The ZDHC Gateway can be used by Formulators, Certification Bodies, Suppliers, Brands and Accepted Laboratories.
(Chemical) Formulator
Refers to a person or business entity in the chemical industry involved in formulating, manufacturing, diluting, relabelling or mixing chemical products. Formulators can register on the ZDHC Gateway and upload and publish ZDHC MRSL conformant chemical products and make them available to their clients.
Supplier
A business entity that manufactures textiles, apparel, leather, and/or footwear related materials or products and/or offers manufacturing or services to another party. Suppliers can register on the ZDHC Gateway to browse for safer chemicals and upload and share ClearStream and InCheck reports with their brand clients.
ZDHC Accepted Laboratory
A business entity that can conduct sampling and testing for ZDHC MRSL and Wastewater parameters who demonstrate that they can attain and maintain the performance and quality standards of the ZDHC Foundation. ZDHC Accepted Laboratories can upload wastewater test reports for suppliers on the ZDHC Gateway.
Certification Body
Refers to an entity that will evaluate all the necessary documentation, testing, and formulations that are accepted by ZDHC as an indicator of ZDHC MRSL Level 1 or 2 or 3 Conformance. Certification Bodies have access to the ZDHC Gateway in order to verify product certifications uploaded by Chemical Formulators.
Brand
The Brand Contributor category refers to brands, retailers and online retailers. Brands can, amongst others, use the ZDHC Gateway to connect with their suppliers and view their input and output performance data.
Friend of ZDHC
The Friends category refers to brands, retailers, online retailers or intermediates (sourcing agents/importers and exporters). Friends can use the ZDHC Gateway to connect with their suppliers and view their input and output performance data.
Suppliers and formulators can get access to the ZDHC Gateway by getting an invitation from a supply chain partner or requesting an invitation via the ZDHC Gateway.
- Follow this process to get access to the ZDHC Gateway as a supplier.
- Follow this process to get access to the ZDHC Gateway as a formulator.
Brands can gain access to the ZDHC Gateway by becoming ZDHC Contributor Brands or Friends of ZDHC.
- Write an email to contribute@zdhc.org to indicate your interest in becoming a contributing Brand or Friend of ZDHC. The process is further described in the engagement section.
Certification Bodies can approve or decline chemical product certification information that is uploaded by formulators.
Accepted Laboratories can attain and maintain the performance and quality standards of the ZDHC Foundation.
- To become a Certification Body or Accepted Laboratory, read more on the application process here.
Formulators
- Create an account on the ZDHC Gateway
- Can invite stakeholders from their value chain to the platform
- Upload ZDHC MRSL conformant chemical products, a SDS, or a certificate from a ZDHC conformance indicator
- Create ChemCheck reports or (a product passport) or ChemCheck Summary reports (product passport summaries) to show the ZDHC MRSL conformance of a chemical product to customers
Certification Bodies
- Upon becoming a ZDHC MRSL Conformance Indicator, login credentials will be received to access the ZDHC Gateway
- Verify chemical products uploaded by formulators so formulators can publish the product and make them available to their clients and potential clients in a subsequent step
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The chemical product then becomes visible to all suppliers and brands with an active account on the ZDHC Gateway. |
Suppliers
- Create an account on the ZDHC Gateway
- Can invite stakeholders from their value chain to the platform
- Search for chemical products uploaded by formulators by using the enhanced filtering options
- Measure the ZDHC MRSL conformance of their input chemistry via an InCheck Report (chemical inventory assessment)
- Generate a ZDHC Clearstream report after accepted laboratories have uploaded wastewater test reports
- Publish verified wastewater data (upon payment of fee)
- Can upload CAP/RCA if needed to show that action is taken
- Send connection requests to brands to disclose InCheck data and ClearStream data to them
Brands
- Upon becoming ZDHC Contributor or a Friend of ZDHC, brands will receive login credentials to access the ZDHC Gateway
- Invite stakeholders from their value chain to the platform
- Bookmark suppliers they would like to work with
- Search for chemical products uploaded and published by formulators by using the enhanced filtering options
- Set brand filters to show their preferred chemicals to suppliers
- See if InCheck or ClearStream reports are available in the supplier profile
- Send a connection request to suppliers and once that is accepted, export the supplier profile and performance data (InCheck or ClearStream)
- Publish the brand-supplier connection on DETOX.Live
ZDHC Accepted Laboratories
- Upon becoming an Accepted Laboratory, credentials will be received to log into the ZDHC Gateway
- Submit wastewater test result data on behalf of a supplier (verified Wastewater data)
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Verified wastewater test reports and the respective ClearStream report are visible to brands. |