ADVANCING YOUR

CHEMICAL INVENTORY
FOLLOWING THE ZDHC
APPROACH
 CHEMICAL INVENTORY LIST – CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT
TOOL

The CIL for chemical management system should include:

- Chemical product name
- Vendors Information of
Inventory List –
- Quantity delivered or in stock generally, maintained
by Purchasing
- Prices
Departaments
- ZDHC MRSL Conformance Levels
- Availability of Supplier Declarations or certificates for specific
global legislation CIL for chemical
management tool needs
- hazard information from Safety Data Sheets technical competency
and knowledge about
- planning of precautions for safe storage, handling and disposal chemistry and safety
of chemicals based on the identified hazards data sheets.
 CHEMICAL INVENTORY LIST- PURPOSE

• Maintain record of all • Identify hazards in chemical

chemical products products
purchased, used and stored • Plan and implement
Commercial

• Stock planning precautions on safe

• Re-ordering
• Storage locations
• Vendors management
storage, handling and their
disposal
• Protect workers, consumers
and environment
• Prevent accidents (avoiding

CMS
explosions, gas leakages or
chemical splashes)
 CHEMICAL INVENTORY LIST - SCOPE

Products directly used Ancillary chemicals Chemicals used for

in production • Spot cleaners other treatments and
processes cleaning processes
• Adhesives
• Dyes and • Effluent treatment
• Paints
pigments chemicals
• Inks
• Dyeing and • Sanitary chemicals
printing auxiliary • Detergents
• Laboratory
products chemicals
• Finishing and • Utility or machinery
coating chemicals maintenance
• Commodity products
chemicals
 SAFETY DATA SHEET MANAGEMENT

1 2 3 4 5

Collect Check Make Study Collect

Collect the latest Check if the SDS Make SDS Study each SDS Collect full
SDS for each includes all the accessible to and collect the information if
chemical from information in 16 relevant relevant data to SDS information
the chemical sections as per employees be inputted to is incomplete or
manufacturer GHS the CIL incorrect.
 ZDHC CIL TEMPLATE
1.Foundational
•Minimum requirements
•No need high-level of technical
competency
•Product information: name,
vendor name, use/function,
consumption, location of
storage, lot number, expiry
date, ZDHC MRSL Level
2.Progressive
•Measures the progress that a
facility made in:
•Identifying hazards in
chemical inventory
•Planning safety precautions:
storage, handling and disposal
•Should be manage by a trained
competent person
•Helps in implementation of
protection of workers and
surroundings from hazardous
chemicals through storing and
handling precautions
3.Aspirational
•Most advanced step for a
facility in CMS journey
•Helps the chemical
management responsible to:
•Plan elimination of chemicals
of high concern at source
•Reduce impact of input
chemicals on effluent
treatment plant processes and
environment
•Focus on chemicals that help
resource efficiency (water and
energy)
•Requires a high-level of
technical competency and
knowledge skills.
 ZDHC CIL TEMPLATE - FOUNDATIONAL LEVEL

▪ Information about chemical

▪ ZDHC use category
▪ Volume related information
Foundation level -
▪ ZDHC MRSL Conformance Level
Start of CMS
▪ ZDHC approved third-party certifications
journey
▪ Storage Location
▪ Lot number information
▪ Expiry date (optional)
▪ Availability of SDS and date of issue
FOUNDATIONAL
 ZDHC CIL TEMPLATE - PROGRESSIVE LEVEL

▪ Information on hazardous substances and %

used in the formulation

Progressive Level – ▪ Hazard information: Physical, Health and

Building up on the Environmental hazard types
journey ▪ Detail precautions that are required for storage,
handling and disposal of the chemical, based on
the type of hazard:
▪ Information of incompatible material
PROGRESSIVE
 ZDHC CIL TEMPLATE - ASPIRATIONAL LEVEL

▪ “Phase Out” – where chemicals with high

concern identified through specific hazard
statments are listed for replacement with
safer alternatives
▪ Information of environmental indicators,
Aspirational Level being the most important here the COD, but
– Culmination of also others such as AOX, Biodegradability
and Aquatic Toxicity
CMS journey
▪ Information on toxicological parameters:
▪ Identification of resource efficiency,
verifying if the chemicals used in the facility
help in saving water and energy when
applied in the production processes:
ASPIRATIONAL
ZDHC CIL is:
An effort to use information about a facility’s CIL to
• make correct purchasing decisions
• promote responsible chemical use
• prevent pollution
• increase traceability
• plan proper chemical storage and handling decisions
• control disposal costs

The CIL is an important aspect of input chemical management

for implementation of ZDHC
THANK YOU