IRISS – International SSbD Community

The international ecosystem accelerating the transition to Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design chemicals, processes, materials, and products for a competitive European and global industry.

We bring together industry, research, and policy to connect, synergize, and transform the Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) community in Europe and globally towards a lifecycle approach, where safety, climate neutrality, circularity and functionality are integrated already in the designing and manufacturing phase.

IRISS began as a Horizon Europe-funded project (2022-2025) and continues today as a growing international community, strengthened and supported by our members.

About IRISS

IRISS is the international ecosystem accelerating the transition to Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design chemicals, processes, materials, and products for a competitive European and global industry.
Executive board

IRISS is led by an Executive Board that brings together representatives from European research institutes, trade associations, companies, authorities, universities, and national technology platforms.
Become a member

Are you working with SSbD today or plan to do so in the future? Then you should sign up to become a member of the IRISS SSbD Community.

Latest news

17 March 2026
The European Commission has published the new recommendation on the SSbD framework
The European Commission has published a new recommendation on the European assessment framework for Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD). This is an important milestone that aims at promoting a voluntary decision-making approach to guide innovation towards safer and more sustainable chemicals and materials across their whole life cycles.