Who we are
The Ecological and Toxicological Association of Dyes and Organic Pigments Manufacturers is the only independent international association for colorant-producing companies. For 50 years, we have been successfully supporting colorant manufacturers who care for the quality and safety of their products.
Our members, based in Europe, US and Asia, are among the leading manufacturers on the global colorant market.
ETAD’s mission
- Provide a voluntary framework within which ETAD member companies and their value chain can cooperate for the benefit of health and the environment
- Promote responsible care principles and product stewardship
- Cooperate with authorities to harmonize health and environmental regulations.
Color Root Technology Co., Ltd.
Colourtex Industries Ltd.
DIC Corporation
Everlight Chem. Industrial Corp.
Farbchemie Braun KG
Heubach GmbH
Hwa Tai Industry Co., Ltd.
Jay Chemical Industries Private Ltd.
Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.
OHYOUNG Inc.
Oriental Giant Dyes and Chemical Ind. Corp
Sensient Colors Inc.
Setaş Kimya Sanayi a.s.
Sudarshan Chemical Industries Ltd.
TFL Ledertechnik GmbH
Toyocolor Co., Ltd.
A company can join ETAD as a "Regular Member" if it:
- Engages in the industrial manufacture of dyes or organic pigments
- Agrees to comply with the ETAD By-laws and the ETAD Code of Ethics.
A company can join ETAD as an "Associate Member" if it:
- Is not a manufacturer of dyes or organic pigments but
- Engages in industrial mixing, blending, compounding, or formulating of synthetic organic colorants or
- Maintains a physical, industrial facility for warehousing, packaging and after analysing the products distributes them with own MSDS under its own name, control and responsibility
- Agrees to comply with the ETAD By-laws and the ETAD Code of Ethics.
A company can become a "Candidate of ETAD" if it:
- Engages in the industrial manufacture of dyes or organic pigments
- Aspires to reach levels of ecological and toxicological standards as required by ETADs code of Ethics within one year, in order to be eligible as “Regular Member”.
Affiliations and collaborations
Our work is done in close communication and collaboration with a number of different regulatory bodies, associations and other groups, with which we share interests and goals. This extended network helps us in our goal to achieve results in agreement with other affected parties and obtain a general and durable benefit for everybody.
Below you can find a list of our most relevant contacts.
Associations
Associations
- Cefic
European Chemical Industry Council - CDIA
China Dyestuff Industry Association - CPMA
Color Pigments Manufacturers Association - EuPIA
European Printing Ink Association - Euratex
European Apparel and Textile Confederation - Eurocolour
European Association of Pigments Manufacturers - ICC
Indian Chemical Council - JDICA
Japan Dyestuff and Industrial Chemical Association - SDC
British Society of Dyers and Colourists - TEGEWA
German Association of producers of textile, paper, leather and fur auxiliaries and colourants, and other auxiliaries
Authorities
- BAG
Swiss Federal Office for Public Health - BfR
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment - BIS
Bureau of Indian Standards - BLV
Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office - Danish EPA
Environmental Protection Agency - EPA
United States Environmental Protection Agency - Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Health Canada
- JRC
Joint Research Center – European Commission - KemI
Swedish Chemical Agency - METI
Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry - UBA
German Federal Institute for the Environment - UNEP
United Nation Environment Programme
Standards issuers
- ISO
International Organization for Standardization - CEN
European Committee for Standardization - SNV
Swiss Association for Standardization - GOTS
Global Organic Textile Standard - ZDHC
Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals Group - SAC
Sustainable Apparel Coalition - bluesign
- EU Ecolabel
- C&A
- Levi Strauss
- H&M
- Puma
- Triumph
- Unilever
Code of Ethics
The Code of Ethics is the key policy of our association, and describes the implementation of our aim to manufacture, sell and use synthetic organic colorants so that any possible negative effect on health and the environment is minimized.
All ETAD member companies are obliged to comply with the Code of Ethics.
By accepting the Code of Ethics, ETAD members:
- support a continuing effort to improve the industry’s responsible management of synthetic organic colorants
- shall develop, produce and distribute products in a manner which protects human health and the environment from unacceptable risks during manufacture, transport, use and disposal.
- shall comply with all applicable laws and regulatory requirements dealing with the safety and the environmental impact of synthetic organic colorants
- shall adopt policies to assure an equivalent level of hazard communication worldwide concerning their products
- shall inform customers of the safe handling procedures best suited to the products involved
- shall embrace, support and enact, within their sphere of influence, core values in the areas of human rights, labor standards, the environment and anti-corruption