From September 8-11, 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark, hosted EuroTox 2024, the 58th Congress of the European Toxicologists and European Societies of Toxicology. With the theme “Toxicology – A Quest for Safe Chemicals and Medicines”, the event brought together experts from around the world to discuss the latest advancements in toxicology, chemical safety, and emerging risk assessment methodologies.
Experts, researchers, and regulators came together for the Safe and Sustainable Product Design Workshop, hosted by SaferWorldbyDesign in Basel and online on 6th November 2024. The event, attended by around 50 participants (11 onsite and 40 online) from Swiss regulatory bodies, academia, and industry, focused on methods for embedding human safety, environmental protection, and sustainability in the early stages of product development.
The morning programme featured a series of lectures exploring state-of-the-art approaches and best practices, while the afternoon offered hands-on workshops where participants interacted directly with tools and data relevant to product safety and sustainability.
The SSbD4CheM project had a prominent presence throughout the day. Barry Hardy (Edelweiss Connect (EwC)) opened the event and moderated all throught the day. Project Coordinator Milica Velimirovic (VITO) opened the lecture session with an overview of the project’s Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) framework. She highlighted its “learning-by-doing” approach, aimed at integrating safety and sustainability from the outset of innovation.
Indre Piragyte-Langa Oliva (EwC) delivered a lecture on Hazard Characterisation using New Approach Methods (NAMs). She emphasized the role of NAMs in moving away from traditional, animal-based testing toward more ethical, data-driven, and predictive tools. Her talk showcased how SSbD frameworks, supported by NAMs and digital workflows, can help identify harmful chemicals early, speeding up regulatory processes while ensuring safer outcomes for both humans and the environment.
Thomas Arblaster (Leiden University) introduced participants to Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as a quantitative method to evaluate environmental impacts throughout a product’s life cycle. His session explained how tiered LCA within the SSbD framework helps guide R&D by pinpointing key sustainability questions—even when data is limited.
In the afternoon, the workshop offered a deep dive into practical applications. Indre Piragyte-Langa Oliva (EwC) led participants through a case study on hazard characterisation for cosmetic ingredients, guiding them in using public databases and prediction tools to assess and score alternative compounds.
Barry Hardy (EwC) led participants in the examination of the properties of a formulation including selecting alternatives to ingredients for a substitution. Using EwC’s risk assessment software extended to SSbD, the group was able to score each ingredient in a formulation for environmental impact to narrow down options for best selections.
Thomas Arblaster (Leiden University) conducted a hands-on session on LCA using the openLCA tool, with a case study focused on plastic bottles. Participants learned to navigate databases, set up systems, and evaluate product sustainability using real-world scenarios.
The workshop not only provided valuable training but also underlined the importance of integrating advanced tools and data from the earliest stages of product design. By combining SSbD principles with innovative methods like NAMs and LCA, the event highlighted a path forward for creating safer, more sustainable chemicals and materials.
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SSbD4CheM project was included in the latest BNN QUARTERLY 04/2024 (December 2024).
During the Dag van de Wetenschap (Day of Science) on 24 November 2024, in Mol (Belgium), our colleague Milica Velimirovic, from VITO, represented the SSbD4CheM project in the activities, offering a specially prepared word puzzle to engage citizens in sustainability concepts and clarifying questions like “What does a sustainable future look like?”, “Why is sustainability so urgent and important and how can technology help?” and explaining how the project is contributing to it.
The 5th edition of the Sustainability Talks Istanbul (STI) took place on 3 December 2024, focusing on raising awareness and taking solution-oriented steps towards sustainability in the fashion and textile industry.
During the Dag van de Wetenschap (Day of Science) on 24 November 2024, in Mol (Belgium), our colleague Milica Velimirovic, from VITO, represented the SSbD4CheM project in the activities, offering a specially prepared word puzzle to engage citizens in sustainability concepts and clarifying questions like “What does a sustainable future look like?”, “Why is sustainability so urgent and important and how can technology help?” and explaining how the project is contributing to it.
On the 21st and 22nd of November, the project partners met online for our M11 General Assembly to review the latest progress, discuss action points and plan next steps.
During the Dag van de Wetenschap (Day of Science) on 24 November 2024, in Mol (Belgium), our colleague Milica Velimirovic, from VITO, represented the SSbD4CheM project in the activities, offering a specially prepared word puzzle to engage citizens in sustainability concepts and clarifying questions like “What does a sustainable future look like?”, “Why is sustainability so urgent and important and how can technology help?” and explaining how the project is contributing to it.
On 14 September 2024, as part of Slovenia’s Cleaning Action “Clean Coasts” (Čista obala), linked to the International Coastal Cleanup, our colleagues from the Slovenian’s National Institute of Chemistry (NIC) organized a special workshop “Secrets of Plastic” aimed at raising awareness among young people about plastic pollution and potential solutions. The workshop welcomed children to actively engage in the classification of plastic waste.
The Open Innovation and Digitalization of Materials and Manufacturing Conference (OIP Conference 2024) took place from 21 to 23 October 2024 in Kaiserslautern (Germany). Organised by Fraunhofer ITWM as part of a series of events by the EU projects VIPCOAT, MUSICODE and OpenModel.
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