Safety and sustainability go hand in hand. That’s why BIOSAFIRE’s Pillar 3 working group is dedicated to refining the SSbD framework, ensuring that the materials we develop meet the highest safety, environmental, and socio-economic standards.
💡 What’s our focus?
🔹 Implementing a tiered assessment approach (qualitative, semi-quantitative, and quantitative) to evaluate material safety and sustainability
🔹 Applying methodologies from relevant previous projects to assess intrinsic hazard properties, exposure risks, and life cycle sustainability
🔹 Developing advanced New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) to fill data gaps in safety and sustainability evaluations
🌱 Why does this matter?
By ensuring a robust safety and sustainability framework, BIOSAFIRE is helping to de-risk new material adoption, making it easier for companies and regulators to embrace bio-based innovations without compromising on performance or compliance.
Stay tuned as we share insights from our working groups and their contributions to advancing Safe and Sustainable by Design!
