Annual Report 2022

IPEN’s global network of people working together is a powerful antidote to the divisiveness, fear, hatred, violence, and suffering that we are witnessing in our world. Despite all of the challenges, we continue to work together for a world that is safe, healthy, and just. A world where children are born free of toxic chemicals. We work for the health of all, for present and future generations.

We are excited to share the IPEN Global Report for 2022! Some of the highlights include:

• Following our decades-long work to raise awareness and action on toxic chemicals in plastics, IPEN became a leading voice in the first negotiating session for a new international treaty on plastics, advocat- ing for a strong, health-protective Treaty and ensuring the rights of civil society to fully participate.
• IPEN’s work was critical at the Stockholm Convention resulting in a new PFAS listing and progress toward a class-based approach.
• IPEN participating organizations and allies compelled Johnson & Johnson to end global sales of talc-based baby powders.
• IPEN supported global lead paint elimination campaign activities and partnered with WHO and UNEP during the annual International Week of Action.
• IPEN contributed substantively to the Minamata Convention/Mercury Treaty and our work informed a groundbreaking UN report on mercury and human rights abuses.
• In 2022, IPEN released data and reports to educate decision-makers and raise awareness about the health and environmental threats posed by toxic chemicals.
• IPEN’s work was featured in major national and international media, highlighting threats from chemicals to global health and the environment.

To learn more, download the full report, below.