Good Chemical Management
Hazardous chemicals deserve a red card. That’s why we consider chemical management holistically to protect consumers, workers and the environment from potential exposure.
Coming Full Circle
It all starts with using safe input chemistry. If hazardous chemicals do not even enter our factories, there’s no need to control them during the production process. As a result, they won’t be found in our products. And our suppliers win the advantage: they won’t have to work with expensive end of pipe solutions to clear water and air leaving the site.
Restricted Substance List (RSL)
PUMA wants our customers and athletes to be absolutely safe when wearing our products. This is non-negotiable. Since 1999, we have implemented a Restricted Substance List (RSL) to be able to ensure this. This RSL lists potentially harmful chemicals used in our industry and specifies safe concentration limit values. Needless to say, those limits always take the most stringent global regulations into consideration. To cover all bases, we collaborate with the AFIRM industry working group and have adopted their RSL. Each year, external laboratories test thousands of materials against the AFIRM RSL, and only materials with a passing test report can be used in the production of our goods.
Chemical Management
PUMA addresses chemical management and pollution risks across its value chain by adopting industry-leading chemical management standards. As a member of the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Foundation, PUMA implements the ZDHC’s Manufacturing Restricted Substances List (MRSL), Wastewater Quality Guideline, Air Emission Guideline and Chemical Management System on its upstream value chain, integrating these requirements into its sustainability strategy and targets.
PUMA also upholds chemical compliance on product safety by following the Apparel and Footwear International (AFIRM) Restricted Substances List (RSL), which provides guidance for minimizing harmful substances in finished products.