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Chemical leasing—a review of implementation in the past decade

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In the past decade, research on innovative business models to manage the risk of chemical substances has sought to provide solutions to achieve the goals of the World Summit on Sustainable Development of 2002, which called for a renewal of the commitment to the sound management of chemicals and of hazardous wastes throughout their life cycle and set the ambitious goal, by 2020, to use and produce chemicals in ways that do not lead to significant adverse effects on human health and the environment. Chemical Leasing is an innovative business model that shows a great potential to become a global model for sustainable development within chemical management. This paper provides a review of the current standings of literature regarding the implementation of Chemical Leasing in the past decade. In doing so, the paper highlights the potential of this business model to serve as an approach for dematerializing production processes and managing the risks of chemicals at all levels. More in detail, it provides an outline of how Chemical Leasing has supported the alignment and implementation of the objectives of chemicals policy-makers and industry regarding the production and use of chemicals and analyses to what extent Chemical Leasing contributes to the implementation of a number of voluntary global initiatives, such as Cleaner Production, Sustainable Chemistry and Corporate Social Responsibility. This paper provides a systematic analysis of the gaps identified in literature regarding the implementation of Chemical Leasing business models. Based on this analysis, specific aspects in the field of Chemical Leasing are recommended to be further elaborated in order to increase the understanding and applicability of the business model.

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Notes

  1. See http://www.unido.org/ncpc.html

  2. See also: http://www.chemicalleasing.com/sub/faq.htm# or http://www.epa.gov/osw/hazard/wastemin/minimize/cms.htm

  3. Functions performed by a chemical might include the following: number of pieces cleaned, amount of area coated, etc.

  4. Based on the draft database of Chemical Leasing projects (http://www.chemicalleasing.com/docs/database.pdf)

  5. See http://www.chemicalleasing.com/

  6. See http://www.chemicalleasing.com/sub/Award/award.htm

  7. See http://chemcon.net/europe/chemcon_2010/chemcon_2010 cz.shtml

  8. See http://www.achema.de/en.html

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Moser, F., Jakl, T. Chemical leasing—a review of implementation in the past decade. Environ Sci Pollut Res 22, 6325–6348 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-014-3879-3

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