Safer Chemistry Impact Fund Launches Universal Blueprint to Standardize Measurement of Safer Chemistry

New open-architecture framework gives companies, investors, and policymakers a common way to measure progress toward safer chemistry across products and supply chains

Washington, D.C. — Aug. 18, 2026 — Companies have long relied on standardized frameworks to measure carbon emissions. Until now, no comparable system has existed for measuring progress toward safer chemistry. 

Today, the Safer Chemistry Impact Fund (SCI Fund) released the Safer Chemistry Impact Metrics Framework: A Universal Blueprint for Standardizing Chemical Footprinting and Reporting, an open-architecture framework designed to help organizations consistently measure chemical hazards across products and supply chains.

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