Product Stewardship

 
 
 

Our Product Stewardship team is responsible for the management of a product throughout its existing life cycle focusing on the health, safety and environmental issues at each phase.

Every day, DuPont and its affiliates deliver millions of products to customers, distributors and other business associates around the globe. Product Stewardship requires good communication along the product life cycle to assess the needs of all stakeholders involved. This includes working with our customers to develop appropriate risk management measures and to address their emerging needs for the products and services we supply to them. These activities may include the development of safety data sheets and labels (indicating hazard and use information), training, facilitating product stewardship reviews and the publication of information such as Product Use, Storage and Handling (PUSH) bulletins.
 
 
 
The Product Lifecycle

The product Life Cycle begins at the start of the development stage and continues along the product trail from raw materials to ultimate fate (e.g., recycling, reuse, refurbish, or environmental impact) with suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, customers, and consumer impacts identified.

 
 
 
DuPont employs country, regional and business product stewards that have the overall responsibility to manage product stewardship reviews, existing and emerging regulations, material registrations, manufacturing, distribution, packaging, and other requirements.
At DuPont there are internal Policies, Standards and Procedures specific to product stewardship and regulatory requirements that help product stewards manage the products or services that they are responsible for.
DuPont also participates in relevant trade and industry associations, including the American Chemistry Council (ACC), the European Council of the Chemical Industry Federations (CEFIC) and the Japan Chemical Industry Association and works with other key stakeholders on the development of standards, and partners with governmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
 

Find more product stewardship information below:

 
 
 
Product Stewardship Assessments
Product Stewardship Assessments
Sustainability Reporting
Sustainability Reporting
Position Statements
Position Statements