01/ Chemical products
The system allows you to edit your chemical product information anytime. You can edit the name of the chemical product, Code, Formulator, Category, Type, and Description. You can also modify the chemical product’s Certifications and SDS. However, the ZDHC PID and the Self- Declaration on your chemical product cannot be altered.
Steps to edit your chemical Product:
- Go to the Products
tab in your Home page.
- Under the Action column of the chemical product that you want to edit, click Edit
. This will redirect you to the Product Profile.
- Fill in all fields that you want to modify.
- Click Save
to save your updates or Cancel
to discard your inputs.
Formulators may download certain chemical product information by the Download Product feature of the ZDHC Gateway.
To download chemical product information:
- Go to Products
page using the left navigation.
- Under the Select column, tick on the check box
besides the chemical product you want to download. You may also Tick the check box directly under the Select
header to select all the chemical products.
- Once you have already selected the chemical products you need to download, click on Download
to proceed.
Formulators may deactivate or reactivate their chemical products
To Deactivate:
- Go to Products
page using the left navigation.
- Under the Select column, tick on the check box
besides the chemical product you want to deactivate. You may also Tick the check box directly under the Select
header to select all the chemical products.
- Once you have already selected the chemical product you need to deactivate, click on Deactivate
. A pop-up window will ask for the confirmation of your chemical product deactivation.
- Click Yes
to proceed or No
if otherwise.
To Reactivate:
- Go to Products
page using the left navigation.
- Identify the deactivated chemical product you want to reactivate.
- Under the Action column click
to Reactivate. A pop-up box will confirm the reactivation of your chemical product.
- Click Yes
to proceed or No
if otherwise.
Formulators may delete chemical products. Only deactivated chemical products can be deleted. See “How do I deactivate/reactivate chemical product” For instructions.
To delete a deactivated chemical product:
- Go to Products
page using the left navigation.
- Identify the deactivated chemical product you want to delete.
- Under the Action column click the Delete
action. A pop-up box will confirm the reactivation of your chemical product.
- Click Yes
to proceed or No
if otherwise.
Yes, the ZDHC Gateway – Chemical Module allows companies to make chemical products private or public.
- Private means this chemical product information can only be viewed by the chemical formulator themselves. The Private function enables chemical formulators to temporarily save their chemical information in the ZDHC Gateway – Chemical Module before making it public.
- Public means this chemical product is visible to all registered manufacturing facilities and brands in the ZDHC Gateway – Chemical Module, including any MSDS/SDS documents that have been made available, together with the certification information or other chemical product information. The associated conformance level will be displayed on each Product Profile and summarised in the Company Profile.
The Products section in your profile permits you to see your chemical products which are visible to the public for viewing. Your chemical products are all assembled in the list. If you wish to view the chemical products, follow the steps below.
Steps to view your public Products:
- Go to the Profile tab
in your Home page.
- Click on the Products tab located on the middle section of the page. You will be redirected to the Products page where you can view the list of your chemical products.
The Products & Services section allows you to highlight the most significant Products and Services of your Company. To add or edit your Products & Services, follow the steps below.
Steps to add or edit your Products & Services details:
- Go to the Profile tab
in your Home page.
- Go to Products & Services tab located on the left part of the page.
- Click Edit
on the right section of the empty banner of Products & Services. The text editor will show and you can now update the description and apply a style to the content.
- Click Save
to save the changes or click Cancel
to discard your inputs.
02/ Safety Data Sheet (SDS)
To add a new SDS to your chemical product, follow the steps below.
Steps to add a new SDS for your chemical product:
- Go to the Products
tab in your Home page.
- Under the Action column of the chemical product you want to edit, click Edit
. This will direct you to the Product Profile page.
- Click the Add New SDS
on the Certification section located on the lower-left part of the page.
- Select either Upload or Link from the dropdown list
:
- If you select Upload, simply fill in all fields marked with an asterisk (*). Click Browse File
to upload your SDS from your local drive.
- If you select Link, input the Effective Date and the Link of your SDS.
-
To save your updates, click Save
or click Cancel
to discard your inputs.
The system enables you to modify the content of your SDS by following the steps below.
Steps to edit the SDS of your chemical products:
- Go to the Products
tab in your Home page.
