196
M. Kohno and M. Hirao
13.3.2 ChemSHERPA Characteristics
Generally, the chemSHERPA system provides the chemical’s name, CAS number
and proportion of the chemical by weight in each part of the product, combined
with legal information from upstream to downstream companies. We explain some
characteristics of chemSHERPA below.
First, some of the goals of chemSHERPA are as follows (METI 2014).
1. This new scheme should make it possible to respond to the regulations for chemicals in products and contribute to the World Summit on Sustainable Development
(WSSD) 2020 goal (United Nations 2002).
2. All actors in various industries through the supply chain can use the scheme.
From goal 1, the main purpose of chemSHERPA may be understood to be compliance with the laws (Masui and Matsumoto 2019), as described above. To achieve
both goals, chemSHERPA provides a list of declarable substances. This is a list of
substances regulated by laws/regulations and industry standards. More specifically,
the list currently incorporates CSCL
*8 (Class 1 Specified Chemical Substances),
TSCA
*9 (Section 6), REACH Regulation
*10 (SVHC
*11 , Restricted Substances),
other laws, GADSL and IEC 62474. All laws/regulations and standards are shown in
relation to other similar information systems in Table 13.1. We illustrate the relationship between the product lifecycle stages and the regulations included in the chemSHERPA list in Fig. 13.1. Almost all the regulations in the list are for the supply chain
(I and II), although some also cover 3R (IV). We could find no regulation focusing
especially on Stage III.
Second, chemSHERPA provides two types of information: composition information and compliance information. For the data format, the XML schema of IEC
62474 is adopted. It is expected that information is sequentially transferred from the
chemical industry to the component industry and article manufacturers, using the
distributed database system, which is different from the IMDS and BOMcheck. In
Stage
Regulations
↑
|
↓
+
CSCL *8 , TSCA *9
REACH Reg. *10
RoHS Dir. *5
ELV Dir. *4
POPs Reg. *15
. Upstream
. Downstream
. Disposal
. 3R
Fig. 13.1 Relationship between product life cycle stages and regulations in the chemSHERPA list.
Blue area (I, II): Arterial industry.
Green (IV) & grey (III) area: Venous industry
M. Kohno and M. Hirao
13.3.2 ChemSHERPA Characteristics
Generally, the chemSHERPA system provides the chemical’s name, CAS number
and proportion of the chemical by weight in each part of the product, combined
with legal information from upstream to downstream companies. We explain some
characteristics of chemSHERPA below.
First, some of the goals of chemSHERPA are as follows (METI 2014).
1. This new scheme should make it possible to respond to the regulations for chemicals in products and contribute to the World Summit on Sustainable Development
(WSSD) 2020 goal (United Nations 2002).
2. All actors in various industries through the supply chain can use the scheme.
From goal 1, the main purpose of chemSHERPA may be understood to be compliance with the laws (Masui and Matsumoto 2019), as described above. To achieve
both goals, chemSHERPA provides a list of declarable substances. This is a list of
substances regulated by laws/regulations and industry standards. More specifically,
the list currently incorporates CSCL
*8 (Class 1 Specified Chemical Substances),
TSCA
*9 (Section 6), REACH Regulation
*10 (SVHC
*11 , Restricted Substances),
other laws, GADSL and IEC 62474. All laws/regulations and standards are shown in
relation to other similar information systems in Table 13.1. We illustrate the relationship between the product lifecycle stages and the regulations included in the chemSHERPA list in Fig. 13.1. Almost all the regulations in the list are for the supply chain
(I and II), although some also cover 3R (IV). We could find no regulation focusing
especially on Stage III.
Second, chemSHERPA provides two types of information: composition information and compliance information. For the data format, the XML schema of IEC
62474 is adopted. It is expected that information is sequentially transferred from the
chemical industry to the component industry and article manufacturers, using the
distributed database system, which is different from the IMDS and BOMcheck. In
Stage
Regulations
↑
|
↓
+
CSCL *8 , TSCA *9
REACH Reg. *10
RoHS Dir. *5
ELV Dir. *4
POPs Reg. *15
. Upstream
. Downstream
. Disposal
. 3R
Fig. 13.1 Relationship between product life cycle stages and regulations in the chemSHERPA list.
Blue area (I, II): Arterial industry.
Green (IV) & grey (III) area: Venous industry