This guide will show you how to publish chemical products in the ZDHC Gateway.

By making products public, chemical formulators can demonstrate their conformance against ZDHC MRSL. Note that your customers or potential customers can only view public products.

01 / Publish chemical products

Publishing a product means Brand and Supplier users can now view a product publicly. To even publish a product, it needs to be uploaded in the Gateway first, either via the single product upload or bulk upload.
Reminder: Only active products can be published. Only active products can be published. For products that have a ZDHC MRSL Conformance Level 1 or are solely registered, you need Product Tokens to publish these products.

a) Publish through 

1. Click  to edit the product.
   
2. Hover to PUBLISH.
3. Switch on the toggle button.
   
4. Click SAVE below the page.
   A notification pops above the page.
   
   The visibility column status changes to Published when successfully updated.
   

b) Publish through 

You can publish all products or selected products by clicking  .
Follow the steps below.

1. Click  on the top right to publish products.
2. Click PUBLISH ALL PRODUCTS or PUBLISH SELECTED PRODUCTS.
   Note: Make sure to check the box before each selected chemical product name.
   
   A confirmation message pops up.
3. Click YES.
   
   A notification pops above the page.
   
   The visibility column status changes to Published when successfully updated.
   
   
   Note: If you think your products has been on pending status for a long period (i.e. more than 10 days), please contact your third-party verification organisation to approve the information you uploaded.

02 / Review and Publish pre-uploaded bluesign or Inditex products

If you have products verified by bluesign or Inditex, your product information will be pre-uploaded by the ZDHC Customer Support Team. You may follow the next steps to review and publish your products.

Please note that the verification process with the Certification Body is taking place prior to the product upload and you may follow the next steps to review and publish your products.

1. Click the product name to review the product details.
   
2. Review the product details.
   
   Note: All uploaded products’ status is Pending, once verified, the status changes to Active.   
3. Click  to edit the product information.
   Note: Make sure you double check the use category and use type ZDHC pre-uploaded for you. Please update as necessary.
   
   

   Note: It is not recommended to edit the product name since the name uploaded for the Product is based on how bluesign/Inditex declared the product. Changing the name reverts the product status to pending and a review of the ZDHC Customer Support Team is required.

   
4. Click SAVE.
   A notification pop up appears above the page
   

a) Safety Data Sheet

To edit Safety Data Sheet, follow the steps below.

1. Click .
   
2. Select to link or upload a Safety Data Sheet.
   
3. Fill out the required fields.
   Note: Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*).
   
4. Make sure to upload a pdf if you select Upload.
5. Click SAVE.
6. Click BACK TO SDS LIST to review all uploaded or linked SDS.
   

b) Certification

To add a Certification, follow the steps below.

1. Click .
   
2. Fill out the required fields.
   Note: Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*).
   
3. Upload a certificate.
4. Click SAVE.

 c) Technical Data Sheet

1. To add a Technical Data Sheet, follow the steps below.
2. Click .
3. Select to link or upload a Safety Data Sheet.
   
4. Fill out the required fields.
   Note: Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*).
   
5. Click SAVE.
6. Click BACK TO TDS LIST to review all uploaded or linked TDS.