Páramo Detox commitment

Páramo’s detailed commitment as part of the Greenpeace Detox Programme:

DATE: 21 01 2016

In line with Páramo‘s long-term sustainability program Páramo recognizes the urgent need for:

1. eliminating all releases of all hazardous chemicals¹
2. new responsible business models¹¹ and resource stewardship; According to its approach based on prevention² and the Precautionary Principle³ Páramo is committed to:
   1. zero discharges⁴ of all hazardous chemicals into the environment
   2. reducing and maintaining complete supply chain priority resource use within equitable and planetary limits associated with the making and using of all products Páramo produces and / or sells⁵ by no later than 01 January 2020.

   We recognize that to achieve this goal,

   • mechanisms for disclosure and transparency about the hazardous chemicals used in our global supply chains are important and necessary, and should be in line with the ‘Right to Know principle’⁶.
   • production and consumption business model changes, that revolutionise the design and systems of consumption and living , are required, including a system shift to more comprehensive Extended Producer Responsibility¹⁰ that is based on slow, closed loop, resource constrained and non toxic manufacturing.