Safe and sustainable chemicals
Chemicals are part or our welfare society. We help the business sector create and maintain safety and sustainability in their work with chemicals, and we help government agencies manage chemicals in the environment.
Reducing resource use by way of secure and circular chemical flows
The chemical industry faces major changes in order to reduce its climate impacts and establish secure and circular flows.
Achieving this requires new processes and products that are based on sustainable and renewable raw materials, and that are safe for people and the environment.
Chemical substances in the environment
We develop knowledge about chemicals in our surroundings. IVL has considerable experience of analysing hazardous substances and assessing their consequences for health and environment. We conduct dispersion calculations for emissions, and utilize advanced technology to measure and analyse substances in the air, ground, biota and water.
Chemicals in the life cycle
IVL works to ensure the safety and sustainability of chemicals, throughout the value chain. Applied green chemistry, chemical analyses and LCA assessments of substances in materials and products are conducted based on scientific methods. IVL can provide assistance and advice in every stage of production, sales and waste/recycling.
Regulation and governance of chemicals
We endeavour to improve handling of the steady stream of chemicals in our environment, and to secure the sustainable production and use of chemical substances. We help companies comply with regulations, and we highlight the improvements required by various regulations, in order to protect people and the environment.
Examples of IVL's work with chemicals
Chemicals are everywhere. IVL works with safe and sustainable chemicals in several different fields.
Chemical industry

Two years with Mistra SafeChem
Safe and Efficient Chemistry by Design.
Mistra SafeChem is a research programme for a green and sustainable chemical industry.
PFAS

Reduce PFAS emissions in the Baltic Sea
The Zero PFAS II project is a collaboration within the Baltic Sea region to step up efforts to reduce PFAS emissions.
Partnership

Partnership for secure chemicals
EU's PARC partnership programme will help achieve the secure management of chemicals and strengthen the dialogue between researchers and government agencies.
Construction industry

Basta – for an environment without toxins
IVL's subsidiary Basta is the industry's only independent environmental assessment system for construction and civil engineering products.
How IVL works with safe and sustainable chemicals
For many chemicals, the value chain is complex – from extraction of raw materials and production, to use in industrial processes and products, and ultimately, the environmental impacts of these. IVL works systematically with the development and risk assessment of products' chemical content, with the aim of minimizing environmental and health risks.

We work to minimize both environmental problems and health issues caused by chemicals.
Services offered by IVL in the field of chemicals
IVL helps you develop solutions that help foster sustainable operations and a sustainable society. Everything we do rests on a scientific foundation, and if you engage us as a consultant, you get all our research as part of the deal.
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