite.com/
RegScan One™ RegScan www.regscan.com/
Regulatory Change Management Mitratech www.mitratech.com/
Regulatory Compliance Red-On-Line www.red-on-line.com/
Regulatory Compliance tool Airsweb www.airsweb.com/
RoHS and REACH Compliance Software Salve Software Services www.salvesoft.com/
S-CIRCABC European Commission www.circabc.europa.eu/faces/jsp/extension/wai/
navigation/container.jsp
Safety Data Sheet Management SafeTec www.safetec.hsi.com/
Safety365 Sevron www.sevron.co.uk/
SAP SAP www.sap.com/uk/about.html
SAP EHS SAP www.sap.com/uk/about.html
SAP EHS consultancy, support, eSpheres www.espheres.com/ p.55
maitenance and training
SAP EHS ERD and ERC software SAP www.sap.com/uk/about.html
SAP PLM SAP www.sap.com/uk/about.html
SAP S4/HANA SAP www.sap.com/uk/products/s4hana-erp.html
SAP solutions for product compliance and SAP SE www.sap.com/corporate/en.html
p.56
environment, health and safety
SciFinder® CAS www.cas.org/
SciveraLENS® Scivera www.scivera.com/ p.57
SDS Factory EcoMundo www.ecomundo.eu/en/software/sds-factory
SDS Factory Sigma-Aldrich www.sigmaaldrich.com/united-kingdom.html
SDS Solutions Global Safety Management® www.gsmsds.com/
SDSPro (GHSPro) MSDSpro www.sdspro.com/
SEIRICH National Research and Safety Institute (INRS) www.seirich.fr/seirich-web/index.xhtml
Sevaluate™ TT Consulting www.ttenvironmental.co.uk/
SiteHawk Communicator SiteHawk www.sitehawk.com/ p.58
SMART Chemical Inventory Compliance Technology Group www.compliancetechnologygroup.com/
SMARTdoc SMARTdoc www.smartdoc.eu/
Soutron Soutron www.soutron.com/
Sphera Sphera www.sphera.com/
Sphera Sphera www.sphera.com/
SpheraCloud™ Sphera Solutions www.spherasolutions.com/
Stoffenmanager® Cosanta www.stoffenmanager.nl/
SupplierSoft SupplierSoft Inc. www.suppliersoft.com
Supply Chain Guru LLamasoft www.llamasoft.com/supply-chain-guru-brochure/
Supply Chain Management Decernis www.decernis.com/

Supply Chain Software Enablon www.enablon.com/
Targeted Risk Assessment (TRA) European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of www.ecetoc.org/
p.59
Chemicals (ECETOC)
TDMS ISA www.isatest.com
Teamcenter Siemens www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en/
TERA Toxicology and Risk Assessment www.plm.automation.siemens.com/global/en/
products/teamcenter/
TinyTERM Century Software www.censoft.com/
ToxFMD Screened Chemistry™ Library ToxServices LLC www.toxservices.com p.60
ToxNot toxnot PBC www.toxnot.com
ToxPlanet ToxPlanet www.toxplanet.com
TraceGains® Network TraceGains www.tracegains.com
TrackWise QMS Software and Solutions Sparta Systems www.spartasystems.com/products/trackwise-
qms
UL Self-Service GHS SDS UL The Wercs www.ulghs.com
UMCO Hazard Communication Sytstem UMCO www.umco.de/en
Veeva RegulatoryOne Veeva Systems Inc www.industries.veeva.com/ p.61
VelocityEHS Platform Velocity EHS www.ehs.com/
Verisk 3E Generate Verisk 3E www.verisk3e.com/
Verisk 3E Insight Verisk 3E www.verisk3e.com/
Vertére's Inventory Manager Vertére www.vertere.com/
WASPS Software Environmental Science Ltd. www.esldatasheets.com/ihomepage_c.html
Wercs UL www.ul.com/
WERCS Studio UL www.psi.ul.com/en/products/wercs-studio/
Yordas Hive Yordas www.yordasgroup.com/hive/ p.62
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01 Chemicals Management Software Guide

Sphera’s solutions help you manage:

• Material Request & Approvals • Product Compliance Analysis

Is Your Product Stewardship Function

• An overview of the five stages of maturity for Product Stewardship

The Smartest Choice in

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

CHEMICAL & WORKPLACE

Intelligent compliance. Sustainable progress. A safer world.

ALMEGO® - Chymeia ................................................................. 31 Product Supply Chain Intelligence - UL ................................ 52

CHEMDOX® - Chemdox ........................................................... 32 Prometheus - Hibiscus-PLC .................................................... 53

ChemGes - DR-Software ......................................................... 33 PubliChem - Lisam Systems ................................................... 54

Chesar - Echa ............................................................................. 34 SAP EHS consultancy, support, maitenance

Global MSDS Solutions & Hazmix® - GlobalMSDS ............. 44

Horizon Scanning - Decernis .................................................. 45

brains in different locations. They are, however, an aid to 64%

and the wider community, not to mention the industry as 30%

product stewardship and process safety, which broadly % of participants

among the chemical companies. Of medium-sized

This is not surprising in itself: larger companies have more

In the individual categories, 72% of those active in

Figure 2 shows the number of software programmes

Very important Important Useful but not essential

Product compliance 68% 23% 8%

Regulatory management 64% 29% 6%

56% 30% 11%

Change management (chemicals) 48% 40% 9%

Regulatory 48% 39% 11%

Hazardous material management 46% 38% 13%

Chemical inventory management 43% 33% 17%

Supply chain management 37% 30% 23%

Chemical safety prediction 34% 39% 23%

Substance volume tracking 33% 38% 23%

Hazard assessment 51% 32% 12%

Consumer safety 48% 24% 18%

Risk assessment 44% 37% 14%

Labeling 56% 26% 11%

SDS management 52% 28% 13%

Environmental safety 45% 34% 17%

SDS authoring 50% 22% 19%

Supply chain communication 43% 35% 17%

Full material declaration 37% 36% 24%

Product Supplier information 36% 45% 15%

Corporate social responsibility 25% 34% 32%

Product lifecycle management 24% 33% 33%

sustainability reporting (CSR) still seems to be a relatively • R&D – 120;

of all companies surveyed (Figure 4). Close behind came

but even so, 59% saw it as ‘very important’ or ‘important’ Cost

Integration with third party data

More links in the chain

The company concedes that collecting FMD data from

Whirlpool’s Critical Materials Management (CMM) team

LISAM SYSTEMS, Regulatory and

Lisam Systems, chemical compliance SDS Authoring Software

Cosmetic PIF Generation Documents Management & Delivery

Collaborative Data Management Platform

Safety from software

“They said their aim is to provide the safest workplace

Mr Cohen points out that various stakeholder groups

Globally integrated approach

Safety managers have been early adopters of wearable technologies

Reporting requirements made easier

industry or regulators to have poor quality data,” says

To these classifications, the company adds Cas index