The UK Chemicals Stakeholder Forum (UKCSF) advises government on how the industry should reduce the risks from hazardous chemicals to the environment and to human health through the environment. The Forum operates in an open and transparent manner while respecting the need to protect commercially sensitive information provided to it.

The Forum works alongside other departments and government bodies including the Health and Safety Executive, the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, the Environment Agency, and it also receives advice from the Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances (ACHS).

Latest news

• UKCSF/RSC workshop on socio-economic assessment for REACH Authorisation: 29 March 2012 – summary note and presentations
• Forty-eighth meeting: 24 April 2012 – agenda and papers
• UKCSF statement on animal testing and REACH: February 2012
• Forty-seventh meeting:  31 January 2012 – agenda and papers

Current work

• Chemical services – The Forum has a key interest in chemical services. This area of work is reported in Chapter 2 of the Forum’s Eighth Annual Report, for 2009.
• Horizon Scanning sub-Group – The Forum’s Horizon Scanning sub-Group is developing a Sustainability Framework, as well as engaging in strategic dialogue with government on key policy initiatives emerging under the sustainable development agenda.

Publications

• A Forum Guide to Substitution (PDF 600 KB) – introduction to the process of substitution, to influence stakeholder behaviour in the supply chain.
• Eighth Annual Report 2009 (PDF 410 KB)