Agenda

Speaker: Irantzu Garmendia, Project Officer, EC JRC (Ispra)

Abstract:
Key for the Commission’s vision for achieving the green industrial transition is the safe and sustainable by design (SSbD) framework developed by the JRC. The framework integrates safety and sustainability considerations throughout the entire life cycle of chemicals, materials and products, from the beginning to the end of the R&D activities Since its publication in 2022 the SSbD Framework has been tested in different contexts and by different stakeholders with the objective of improving its relevance, reliability and operability. The revised Framework published in December 2025 while keeping the ambition of the 2022 version introduces novel aspects such as the SSbD core principles, the scoping analysis and the SSbD evaluation and documentation, and presents the Framework as an iterative approach supporting innovation.

Bio sketch:
Irantzu Garmendia is project officer at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. She is an organic chemist with a MSc Degree in chemical process engineering and sustainable development, a second MSc degree in toxicology and the competence Degree as Occupational safety and health senior technician. She has 20 years’ working experience in scientific, technical and regulatory affairs related to chemicals and chemical industry. As project officer at the JRC she is leading the safe and sustainable by design activities in the Advanced Materials Governance Team of the Unit Technologies for health. Among her activities she contributes to the development of the EC SSbD Framework, she is member of the WPMN SSIA (Safe and Sustainable Innovation Approach) and AdMa steering committees and contributes as SSbD adviser in numerous European funded projects.