Walmart reports 2017 increase in use of ‘priority chemicals’

摘要

US retail giant Walmart has reported that its use of certain chemicals it was aiming to reduce increased by 1% from 2017 to 2018. The increase, reported in the company’s 2020 environmental, social and governance report, adds further pressure to its goal to reduce chemicals of concern in the products it sells by 10% by 2022. Substances covered by the goal, announced in 2017, are those on the company’s high priority chemicals (HPCs) and broader priority chemicals (PCs) lists. Priority chemicals are taken from a range of authoritative and regulatory lists, including those on the REACH authorisation list (Annex XIV).