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Development of ISO 14067: Quantification and Communication of Carbon Footprint of products and services. 10th Working group meeting held in Canada, Ostfold Research took part.
The tenth meeting in ISO/TC207/SC 7/WG2 took place 21-24 November 2011 in Toronto, Canada. A large number of nations participated. The standard had before the meeting voted to DIS-status (Draft International Standard) and further progress was made during the meeting in Canada.

Ostfold Research at the national Hazardous Substances conference (Miljøgiftkonferensen 2012)
Miljøgiftkonferansen 2012 was a collaboration between the Norwegian Climate and Pollution Agency (KLIF) and the Norwegian Research Council. The conference theme was “How can we fulfil the objective of stopping emissions of chemicals that are a serious threat to human health and the environment by 2020?”

Monday 21st of November 2011 Cecilia Askham defended her PhD thesis.
The thesis concerns marrying the life cycle perspective with chemical hazard information, in order to advance the practice of environmental product development. The thesis title is: “Environmental Product Development Combining the Life Cycle Perspective with Chemical Hazard Information”.

BIA Project turned a threat into an opportunity

 

The Research Council of Norway news about Miljøgiftkonferansen 2012 (The Hazardous Chemical Conference 2012) includes news about how the Innochem BIA (Programme for User-driven Research-based Innovation) project turned a threat – a new and complicated regulation (REACH) into a driver for innovation and development, leading to a competitive edge for Norwegian Industry.


Working together with companies in order to minimize hazardous chemical content of products is one way that Østfold Research is contributing to Norway’s goal of a hazardous chemical free environment by 2020.


Fredrikstad Blad (the local Fredrikstad newspaper) has also covered this story.





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