Birth and development of product stewardship

In 2008 MOL Group has introduced a product stewardship guidance formally requesting affiliates to apply the internationally accepted requirements.

The article focuses on the background of product stewardship, its birth and development. Lists the most important governmental and chemical industry’s commitments in this field. Recalls the professional international associations’ related guiding principles. Underlines that introduction of product stewardship is a result of the change to life-cycle thinking, of the change in the management system and of the suppliers’ attitude shift.

László Rácz