Advice to Council No: 22-02 Public Consultation on new CEC project to advance supply chain transparency in North America

As part of the consultation, the CEC asked the public to share their thoughts and provide input on challenges, issues, or approaches related to supply chain transparency for chemicals in products that should be considered as part of this project. [...] In addition, JPAC agrees with comments from the public regarding the need to build on existing initiatives and research to avoid duplication, including the ones identified by the Parties as part of the project description under the heading 7: Describe how the project complements, or avoids duplication with, other national or international work. [...] This law has not only improved the transparency of cleaning and disinfecting products for people in California but has become the de facto standard across the United States and even provides benefits to those in Canada and Mexico because the ingredient information for these products is available online for anyone to review. [...] For this project to be successful, HCPA believes that either the scope needs to be narrowed and aligned with the appropriate government agencies amongst the three countries; or the number of government agencies involved in the activity needs to be significantly expanded to encompass the requisite entities the right expertise and responsibility. [...] Transparency for circularity does not generally refer to transparency of ingredients in products but rather, the transparency of the methodology used to determine a product’s contribution to the circular economy.