Formosa Chemicals & Fibre

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corporation is a Taiwan-based company that manufactures and markets petrochemical products, nylon fibre, and rayon staple fibre. The company mainly sells its products to the rest of Asia, but it also has operations in Europe and the Americas.

Total score

7 / 48

Grade summary

The available information suggests that Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corporation does not produce any hazardous chemicals. However, 92% of production takes place outside the EU and US, which means that data on the lion’s share of the Taiwanese…

Product Portfolio

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Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corporation does not produce any SIN List substances, nor does the company produce any chemicals present on the REACH Candidate List or the REACH Authorisation List. It does not produce any persistent chemicals either. However, no data is available for the 92% of the company’s production that takes place outside the EU and US.

Development of Safer Chemicals

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Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corporation does not have a method in place to screen and assess the sustainability of its products and, therefore, does not investigate the intrinsic hazards of ingredients. The company does not make use of the GreenScreen assessment tool nor does it exclude substances with toxic properties from new products. The company does not follow the principles of green chemistry, but does actively market safer alternatives on its website.

Management & Transparency

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The Taiwanese company shares chemical safety information on its website but does not have a phase-out strategy for hazardous substances. Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corporation is a member of Responsible Care and follows voluntary standards such as a Code of Conduct and a Supplier Code of Conduct.