- To edit the chemical products’ SDS, click the corresponding chemical product name.
- This will redirect you to the Products Profile Hover to SDS on the right.
- Click Edit
on the chemical product profile section.
- Click the Edit button
under the action column on the SDS that you want to edit. You will be redirected to the SDS Details.
- Fill in all fields marked with an asterisk (*).
- You can upload a PDF file of your SDS by clicking Browse File
and selecting a file to be uploaded from your local drive.
To easily find the specific SDS that you need, you can use the filter search function. To apply these filters, follow the steps below.
Steps to filter your searches on SDS section:
- Go to the Products
tab in your Home page.
- For SDS verification, click the corresponding chemical product name. This will redirect you to the Product Profile.
- Click Edit
on the chemical product profile section.
- Click the View SDS List
and you will be redirected to the SDS Details.
- Select the Advanced Filter
drop down button on the upper-left part of the page.
- Input the Language, Standard, Effective Date, and Update Date, on the menus provided on top of the page. The filter will automatically generate the result after your selection.
Your SDS provides chemical safety information of your chemical products. It is intended to provide extensive information about the properties of chemicals in your chemical product and the impact it can have with regard to the overall health and safety in a workplace. If you need to view your SDS, follow the steps below.
Steps to view the SDS of your chemical product:
- Go to the Products
tab in your Home page.
- To view the SDS, click the corresponding chemical product name and you will be redirected to the Product Profile.
- Click the View SDS List
on the Certification section located on the lower-left part of the page. This action will redirect you to the SDS List page that contains all the SDSs of the chemical product you selected.
To delete an SDS, follow the steps below.
Steps to delete the SDS of your chemical products:
Go to the Products tab in your Home page.
- To delete an SDS, click on the corresponding chemical product name. This will redirect you to the Product Profile.
- Scroll down to the SDS section at the lower-right section of the page.
- Click View SDS List
. This will redirect you to the SDS Details.
- Click the Delete button
for the SDS that you want to remove.
- Click Yes
to confirm or No
to cancel.
If your SDS is not yet verified, you can resend it and notify the Account Admin to check it. If you opt to resend verification, follow the steps below.
Steps to resend your SDS for verification:
- Go to the Products
tab in your Home page.
- For SDS verification, click the corresponding chemical product name. This will redirect you to the Product Profile.
- Click Edit
on the Product profile section.
- Click View SDS List
and you will be redirected to the SDS Details.
- Click the Send to check
button of the SDS for verification.
- Click Yes
to confirm or No
to cancel.
The SDS of a specific product can be downloaded, read or used offline. A successful downloaded file is stored in your local drive in PDF format.
To download an SDS of your chemical product, follow the steps below:
- Go to the Products
tab in your Home page.
- Under the SDS column, click the Download icon
of the corresponding chemical product name. This action will automatically download the file and store it in your local drive
To download a chemical product’s SDS through Search:
- Click Search on the left navigation tab.
- Click Browse by Substrate.
- Select a substrate.
- Click a chemical product’s name.
- Click the SDS tab.
- Click View to download the SDS.
03/ Certificate
Report Number, Report Date, and the PDF file of the report that you are required to attach. To edit your Certificate details, follow the steps below.
Steps to edit the Certificate details of your chemical products:
- Go to the Products
tab in your Home page.
- To edit the Certificates details, click the corresponding chemical product name and you will be redirected to the Product Profile.
- Click View Certificates
on the Certification section located on the lower-left part of the page and you will be redirected to the Certificate List.
- Click Edit
on the Certificate that you want to modify.
- Fill in all required fields (*).
- Click Save
to complete the update or Cancel
to discard the changes.
Chemical products that have numerous certifications can be consolidated into one single chemical product with multiple certifications attached to it. To do this, follow the steps below.
Steps to add a new certificate in your chemical product:
- Go to the Products
tab in your Home page.
- Under the Action column of the chemical product that you want to edit, click Edit
. This will redirect you to the Product Profile.
- Click Add New Certificate
on the Certification section located on the lower-left part of the page. In the Add Certificate page, you will be prompted to select a new Certification Type from the drop down list.
- Once selected, simply fill in all fields marked by an asterisk (*) and upload a Certificate by clicking Browse File
to select and upload a file from your local drive.
- Click Save
to complete your updates.