Target announced that it will eliminate harmful chemicals from its products in 2020. Target, the second-largest retail brand in the United States after Walmart, announced its 2020 goal to eliminate harmful chemicals from its own brand products. Target's ten-year purchasing plan will identify products containing harmful chemicals and gradually reduce the content of harmful chemicals in purchased products. Target hopes to use this to promote the detoxification of its supply chain and cooperating industries. Target's purchasing services manager pointed out that more and more consumers want to know whether the products they buy are sustainable and responsible. Target must promise consumers that the products in its retail stores are not only safe, environmentally friendly, but also products that respect labor rights. Therefore, Target will implement hazardous chemical substance management actions starting with its own brand products. Target updated its Sustainable Product Index (SPI) in 2016. SPI is a product rating form that Target's suppliers must fill out before purchasing products. It includes four key requirements: safe raw materials, transparency of product ingredients, sustainable packaging materials, and good product management. According to the product's performance score in the above four aspects, the score will affect whether it can be sold in Target stores. At the same time, the higher the score, the Target purchasing department will also provide suppliers with better preferential purchasing conditions. Starting in 2016, Target SPI has expanded its specifications to include household cleaning products, personal cleaning products and cosmetics, and baby care products. In the future, it is expected that more categories of products will be included in the sustainability assessment to respond to the sustainable environmental protection requirements of more consumers. In order to achieve its 2020 goals and effectively manage the content of harmful chemicals in its own brands, Target has cooperated with UL, a third-party certification organization, to strengthen the importance of transparent disclosure of product ingredients. Require suppliers to disclose ingredients on product labels or on their official websites, or provide Target's product ingredient list certified by a third party to show responsibility that products do not contain harmful chemicals. For details on Target’s sustainable product indicators, please see the attachment: Target-Sustainable-Product-Index Source: Chemical Watch (2016-12-19) (PIDC compilation) Target, the second-largest retail brand in the United States after Walmart, announced its 2020 goals , harmful chemicals will be eliminated from private label products. Target's ten-year purchasing plan will identify products containing harmful chemicals and gradually reduce the content of harmful chemicals in purchased products. Target hopes to use this to promote the detoxification of its supply chain and cooperating industries. Target's purchasing services manager pointed out that more and more consumers want to know whether the products they buy are sustainable and responsible. Target must promise consumers that the products in its retail stores are not only safe, environmentally friendly, but also products that respect labor rights. Therefore, Target will implement hazardous chemical substance management actions starting with its own brand products. Target updated its Sustainable Product Index (SPI) in 2016. SPI is a product rating form that Target's suppliers must fill out before purchasing products. It includes four key requirements: safe raw materials, transparency of product ingredients, sustainable packaging materials, and good product management. According to the product's performance score in the above four aspects, the score will affect whether it can be sold in Target stores. At the same time, the higher the score, the Target purchasing department will also provide suppliers with better preferential purchasing conditions. Starting in 2016, Target SPI has expanded its specifications to include household cleaning products, personal cleaning products and cosmetics, and baby care products. In the future, it is expected that more categories of products will be included in the sustainability assessment to respond to the sustainable environmental protection requirements of more consumers. In order to achieve its 2020 goals and effectively manage the content of harmful chemicals in its own brands, Target has cooperated with UL, a third-party certification organization, to strengthen the importance of transparent disclosure of product ingredients. Require suppliers to disclose ingredients on product labels or on their official websites, or provide Target's product ingredient list certified by a third party to show responsibility that products do not contain harmful chemicals. For details on Target’s sustainable product indicators, please refer to the attachment: Target-Sustainable-Product-Index. Source: Chemical Watch (2016-12-19) (PIDC compilation)
